By John Leyden Security researchers have uncovered 1.5 billion business and consumer files exposed online – just a month before Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation comes into force. During the…
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Euro SMBs Paid Out $98m for Ransomware Decryption Last Year
Phil Muncaster European SMBs were forced to pay out out nearly $100m to regain access to locked computers, as ransomware continued to cause major disruption across the region last year,…
Over a Quarter of Ransomware Now Targets Corporates
Phil Muncaster The number of ransomware attacks targeting business users in 2017 rose to 26% as the number of new families discovered halved, according to new stats released this week…
Script kiddies pwn 1000s of Windows boxes using leaked NSA hack tools
Vulnerable unpatched systems expose exploitable SMB networking to world+dog. Iain Thomson The NSA’s Equation Group hacking tools, leaked last Friday by the Shadow Brokers, have now been used to infect…
SMBs Face Serious Ransomware Damages
On average, a single crypto-malware attack may cost small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) up to $99,000. By Tara Seals Kaspersky Lab’s 2016 Corporate IT Security Risks survey found that more…