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704, 2022

What is Enterprise Patch Management?

By |April 7th, 2022|Alvaka Blog|Comments Off on What is Enterprise Patch Management?

What is Enterprise Patch Management (a.k.a. the application of software security updates according to NIST SP 800-40r4)? The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) just released Report 800-40r4: Guide to Enterprise Patch Management [...]

104, 2022

LAPSUS$: The New Extortion Group Causing a Scene

By |April 1st, 2022|Alvaka Blog, Ransomware|Comments Off on LAPSUS$: The New Extortion Group Causing a Scene

A new threat actor group is behind an infamous wave of attacks impacting companies like Microsoft, Nvidia, Okta, and most recently Globant, among others. LAPSUS$, tracked as DEV-0537 by Microsoft, is relatively less sophisticated than [...]

203, 2022

Cybersecurity Transformations Since the Russia/Ukraine Conflict

By |March 2nd, 2022|Alvaka Blog, Ransomware, Security|Comments Off on Cybersecurity Transformations Since the Russia/Ukraine Conflict

In the past few days since the Russia/Ukraine conflict, there have been some changes in the cybersecurity landscape. Below are some of my personal observations from our Ransomware Recovery business unit. I am curious if [...]

1402, 2022

Ransomware Attacks Trending Towards Mid-Sized Targets

By |February 14th, 2022|Alvaka Blog, Ransomware|Comments Off on Ransomware Attacks Trending Towards Mid-Sized Targets

Last year, there was considerable evolution in terms of ransomware trends and techniques. In the US, and abroad, we saw many high-impact attacks being carried out against critical infrastructure entities. These highly disruptive and highly [...]

2801, 2022

Ransomware Attack: Should I Contact the FBI and Law Enforcement?

By |January 28th, 2022|Alvaka Blog, Ransomware, Security|Comments Off on Ransomware Attack: Should I Contact the FBI and Law Enforcement?

If your company was hit with ransomware, you might be wondering if you should contact the FBI after a ransomware attack, or other law enforcement. The quick answer is mostly yes, but with important caveats [...]

1712, 2021

What to Expect from Your Cyber Breach Insurance Policy

By |December 17th, 2021|Alvaka Blog, Ransomware, Security|Comments Off on What to Expect from Your Cyber Breach Insurance Policy

The last two years have been a bloodshed for cyber breach insurers. From 2016 through 2019, the payouts on each dollar of cyber breach insurance billed ranged from [...]