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Four Attack Vectors for Web Applications Being Targeted by Ransomware

Solutions Review

The shift to remote work has pushed even more applications out of the data center and onto the internet. The Verizon 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report shows that for hacking, web applications are the biggest attack vector in use, accounting for more than 80% of all data breaches. Application access. Application access.

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Shadow IT: How Employees Using Unauthorized Apps Could Be Putting Your Business At Risk

LAN Infotech

Increased Phishing And Malware Risks Employees might unknowingly download malicious apps that appear legitimate but contain malware or ransomware. Account Hijacking Using unauthorized tools without multifactor authentication (MFA) can expose employee credentials, allowing hackers to gain access to company systems.

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Time to Fight Back Against Ransomware: Zerto Will Show You How

Zerto

Growing in both volume and severity, malicious actors are finding increasingly sophisticated methods of targeting the vulnerability of applications. compromises virtual machines (VMs) using publicly available and custom tools to escalate privileges, exfiltrate data, and encrypt it with malware.

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Ransomware: How to Protect Yourself Before It is Too Late

Zerto

According to the Center for Internet Security , ransomware is a type of malware that blocks access to a system, device, or file until a ransom is paid by the attack victim. A compromise by another malware that leads to an infection of ransomware. There are core differences in how the malware operates. What is Ransomware? –

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7 Challenges with Applying AI to Data Security—and the Real Way to Solve Them

Pure Storage

Just like a security-savvy enterprise, attackers and malware developers make it their business to modernize, update, and evolve their tools every single day. However, its application is often labeled as proactive. There isn’t a silver bullet in security, but AI’s false sense of security can be risky.

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Managing Cyberthreats to Combat Ransomware Part 1: Current Technologies

Zerto

According to the Center for Internet Security over the past six months (DEC 2021–MAY 2022), these ten malware variants consistently made up over 60% of all reported malware activity: Shlayer. Cybersecurity is the practice of protecting data, systems, networks, applications, and programs from digital attacks. Agent Tesla.

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Don’t Pay the Ransom: Keep Your Data Protected with Auto-on SafeMode

Pure Storage

Even when malware has compromised storage APIs to try to find and programmatically delete all snapshots and backups, Auto-on SafeMode will provide immutable protection. This fine tunes secondary storage based on the importance of the applications or data needing protection. Security shouldn’t require one-size-fits-all compromise.