Ransomware

413% Increase in Ransomware Attacks in Ireland, Warns Check Point Software

Following recent high profile ransomware attacks in Ireland, and the recent announcement by the Head of GCHQ that ransomware is now the biggest threat…

5 years ago

Employees suffering due to phishing scams

Preventive countermeasures to phishing emails may actually increase the likelihood of employees falling for such scams, a new academic study…

5 years ago

Microsoft’s Security Intelligence Research Reveals Decline in Ransomware and Malware attacks in 2018 In Ireland, but Phishing and Weaponised Cryptocurrency Mining Remain as Prevalent Threats

Microsoft’s latest Security Intelligence Report (volume 24) for 2018, shows that there has been a major decline in Ransomware and…

7 years ago

Hacker Motives and why to take cyber security seriously

Cyber attacks today are getting more sophisticated and more dangerous for both businesses and consumers alike. Large enterprises all the…

7 years ago

How to start a cybersecurity company and survive

2017 was the year of the ransomware, 2018 was the year of cryptominers - it’s unknown what the biggest cybersecurity…

7 years ago

2019 Essential Cybersecurity Dictionary

Words like "worm", trojan steed and "zombie" may appear the stuff of sci-fi, however, they're a piece of the truth…

7 years ago

Ransom demand on Luas website likely the first of many in 2019

With the website of Dublin’s tram service, Luas, down after an apparent cyber attack, one of the country’s leading cyber…

7 years ago

Ransomware, cryptomining and Brexit: cybersecurity predictions for 2019

by Alex Hinchliffe, Threat Intelligence Analyst, EMEA, Palo Alto Networks Cryptomining Commodity ransomware will still plague users and their systems…

7 years ago

4 things every CEO should know about ransomware

by Dr Sandra Bell, Sungard Availability Services head of resilience consulting (Europe) It’s hard to read the news at the…

7 years ago

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