Ransom Protect Now Features Data Exfiltration Prevention

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Last year, the cyber-threat landscape witnessed a disturbing escalation in ransomware attacks, with cybercriminals employing double extortion tactics that coupled encryption with the insidious threat of data exfiltration. At CTERA, we comprehend the severe ramifications of such attacks, where sensitive data, including personal and confidential information, is not only held hostage but also potentially leaked…

Ransomware Detection Using Machine Learning: Strengthening Cybersecurity

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Continuously strengthening cybersecurity is key to remaining resilient in the face of ransomware attacks. Machine learning has emerged as the critical tool in organizations’ cybersecurity arsenals to keep them ahead of attackers, and safeguard precious data. We dive deeper into ransomware detection using machine learning to bring you everything you need to know about this…

Safeguarding Digital Assets: Essential Ransomware Protection Strategies

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Learn more about protection against ransomware, including practical steps and tips. Understand how ransomware works, the consequences of ransomware attacks, and what you can do to safeguard your organization’s data.   With ransomware attacks having caused over $32 billion in downtime since 2018, and still increasing, effective protection against ransomware could be the most important investment…

Ransomware Mitigation: The Ins And Outs Of Modern Attacks

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Photo by FLY:D on Unsplash Ransomware attacks have changed significantly recently, in a number of crucial ways. These changes include the methods used by the attackers, as well as the scope and severity of such attacks. We’ll look at how these attackers operate, and what ransomware mitigation options are available. Techniques ransomware attackers are using…

How to Protect your Backups from Ransomware

Photo by Jason Dent on Unsplash Ransomware continues to be among the most serious cyber threats businesses face today. Increasingly, ransomware attacks target backups, which if compromised, can spell disaster – with recovery becoming exceedingly complex, if not impossible. We’ll look at how to protect backups from ransomware, and other best practices to keep your…

Does your File Storage have Ransomware Attack Protection?

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Ransomware. It’s a top-of-mind topic in every organization today and rightfully so. Recent market studies indicate that a staggering 85% of organizations have experienced a ransomware attack. Why is this continually growing as an issue? The Rise of Ransomware: A Growing Threat Landscape Criminals today can fleece any organization in the world, with a relatively…

What is Cloud File Storage and is it Secure?

As the world moves towards a more connected future, every aspect of doing business is evolving. For example, in the past, companies would have implemented on-premises software solutions for critical business processes that were often custom-built and resource intensive. Today however, Software-as-a-Service, or SaaS, is changing the way that companies relate to software; they can…

How to Prevent Ransomware Attacks: Best Practices for Enterprises

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Ransomware attacks have been grabbing headlines recently, with the scale and frequency of such attacks only increasing. For enterprises, what are the best ways to prevent ransomware? We’ll look at this critical question and several others as we dive into ransomware attacks and the best practices in terms of how they can be prevented.  Table of…

CTERA and Backblaze Partner to Deliver Top Enterprise Cloud Solution

Last week an announcement was made about CTERA’s partnership with BackBlaze, a leading storage cloud platform, to deliver a fast, simple, cost-effective solution that is ideally suited to replace aging on-premises NAS devices. With the joint solution, our customers can eliminate the many tedious tasks, costs, and hardware traditionally required to manage file servers, backup,…

Supply Chain Attacks: What They Are and How to Avoid Them

What are supply chain attacks? Supply chain attacks to damage victim organizations by targeting less secure elements in their supply chain; for example, by injecting a trojan horse in a software or hardware component that is produced by one of their suppliers. Once within the target organizations’ network, the trojan often pivots, spreading laterally to…

Your Guide to NAS Ransomware Protection

Ransomware protection means enterprises can roll back to a non-infected state and maintain high levels of productivity.

It was only a matter of time before ransomware attackers started targeting NAS devices, popular edge appliances used by enterprises and consumers alike for critical file and backup storage. The NAS attacks began in June 2019 and focused mostly on QNAP devices, and then shifted gears toward Synology appliances in July, targeting a flaw in…

Protect Data from Ransomware with Edge-to-Cloud Strategy

Defining Ransomware in the Cloud Ransomware in the cloud refers to ransomware attacks that target organizations’ cloud-based resources. Such attacks seek to compromise cloud services, applications, and storage systems, including servers, databases, file storage, and others.  If attackers are successful, they can render cloud-based resources inaccessible, potentially causing major interruption or even shutting an organization…