Important Questions and Answers about DRworx

DRworx solution is a backup, recovery, and virtualization software developed for the protection of your business. Click here to learn more about DRworx or by reading our responses to questions below. Are Alvaka DRworx cloud backups stored off-site and [...]

2023-04-19T19:08:59-07:00August 17th, 2020|

Critical: Microsoft Discovers 17-Year-Old Vulnerability

Major news has been revealed this week that Check Point, an Israeli Security Firm, discovered a vulnerability in Microsoft's domain name system protocol (DNS). Most alarming is that the bug has existed for roughly 17 years. It is advised that [...]

2021-01-22T16:14:38-08:00July 17th, 2020|

Three Issues in the Cyberspace Solarium Commission Report

The March Cyberspace Solarium Commission report advised that businesses and the U.S government should incorporate layered cybersecurity into their defense strategy. Additionally, the report insists that Congress, “pass a law establishing that final goods assemblers of software, hardware and [...]

2021-01-27T13:33:55-08:00July 13th, 2020|

Is Cyber Insurance Unintentionally Increasing Ransomware Attacks?

Each year the total ransomware cases and money demanded, either through bitcoin or other monetary means, increases. Attacks can cost businesses and governments millions of dollars in recovery fees, and the enormous payout is why the ransomware industry is so [...]

2021-03-14T23:51:36-07:00June 22nd, 2020|

Cybercrime: Non-Personal and Potentially Deadly

Written by Oli Thordarson, President/CEO of Alvaka Networks Mimi Grant, President of ABL Organization, wrote to me asking if a recent Red Cross plea to cyber-criminals to not attack hospitals with ransomware and extortion will help reduce cybercrime activity. [...]

2021-01-27T15:54:33-08:00May 27th, 2020|

Essential Steps for Ransomware Recovery

Are you a victim of ransomware? Or have you been one in the past? If so, the following will help you understand what activities you should expect during the course of your ransomware recovery in the days following an attack. [...]

2021-08-18T15:59:35-07:00April 10th, 2020|

New York Aims to Prevent Cities from Paying Ransomware Demands

If Senator Boyle and cosponsors—Senator George M. Borrello of the 57th Senate District and Senator Sue Serino of the 41st Senate District—get their way, municipalities in New York will be banned from paying ransomware demands to get their vital public [...]

2024-10-09T05:11:02-07:00March 26th, 2020|

Protecting your Backups in a Ransomware World

I just read an article that is full of great information on protecting your backups from a ransomware attack. The article states what I have long said, you must practice security in layers. No one tool or solution is going [...]

2021-07-28T17:10:29-07:00March 6th, 2020|