Alexander Ivanyuk

Alexander Ivanyuk

Alexander Ivanyuk

Senior Director, Technology

Alexander joined Acronis in 2016 as Global Director, Product and Technology Positioning. At this role Alexander is directly involved into all product launches in terms of messaging, go-to-market strategy and overall positioning including partner relations.

Latest stories from Alexander Ivanyuk

10 February 2020 — 6 min read

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10 February 2020 — 6 min read

Snake/EKANS Ransomware Attacks Industrial Control Systems: Acronis Stops It

Ransomware continues to be an active, evolving threat and one of the newest strains to emerge is Snake (also known as EKANS, which is simply “Snake” spelled backward). First appearing at the end of December last year, the most interesting feature of Snake is that it targets industrial control systems (ICS) environments – not the individual machines, but the entire network. Designed to terminate specific processes on victim machines, including multiple items related to ICS operations, it also deletes Volume Shadow Copies to eliminate Window backups. While there is currently no decryption available, systems running Acronis Active Protection – the AI-based anti-malware defense that is integrated into our cyber protection solutions – successfully detects Snake ransomware as a zero-day attack and stops it in its tracks.

27 November 2019 — 2 min read

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27 November 2019 — 2 min read

Ryuk Ransomware Strikes Again: Second Outbreak Hits Louisiana

Ryuk ransomware continues to wreak havoc – and one U.S. state in particular recently suffered from another successful attack that likely could have been prevented. Several school districts and government offices in Louisiana were hit by an attack this summer. Unfortunately, the story was just repeated as several state agencies fell victim to another attack on November 18. In this case, the cyberattack shut down systems in the governor’s office, the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Department of Health, and The Department of Children and Family Services.

24 October 2019 — 2 min read

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24 October 2019 — 2 min read

Popular Backup Solutions Easily Disabled by Recent HILDACRYPT Ransomware

Following our in-depth review of the new HILDACRYPT ransomware strain, our team reviewed how other popular backup services fared against the cyberthreat. Unfortunately for users of Veeam and Veritas, the answer was: not well. Learn how Acronis cyber protection services provide your organization with comprehensive protection from existing and zero-day cyberthreats.

22 October 2019 — 2 min read

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22 October 2019 — 2 min read

Flat-lined by Ransomware: Attacks Force Medical Facilities to Go Out of Business

Ransomware is constantly targeting medical companies across the United States. Within the past year, these attacks have led to downtime, lost productivity, and - in some cases - needing to close their doors for good. Learn how Acronis Cyber Protection solutions and the innovative AI-based Acronis Active Protection defense can help to ensure that these same consequences don't hit your organization.

10 October 2019 — 4 min read

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10 October 2019 — 4 min read

Acronis True Image 2020 Cloud Backups Proven 13х Faster Than Competitors by MRG Effitas

When considering their options for cloud backup solutions, users understandably want to know how each will actually perform in real life. The challenge is knowing which solution will create reliable backups, perform seamlessly, and back up to the cloud quickly. In short, they want a solution that will cause the least amount of frustration while providing the best data protection. MRG Effitas – a well-known independent testing laboratory and a member of the Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization (AMTSO) – recently conducted a performance test of popular cloud backup solutions. Their independent testing revealed Acronis True Image 2020 is clearly the fastest personal backup – up to 13-times faster than the competition.

30 August 2019 — 3 min read

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30 August 2019 — 3 min read

Acronis Earns Second Place in AMTSO Cryptojackers Detection Test, Beating Many Leading Endpoint Cybersecurity Solutions

Cryptojacking – or illicit cryptomining – continues to be a major headache for companies and home users, with research showing that cybercriminals made an impressive $52.7 million by mining digital coins on victims’ machines during the first half of 2019. NioGuard Security Lab, a member of Anti-Malware Testing Standard Organization (AMTSO), researched the matter and just posted a report that examines the level of protection against cryptojacking offered by leading endpoint security providers. The results might shock some observers because Acronis, which now defends against illicit mining in its data protection solutions, outperformed the vast majority of leading endpoint security providers.

11 July 2019 — 5 min read

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11 July 2019 — 5 min read

Modular Cryptojackers Now Deliver Illicit Cryptomining to Cover Multiple Platforms at Once

Cryptojacking attacks are not going away any time soon. Instead, they’re becoming more sophisticated – and more dangerous – by using advanced modular malware with worm capabilities as a delivery mechanism. A complex backdoor, called Plurox, was recently discovered by MalwareHunterTeam. It has a pluggable architecture and is able to spread itself over a local network, with the help of the EternalBlue exploit, and start cryptominers downloaded from the command and control (C&C) server.

24 June 2019 — 3 min read

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24 June 2019 — 3 min read

Ransomware Attack Costs $1.5 Million in Riviera Beach, FL

The city of Riviera Beach, Florida made news recently when it announced it was paying approximately $600,000 in ransom to undo a ransomware attack it suffered in late May. In addition to the ransom paid, officials also invested more than $900,000 into new hardware in the hopes that they do not have the same vulnerabilities as the old ones. That’s $1.5 million in damages from one attack.

20 June 2019 — 4 min read

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20 June 2019 — 4 min read

Cashing In on Crime: GandCrab May End, But The Threat of Ransomware Continues

They say crime doesn’t pay, but clearly the architects behind GandCrab ransomware didn’t get that memo. They recently announced they were retiring thanks to the money they’ve made encrypting victims’ computers. At the beginning of June, operators of the notorious GandCrab strain of ransomware announced that “all good things come to an end” and they are ceasing their operations. Unfortunately the success they reported will likely provide a roadmap for other cybercriminals that will continue for a long time.

27 December 2018 — 2 min read

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27 December 2018 — 2 min read

In Just One Month, Acronis’ New Cryptojacking Blocker Delivers Great Results

One month after the release of the Acronis True Image 2019 Cyber Protection update, we’ve already gotten some interesting findings and amazing results to share from our update to our Acronis Active Protection defensive technologies. One of the major features added as part of the Cyber Protection update was the ability to detect and stop potential cryptomining malware in Windows systems, safeguarding the machines resources, performance and potential hardware of Acronis True Image users. While we did not expect to see a lot of detections during the initial rollout, the telemetry data collected so far – surprisingly – shows the opposite.

15 December 2018 — 4 min read

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15 December 2018 — 4 min read

RanSim Adds Cryptojacking Scenarios and Acronis Active Protection Continues Showing Excellent Results

We’ve blogged about RanSim before: it’s a nice tool from KnowBe4, a security awareness training company that employs the famous former hacker, Kevin Mitnick. They help people learn about IT security and prepare for various security threats. RanSim originally served as a ransomware simulator – allowing users to see if their systems were protected against ransomware attacks without the risk of the real thing. Recently, KnowBe4 updated RanSim so that it also emulates cryptojackers – the latest, fast-growing malware threat that targets computers and mobile devices to hijack system resources to secretly mine cryptocurrency – and Acronis' cyber protection technology performed extremely well.

02 September 2018 — 4 min read

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02 September 2018 — 4 min read

Acronis True Image 2019 Further Enhances Data Security

When Acronis True Image 2017 New Generation was introduced in January 2017, it marked a new level in data protection as the first backup product to deliver effective behavior-based protection from ransomware. Later that same year, with the release of Acronis True Image 2018, we enhanced our Acronis Active Protection set of technologies with artificial intelligence (AI) to deliver an additional layer of security to an already effective and award-winning anti-ransomware defense. With the newly released Acronis True Image 2019, we’re bringing even more enhancements to our data security and anti-ransomware technologies, making the product even more secure and user-friendly.