Ransomware the top attack type in Canada last year: IBM report
Ransomware accounted for nearly 60 per cent of attacks on Canadian IBM customers last year, according to an analysis by the tech giant.
If ransomware doesn’t kill you, the downtime will, says Datto report
Managed services providers are reporting that the downtime cost per incident has increased by nearly 95 per cent from 2019, and a dizzying 486 per cent from 2018, according to a new report.
Kaspersky report: Nearly half of employees don’t know how to respond to ransomware attacks
Despite the threat of ransomware being at an all-time high, a recent report from cybersecurity firm Kaspersky says that 45 per cent of employees in the U.S and Canada wouldn’t know how to respond to a ransomware attack.
You might want to think twice about integrating RMM with backups, says Asigra
Ransomware is bad enough, but ransomware infecting your precious remote monitoring and management platform is a true nightmare. But that’s the battle managed services providers are increasingly fighting, according to Toronto data protection firm Asigra.
Warning: Ransomware may be copying all credentials on victims’ networks
Logs apparently from one gang suggest a recent ransomware attack netted attackers passwords to a wide range of Internet services used by employees, not just corporate servers.
New ransomware strain targets Western countries, says report
Infosec pros in North America and Europe are being warned of a new ransomware strain.
Canadian municipalities are on an island fighting ransomware, and hackers are barely trying
Ransomware reared its ugly head many times this year, but as the barrier to entry for deploying ransomware becomes frighteningly low, experts are warning that municipalities are becoming increasingly vulnerable.
Datto report says average cost of downtime due to ransomware highest in Canada
The world’s most prominent malware threat is alive and well, and its devastating financial impact on businesses has only increased, especially in Canada, according to Datto Inc.’s fourth annual Global State of the Channel Ransomware Report.
Datto report highlights massive disconnect between MSPs and customers around ransomware
Datto Inc.’s annual Canadian State of the Channel Ransomware Report released this week, and among the laundry-list…
Asigra launches backup appliance that targets ransomware
Asigra’s latest attempt to combat sophisticated malware that dumps ransomware on backup systems has taken the form…
Rubrik launches Radar SaaS platform for recovery from ransomware
Data management company Rubrik launched a new application yesterday designed to help companies recover quickly from a…
Rising ransomware attacks impact the channel, but most businesses still in the dark
While it’s no secret the number of cyberthreats, and in particular, ransomware attacks, have significantly risen in…
Worried about ransomware? Buy some insurance
It looks like the insurance industry is getting into the cyber security sector, but instead of protecting…
2017 CEA Best Security Solution Winners
Infinite IT Solutions won its second Gold award at the 2017 CDN Channel Elite Awards in the…
Channel partner says DRaaS is answer to WannaCrypt attack
As ransomware attack WannaCrypt sweeps the globe, compromising tens of thousands of computers across as many as 100 countries, one Canadian IT solutions provider is looking to help companies stay secure and plan for the worst.