Ransomware remains one of the biggest security threats in 2024. This follows a concerning resurgence in 2023, where more than $450 million in ransomware payments were reported in the first half of the year alone. The proliferation of Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) and the subsequent attacks against a variety of businesses—from the smallest start-up to the most powerful multinational—reinforce what security professionals already know: ransomware is not going away.

Adware can cause performance issues and unwanted ads on your computer. Some types of adware can even collect your personal information. To protect your personal information, you need to remove as much adware from your computer as possible. To remove adware from your computer, you should back up your files, download adware removal software and remove any unnecessary programs.

There are a lot of tools that have already become an integral part of the entire life of many IT companies. Most of them can not simply imagine project management without Jira tools – Jira Software, Jira Service Management, and Jira Work Management. Considering high-profile interruptions in the availability of these tools, more and more companies are becoming aware of the need to properly secure their DevOps environments and have Jira backup and Disaster Recovery tools in place.

This is the first in a series of four posts about shadow IT, including how and why teams use unapproved apps and devices, and approaches for securely managing it.

Containers have taken over the world of software development. According to Gartner analysts, “90% of global organizations will be running containerized applications in production by 2026,” up from 40% in 2021. Containerized applications provide enterprises with an agile, modern approach in the age of cloud computing; safeguarding these technologies from existing and future threats requires equally modern methods.

Chances are, if you’re involved in software development, you’ve worked with Kubernetes or at least discussed it. Widespread adoption is not surprising since it’s caused by its ability to offer organizations flexibility in application deployment, scaling, and management. However, the inherent complexities of Kubernetes environments also give rise to unique data protection challenges.

When it comes to cybersecurity and online protection, many regional ISP and telco providers are very late to the party to defend against malicious actors, like in the case of Russian APT groups. The COVID-19 crisis outlined the importance of the internet and computers. However, it also emphasized the importance of online security. One report showed that over 7.9 billion records had been exposed by data breaches from January to September of 2019.

In this two-part series, the first blog demonstrates how USB devices can be conduits of threats. Read that blog to learn more about USB security threats. In this blog, we’ll look at how you can address these USB security risks. Even in the era of the cloud, USB risks prevail. This is evident from some of the top USB-based searches in Google.