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Fileless Malware: The Attack That Lives in Memory
Fileless malware is one of the most dangerous attack types out there — it never writes to your hard drive, lives entirely in RAM, and can steal your …
5 months ago
Living Off the Land Attack: Hackers Using Your Own Tools Against You
A living off the land attack is one of the sneakiest techniques in a ransomware operator's playbook — and in this episode, Dr. Mike Saylor breaks dow…
5 months, 1 week ago
New Research Exposes Password Manager Vulnerabilities in LastPass, Bitwarden & Dashlane
Password manager vulnerabilities aren't just about bad code — and a new research paper out of Zurich just proved it. Researchers analyzed three of th…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
What Is an Initial Access Broker — and Why Should You Care?
What is an initial access broker — and why does it matter to your organization? In this episode, W. Curtis Preston and Prasanna Malaiyandi are joined…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Ransomware as a Service: How Anyone Can Buy a Cyberattack
Ransomware as a service has turned cybercrime into a franchise business — and in this episode, Dr. Mike Saylor and I break down exactly how it works,…
6 months ago
The CryptoLocker Virus and the Birth of Modern Ransomware
The cryptolocker virus was the attack that turned ransomware from a nuisance into a full-blown criminal industry — and in this episode of The Backup …
6 months, 1 week ago
A Brief History of Ransomware
A history of ransomware is more than just dates and names—it's the story of how criminals evolved from mailing infected floppy disks in 1989 to runni…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
How Ransomware Works: The Five Objectives of Every Attack
Understanding how ransomware works is critical for anyone responsible for protecting their organization's data. In this episode of The Backup Wrap-up…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Disk Backup Security - Disk Make Things Worse?
Disk backup security is the weak link that ransomware attackers exploit every day—and most backup admins don't even realize it. In this episode, Curt…
7 months ago
What Is Ransomware and Why Should You Care?
What is ransomware, and why does it remain the number one threat to businesses of all sizes? In this episode of The Backup Wrap-up, W. Curtis Preston…
7 months, 1 week ago