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TRENDING STORY common. Since the

outbreak of WannaCry,
cybercriminals have
diversified their attack
vectors to launch
ransomware attacks.
“Cyber attackers
are now also
targeting SMEs and
start-ups owing to
a lack of a strong
security framework
and cybersecurity
awareness. SMEs have
not paid due attention
to their cybersecurity
needs, as they were
under the impression make businesses more has undoubtedly How Can Businesses
that they were too vulnerable to automated exacerbated Best Defend Against
small a target for and mass targeted ransomware activity as Attacks?
cybercriminals to plan attacks. In addition cybercriminals look to
an attack on,” states to this, the need to infiltrate organizations’ Well, according
Kaura of Kaspersky. equip and enable an networks by exploiting to experts,
security vulnerabilities organizations should
adopt the following
in remote-desktop anti-ransomware
protocols combined measures:
with the use of weak
• Train employees
passwords. how following
Cybercriminals Many times, it is simple rules can help
have escalated not just enough to put a company avoid
their attacks to another a cybersecurity layer ransomware incidents.
level, siphoning off sensitive to the network and
information from organisations devices. • Always update
whose files they’ve encrypted. “Cyber-attacks do not your operating
The belief is that naming and just take place in a day. system and software
shaming these victims would aDam palmer They are meticulously to eliminate recent
encourage them to pay planned and are being vulnerabilities.
the ransom demand Chief Cybersecurity put in action to erode • Protect data in the
Strategist, Tenable public cloud, private
the security, allowing
the entire network to cloud, and on-
premises. Almost six
get hijacked by the in 10 ransomware
unexpectedly remote attackers. Hence, it is
Reasons That Have workforce has left not enough to have attacks that
successfully encrypted
Contributed to an companies open to a security layer to the data included data in
Increase in Attacks attack. networks, and it is more the public cloud.
Lack of specialized According to about being constantly • Make regular backups
cybersecurity teams Adam Palmer, aware and mindful of and store them
and constrained Chief Cybersecurity the potential threats,” offsite and offline.
cybersecurity budgets Strategist, Tenable,the explainsThadhani. More than 55% of
shift to remote work

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