Ransomware | Craig Peterson | America's Leading Network Security Coach

Cryptocurrencies and Insurance Increases Ransomware Profitability

Mar 7, 2020 | Access Controls, Asset Management, Best Practices, Business, Compliance, credential stealing, credentials, Critical data, Cyber Liability, cyberattacks, Data Assets, Employees, Hacking, Human Element, industrial espionage, Information Technology, Intellectual Property Theft, Internet, Legacy Systems, Operating Systems, Patching, Policies and Procedures, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Ransomware, Ransomware, Ransomware, Regulatory Compliance, Security, Security, Security Alerts, Technology, Technology, Third - Party, Updates

Cryptocurrencies and Insurance Increases Ransomware Profitability Ransomware is rising like a phoenix from the ashes again. Companies are paying enormous ransoms in cryptocurrencies and insurance companies paying out claims, which in turn is adding to the rise in...

It Took This Public Company 1+ Months to Recover After a Ransomware Attack. How Can You Prevent This Disaster From Happening to You?

Feb 8, 2020 | Applications, Audit Logs, Business, CEO, Cloud, Compliance, Corporate Reputation, Cyber Liability, cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Databases, Disaster Recovery, Executives, Foreign Currency Exchange, Hackers, Hacking, Incident Response, Internet, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Ransomware, Ransomware, Ransomware, Security, Technology

It Took This Public Company 1+ Months to Recover After a Ransomware Attack. How Can You Prevent This Disaster From Happening to You? We have all heard about Ransomware and the toll it can take on businesses of all sizes. The rate of attacks has doubled in Q4, and the...

Ransomware Storm Against Schools and School Districts

Sep 28, 2019 | Best Practices, Bitcoin, Computers, Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Malware, Malware, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Ransomware, Ransomware, Ransomware, Ransomware Attack, Schools and Colleges, Security, Security

Ransomware Storm Against Schools and School Districts School Districts, Schools and Colleges across the country are under a ransomware attack. These attacks are have resulted in the widespread operational disruption. Educational institutions rank #2 in ransomware...

Saudi IT Providers Hit in Cyber Espionage Operation

Sep 23, 2019 | Best Practices, Business, Cyber breaches, cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Email, Hacking, Hacking, industrial espionage, Nationstates, Organized Crime, Phishing, Privacy, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Ransomware, Ransomware, Ransomware, scam, Security, Security, spying, Technology

Saudi IT Providers Hit in Cyber Espionage Operation In what appears to be a coordinated and targeted cyber espionage campaign, the networks of several major IT providers in Saudi Arabia were attacked in the past year as a stepping-stone to the attackers’...

Warning About Security of Cryptocurrency

Sep 21, 2019 | Algorithms, anonymity, Banking, Banking, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, Dark Web, data sharing, Featured, Financial, Malware, Marketplace, Open Source, Organized Crime, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Ransomware, Ransomware, Ransomware, scam, Security, Technology, Valuations

Warning About Security of Cryptocurrency If you have listened to me for a while, you know how I feel about Cryptocurrencies, and it looks like I was right all along. It is fraught with fraud that prays on peoples hopes and dreams. The criminal activity of ransomware...

Paying Ransom’s Fuels Rise in Ransomware

Aug 31, 2019 | Best Practices, Business, Cybercrime, Hacking, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Ransomware, Ransomware, Ransomware, Security, Security

Paying Ransom’s Fuels Rise in Ransomware On June 24, the mayor and council of Lake City, Florida, gathered in an emergency session to decide how to resolve a ransomware attack that had locked the city’s computer files for the preceding fortnight....