Ransomware is a hot topic in IT circles today that solicits hypothetical questions such as, should you pay the ransom? It’s a question that creates interesting fodder, and one that’s answered a lot easier in theory versus reality. If your entire network is locked up in an encrypted state, the get-out-of-jail transaction of paying the […]
A reliable backup process is the backbone of any disaster recovery plan. But what type of backup is superior when it comes to ransomware recovery? Are the old tried-and-true physical backups the superior option, or is backing up to the cloud the way to go? Physical Backups: Limited Access, but a Hot Target Physical backups, […]
How realistic would it be for ransomware to successfully exploit weaknesses in the obscure firmware systems running inside PCs? There’s certainly a lot of things to aim at, ranging from the UEFI BIOS that boots PCs to the many other barely-documented firmware running on chips most owners pay absolutely no attention to. An unfortunate characteristic […]
Back in April, the North Carolina State Legislature became the first state to approve a law banning ransomware payments by government agencies. The law, which was part of the Current Operations Appropriations Act of 2021, S.L. 2021-180 (PDF), includes the following language: (a) No State agency or local government entity shall submit payment or otherwise […]
In less than a decade, ransomware has turned from something tech people discussed at cybersecurity conferences to a phenomenon that fills news websites with tales of damage and desperation on a daily basis. But despite this, ransomware still sometimes feels like a background war where one side takes heavy casualties but reacts with little more […]
If there’s a story with a moral we understand without the need for explanation, it’s the legend of Robin Hood, the outlaw who stole from the rich to help the poor. Pointing out that Robin Hood never existed would be to miss the point—the need for a figure who rights the world’s injustices is a […]
