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Tag: ransomware

SMBs can protect themselves from ransomware attacks

Jul 10, 2021David WilliamsBlogcyber-security, ransomware

What do Swedish grocery stores, New Zealand schools, and a thousand or more small and medium businesses (SMBs) around the world have in common? They are all surprise victims of a recent ransomware attack initially directed at Kaseya, an IT management software company. The attack, subsequent news coverage and messaging from Kaseya created confusion and…

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Is ransomware terrorism? Usually not

Jul 3, 2021David WilliamsBlogfundamentalcyber, GDPR, ransomware, terrorism

The US Department of Justice will treat ransomware as terrorism, we’re told. It’s impressive that they take the threat so seriously, but somehow ransomware doesn’t feel like “real” terrorism –with people killed and maimed, sirens wailing, and families cowering in fear. So is ransomware terrorism?  And what do we gain and lose by applying that…

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