The techniques employed by hackers are constantly evolving and so are their tools. Data theft is the end goal for numerous attacks, with hackers seeking predominantly personal data, credentials, and credit card information. In order to steal this data, hackers compromise online platforms such as bookings sites, social media sites and e-commerce websites. It is … Read more
According to Scalar Decisions Inc.’s 2019 study on Canadian organizations’ cyber resilience, independently conducted by IDC Canada, “[o]ne hundred per cent of Canadian organizations experienced a cyber-attack last year, suffering an average of 12.5 breaches per year”. The study further indicates that the average cost “per organization of responding to, and recovering from, cyber security … Read more
Massive data security breaches have once again made headlines in 2019. At the time of writing, more than 600 million records were stolen from 16 different websites. And, according to Information Age “data breach reports are up 75 percent over the last two years”. The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC)’s “2018 End-of-Year Data Breach Report” further … Read more
Cybercrime & Hackers ‘More Devastating’ To SMB’s Than Fire, Flood & Transit Strike Combined Notorious cyber crime gang behind global bank hacking spree returns with new attacks The Latest Thing You Need to Worry About Cybercriminals Hacking? Your Voice Cybercrime could cost companies $5.2 trillion over next five years These are only some of the … Read more
Companies informing their customers that their data may have been compromised and or their personal information affected seem to have been the prevailing state of affairs during 2018. The personal information of millions of people around the world was compromised during these data security breaches. Some of the biggest victims of these breaches include Facebook, … Read more
Software viruses remain one of the leading threats to both businesses and individuals. Dealing with the consequences of any malware attack is an enormous challenge and even more so in the event of a ransomware attack, as the latter is often impossible to resolve. What is ransomware? Ransomware is a type of malware or malicious … Read more
Stage2Data recently partnered with Heimdal Security to offer our clients prime Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware services. We now offer robust, multi-layered security products to combat next-gen malware, ransomware and other enterprise threats. The question is, “Are you Proactive or Reactive” when you protect your company? Thor Foresight Enterprise (Proactive): Businesses today need advanced tools to keep … Read more
HACK BRIEF: DANGEROUS ‘FIREBALL’ ADWARE INFECTS A QUARTER BILLION PCs Adware that infects your computer to display pop-ups is an annoyance. But when it infects as many as one in five networks in the world, and hides the capability to do far more serious damage to its victims, it’s an epidemic waiting to happen. The … Read more
Written by admin on March 21, 2014. Posted in CTO Blog, S2D Blog Hello, your files are encrypted with RSA-4096 algorithm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSA You will need at least few years to decrypt these files without our software. All your private information for last 3 months were collected and sent to us. To decrypt your files you … Read more
