Backup resilience is no longer just another IT department service. It is a critical, board-level concern with long-term organizational consequences and business value. Backups are frequent targets of ransomware attacks that seek to eliminate an organization’s recovery options. A resilient backup strategy reduces operational, financial and reputational risk, strengthening the organization’s security posture. Modern...Read More
Today, in partnership with Australia and the United Kingdom, the United States sanctioned the Russia-based bulletproof hosting company Media Land and its network for their role supporting online criminal marketplaces and prolific ransomware actors like Lockbit, BlackSuit, and Play, who target businesses in the United States and around the world. The United States and United...Read More
The United Arab Emirates said it stopped a ransomware attack this weekend that allegedly targeted the country’s digital infrastructure. The country’s Cyber Security Council published a statement on Saturday that said they “successfully thwarted organized cyberattacks of a terrorist nature that targeted the country’s digital infrastructure and vital sectors in an attempt to destabilize the...Read More
New research from Check Point reveals that while global cyber attack volumes stabilized slightly during September, ransomware and generative AI (GenAI)-related risks surged, with ransomware rising 46%. Organizations faced an average of 1,900 cyber-attacks per week, a 4% decrease from August but still a 1% increase year-over-year. Although overall attack volumes appear steady, evolving techniques,...Read More
Channel Insider content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More As enterprises move critical workloads to managed cloud databases, a growing ransomware recovery gap is emerging across modern cloud infrastructure. Eon is aiming to close that gap with new ransomware protection designed...Read More
19 Oct Global Ransomware Damage Costs Predicted To Reach $20 Billion (USD) By 2021 Ransomware is expected to attack a business every 11 seconds by the end of 2021 – Steve Morgan, Editor-in-Chief Northport, N.Y. – Oct. 21, 2019 Ransomware — a malware that infects computers (and mobile devices) and restricts their access to files,...Read More
A joint advisory issued yesterday by U.S. and international agencies provides updated guidance to defend against the Akira ransomware group, which has previously conducted cyberattacks against hospitals and health care organizations. Agencies said the group, known for attacking Cisco environments, was recently found to have expanded its tactics and techniques. As of late September, the group has claimed approximately $244...Read More
NEW YORK, March 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As enterprises abandon on-premise servers and modernize in the cloud, a massive security gap has opened in protecting databases, which are the ‘brains’ of the modern economy. Today, Eon, an intelligent data and AI infrastructure platform, closes that gap with the introduction of the first ransomware protection...Read More
