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92% of Organizations That Pay the Demanded Ransom Do Not Get All of Their Data Back

The Sophos’ State of Ransomware 2021 report has many significant findings for organizations of all sizes. Most notably, consider the following statistic: 92% of organizations who choose to pay a ransom do not get all of their data back.

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Hacker Tracker | October In Review

Where are we in the world of cybersecurity? It’s easy to miss the cybersecurity threats and attacks happening right in our “backyard”. Our goal at PK...

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New Report Finds Generational Issues With How People Use Their Corporate Email

A recent report found many employees are misusing their corporate email, and this is most common among Gen Z employees, i.e. those born in 1997 or...

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2021 Survey Finds That 83% of Ransomware Victims Paid the Ransom

ThycoticCentrify, a Cybersecurity company, just released its “2021 State of Ransomware Survey & Report”, which delivers insights from IT leaders that...

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These Tough Questions Will Likely Be On Your Business’s Next Cyber Insurance Renewal

Once a year, most businesses face a renewal period for cyber insurance. We’re here to tell you: it’s time to tighten your security controls before...

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Arizona Medical Practice Completely Loses EHR System in Ransomware Attack

Desert Wells Family Medicine, a local Arizona medical practice, recently permanently lost its electronic health record system (EHR) due to a...

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HIPAA Compliance — What Most People Get Wrong and Why Accepting Insurance is a Privilege

The world of HIPAA is a complicated and ever-changing landscape. As qualified technology compliance HIPAA experts (PK Tech owns the Compliancy...

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Free FINRA Cybersecurity Compliance Program for Small Firms

FINRA, also known on the streets of Wall Street as the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, is offering a free Cybersecurity Compliance Program...

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Choose Your Vendors Carefully: Third-Party Breaches Cause Up to 26 Times the Damage Compared to a First-Party Breach

A recent report found that multi-party breaches cause 10 times the financial damage of the worst single-party breach, and 26 times the damage in the...

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Ransomware Attack Has Grave Effects Beyond Just Financial Ones

It was recently reported that a cyberattack on an Alabama hospital was linked to the first alleged ransomware death, tragically of a child. The Wall...

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