Mitigating the ransomware risk

Mitigating the ransomware risk

Ransomware is a money-making machine for the most organised criminal endeavours; last year Bitdefender Chief Security Strategist Catalin Cosoi reported that a single ransomware operation made more than a $1m in just one week.

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Understanding the ransomware threat

Understanding the ransomware threat

Although ransomware is commonly thought of as something new, it's actually nothing of the sort. Ransomware came to prominence in 2013 when the by now infamous CryptoLocker made an appearance

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No More Ransom

No More Ransom

The latest development in the fight against Ransomware in Europe is an initiative being led by the National High Tech Crime Unit of the Netherlands Police, Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre and a several of well-known cyber security companies including BitDefender; the ‘No More Ransom’ project.

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BizTech Brief - IPEXPO

BizTech Brief - IPEXPO

This week I attended one of the biggest IT exhibitions in the UK, PIEXPO. There were lots of interesting technologies and trends on the day that I wanted to put into one place for anyone that couldn't make it. 

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