The 2023 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report is an analysis of the changing threat landscape. The report includes: Malware rose for the first time since 2018, reaching 5.5 billion attacks — a 2% increase year over year. On the heels of 2021’s meteoric highs, ransomware fell in 2022, with volumes dipping to 493.3 million. While this […]
Author: ACS Team
Protect your Business from Cyber Attacks
We all operate in a digital society, which means attacks can emanate from many fronts, indeed it may not be your organisation that is attacked first. The devastating breach may come from one or more of the companies you do business with, for examples suppliers (software and/or services) and clients will all be connected in […]
Large Electrical Lighting Retailer – Crypto ransomware attack
Problem Fragmented IT infrastructure – multiple contracts for different services, leaving gaps in security and efficiency; unclear who wascorrect point of contact when an issue occurred; as a result, they experienced multiple breaches of their systems, costing thousands indowntime and ransomware fees ACS came on-board 8 years ago as a consultant for online backup systems […]
Leading Flag / Bunting Manufacturer ransomware attack
Problem Ransomware attack 20 years ago saw the stratospheric rise of the use of the internet and web-based apps and email. Achallenging time for many small businesses, especially those who were just beginning to use web services as part oftheir business. Many were unaware of the vulnerabilities and threats by hackers and as a consequence, […]
Specialized Printer Company – ransomware attack
Problem When we started working with our client, some 15 years ago, they didn’t have any IT support contracts in place and had receivedpoor advice regarding their IT security systems. As a result, they experienced a damaging ransomware attack which encrypted data filesand shut down their management and accounting systems. This attack caused significant downtime […]
Analysis of Mid-Year Threat Report 2022
In the recent Sonicwall Mid-year threat report, It was shown that there has been a massive increase in Malware. It was suggested that this is due to the increase of people returning to the office after the pandemic. I can see where this is coming from as a high level of Hacking and Malware attacks […]