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31 March 2025  — 3 min read
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31 March 2025  — 3 min read
Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud earns Top Product award again in latest AV-TEST evaluation
In the AV-TEST Institute’s January–February 2025 evaluation, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud delivered a flawless performance again, demonstrating constant and reassuring results.
29 March 2021  — 5 min read
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29 March 2021  — 5 min read
Cyber Protection Week 2021: Time to rethink your defenses
This Cyber Protection Week – March 29 through April 2 – individuals and organizations around the globe have experienced changes they couldn’t have planned for. Along the way, many found that the solutions they had in place weren’t enough to keep the data they rely on protected. It’s time to rethink how we protect data, applications, and systems. And to do that, we surveyed 4,400 personal IT users and IT professionals from around the world, collected their unique experiences and concerns to create the inaugural Cyber Protection Week Global Report.
25 March 2021  — 6 min read
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25 March 2021  — 6 min read
Product 101: Why add anti-malware protection to a backup solution?
Everything you need to know about Acronis True Image 2021’s anti-malware technology, including how to turn it off – and why you shouldn’t Recent releases of Acronis True Image have included an integrated defense against ransomware, the fastest-growing cyberthreat. With the launch of Acronis True Image 2021, we expanded those capabilities to include a full range of advanced anti-malware capabilities, including real-time protection, antivirus scans, vulnerability assessment, web filtering, and videoconference app protection. In the wake of this release, a lot of you were perplexed by those additional cybersecurity features and asked what was happening with your beloved backup solution. In this article, we’ll explain why Acronis True Image evolved from a mere backup solution into the world’s first personal cyber protection solution.
11 March 2021  — 4 min read
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11 March 2021  — 4 min read
SMBs face cybersecurity challenges post-pandemic
After a year of struggling to adapt to the pandemic-driven shift to remote work, rapid SaaS application adoption, and an FBI-documented 300% increase in cybersecurity attacks, small and mid-sized business (SMB) tech leaders and advisors are looking ahead with relief to a return to relative normalcy. But certain challenges are expected to remain, especially in light of their paltry budgets. In fact, Untangle’s 2020 SMB IT Security Report notes that 39% of SMBs are still investing less than $1,000 per year on IT security. Our recent panel-driven virtual conference, A New Playbook to Protect Your Users from Cyberthreats in 2021, examined how small-business IT managers anticipate that many changes wrought by the pandemic will have lasting effects on their cybersecurity strategies.
03 March 2021  — 12 min read
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03 March 2021  — 12 min read
Cl0p ransomware returns with better self-defense and bypass techniques
In February 2021, the public was shocked by the news of the hacking of Bombardier, a giant in the aerospace industry. During the investigation of the incident, analysts established that the threat group TA505, using the Cl0p ransomware, were responsible for the attack.
24 February 2021  — 2 min read
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24 February 2021  — 2 min read
Combating new cyberthreats requires a new playbook
No matter how skilled and capable your IT manager or team is at running checks on network and data, they are only as good as the technology stack you rely on. Between juggling server issues, software updates, printers not working, and constantly reminding your employees to reset passwords, they don’t have time to focus entirely on protecting your data, systems, and applications. The technology to keep your businesses running and users productive needs to be reliable and secure.
19 February 2021  — 4 min read
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19 February 2021  — 4 min read
Jupyter backdoor deploys under the guise of photo manager and PDF editor installation
The dropped file is signed with a valid digital signature. The certificate belongs to ITM LLC, a Russian IT company from the Krasnodar region:
19 February 2021  — 2 min read
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19 February 2021  — 2 min read
Global sporting elite protect their edge with Acronis
What’s one thing the world’s leading sports teams have in common? They’re increasingly relying on data to elevate their game. Acronis is a leading provider of cyber protection solutions to top-tier professional teams around the world. In the last year alone, more than 15 new global sports giants partnered with Acronis to ensure their data, applications, and systems remain safe and reliable. With over 50 partnerships in our #CyberFit Sports portfolio, we’re currently protecting over 6,000 workloads and more than 2 PB of critical data that elite competitors count on to protect their edge.
10 February 2021  — 3 min read
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10 February 2021  — 3 min read
Five tips for parents on Safer Internet Day
Today is Safer Internet Day — a time to reflect on the ever-changing risks we face when using the internet, and how we can take smart steps to stay protected online. While there are certain dangers associated with the internet and social media, there are also plenty of ways to reduce your child’s risk and make the platform a safer place for them. Here are a few practical tips for parents from the Acronis Security Team.
02 February 2021  — 4 min read
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02 February 2021  — 4 min read
Acronis Cyberthreats Report: 2021 is the “Year of Blackmail”
Autor: Peter Hale, Date: 2. December 2020 Those who do not learn anything from history are doomed to repeat it. Nobody wants to repeat 2020. Thus, the experts of our worldwide Acronis CPOC network (Cyber ​​Protection Operation Centre) have summarized their research results and observations from the past year in the Acronis Cyberthreats Report 2020
19 January 2021  — 17 min read
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19 January 2021  — 17 min read
Ranzy Locker ransomware kills antivirus services
While its current name may be fairly new, Ranzy Locker is simply the latest evolution in a line of ransomware variants that began with MedusaLocker. Many of its details have since changed, including a shift in encryption algorithms from AES-256 to Salsa20. The distribution vectors for Ranzy Locker remain somewhat unclear, though spam campaigns have been indicated as one method.
06 January 2021  — 4 min read
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06 January 2021  — 4 min read
How to remove ransomware encryption from your computer
According to the Acronis Cyberthreats Report 2020, 31 percent of companies worldwide reported being attacked during 2020. Ransomware encryption looms as one of the most prominent and dangerous of cyberthreats and with remote working dominating the landscape in 2021, it is expected that cyber-attacks will only increase. As a comparison, our experts at the Acronis Cyber Protection Operations Centers (CPOCs) discovered that more than 1,000 organizations around the world had their data leaked following a ransomware attack in 2020.
22 December 2020  — 3 min read
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22 December 2020  — 3 min read
2020 in review: Latest cyber threats that emerged and how to stay protected
Amid all the horrible news that arose during the COVID-19 pandemic, cybercriminals saw opportunity. New cyber threats emerged throughout the global lockdown, exploiting desperate people looking for news and assistance and attacking employees as they adjusted to remote work.