Canadian Technology Magazine

5 All-Important Data Backup Strategies You Need to Work from Home With everything moving online at an unprecedented pace in the wake of COVID-19, working from home has become the new normal. In an office environment, you have access to facilities that aid your workflow that help you get work done better, but this is absent at home. http://ow.ly/FK1Y50E7dRn

If you’re an IT security professional, mastering mystifying terminology and arcane acronyms is a rite of passage maybe even a badge of honor. But there’s one unusually blunt cybersecurity term anyone can understand the kill chain. A successful attack (the kill) doesn’t just happen. It’s the end result of a sequence of essential steps (the chain) that must be completed in order. If you break the chain, you stop the attack. http://ow.ly/Zbzy50E1Avc

In a webinar sponsored by KnowBe4 earlier this month, 78 percent of attendees surveyed said backups won’t save companies from the aftermath of a ransomware attack. http://ow.ly/jXm450E1zmG

How Conti Ransomware Works BankInfoSecurity Conti ransomware, which emerged eight months ago, poses a severe threat, according to Cybereason’s Nocturnus Team, which offers an in-depth analysis of how the malware works. http://ow.ly/aUhC50DVcg2

What is Coos ransomware? Coos ransomware is a cyber threat designed to encrypt user data in order to further blackmail them. http://ow.ly/h67j50DV9Kl