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November 03, 2026 — 3 min read
Manitoba school cyberattack: Another wake-up call for education
November 03, 2026 — 3 min read
Manitoba school cyberattack: Another wake-up call for education
A major cyberattack on Manitoba-based school highlights the growing cyber risks facing the education sector and the need for stronger cyber resilience. Garden Valley School Division reported that phone systems were quickly restored, but disruptions to normal activities were expected to continue while teams worked to restore other systems.
May 01, 2020 — 4 min read
ZOOM Security Plan and DoppelPaymer Ransomware Attack
May 01, 2020 — 4 min read
ZOOM Security Plan and DoppelPaymer Ransomware Attack
New cyberattacks continue to roll in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, including exploits of the most popular video conferencing service and doubling-down on the DoppelPaymer ransomware strain. Here’s a quick recap of the latest updates to these attacks and the planned responses.
April 29, 2020 — 3 min read
How MSPs Can Leverage the Power of Platform Integration to Grow, Thrive, and Profit
April 29, 2020 — 3 min read
How MSPs Can Leverage the Power of Platform Integration to Grow, Thrive, and Profit
The typical managed service provider (MSP) faces a daunting array of obstacles to building a successful, sustainable and profitable business. To meet these challenges, MSPs must squeeze efficiencies out of their existing tech infrastructure and staff – even as they add new services. Acronis believes the key to this effort is a broad-based leveraging of integration and automation. We’ve outlined the opportunities to MSPs in deploying broader suites of cyber protection services as well and tactics to address the accompanying integration challenges in a new white paper titled The Five Levels of MSP Platform Integration. Here’s a brief preview.
April 28, 2020 — 4 min read
Cyberattacks Target Remote Work Tools
April 28, 2020 — 4 min read
Cyberattacks Target Remote Work Tools
Remote access to business environments has become a vital part of everyday work during the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the common ways an employee like a tech support staffer can connect to a remote employee’s work computer is the Remote Desktop service, which has some well-known security vulnerabilities.
April 27, 2020 — 3 min read
Importance of self-defense in cybersecurity software proven yet again
April 27, 2020 — 3 min read
Importance of self-defense in cybersecurity software proven yet again
At Acronis, we’ve taken the ability for security software to defend itself seriously right from the start. In 2017 and 2018, our solutions were tested for self-defense capabilities by independent labs, and their research revealed Acronis Cyber Protection Solutions delivered excellent results. Of course, we continue to improve our technologies with every release and constantly research what we can improve in all aspects of cyber protection. Given our mission of delivering cyber protection solutions that ensure the safety, accessibility, privacy, authenticity, and security (SAPAS) of data, in preparing for our upcoming Acronis Cyber Platform launch, we improved the self-defense capabilities even further.
April 22, 2020 — 10 min read
StorageCraft MSP Solutions vs Acronis Cyber Cloud
April 22, 2020 — 10 min read
StorageCraft MSP Solutions vs Acronis Cyber Cloud
If you are a managed service provider (MSP) or an IT solutions reseller reading this article, then you are likely researching new data protection and disaster recovery solutions to enhance your client offerings. You are either considering both Acronis and StorageCraft, or you’re already using StorageCraft and looking for alternatives.
April 20, 2020 — 6 min read
What You Need to Know About Remote Work: Hardening Your Home Router
April 20, 2020 — 6 min read
What You Need to Know About Remote Work: Hardening Your Home Router
If you’re a user, you always have access to the internet in the office – it’s a given that you don’t have to think about too much. At home, however, each of us usually plays the role of an admin, where your task is to set up the system that your family can use properly. Now that we’re in the midst of the COVID-19 epidemic and a lot of people are working from home, it is more important than ever to double-check the security of your router, since it is now not only the gateway to your personal data, but also to the valuable company data you are accessing remotely.
April 20, 2020 — 4 min read
What You Need to Know About Remote Work: Activating Your OS Firewall
April 20, 2020 — 4 min read
What You Need to Know About Remote Work: Activating Your OS Firewall
Many of us have most likely heard the term “firewall” even if we’re not interested in IT security. But what is it? Basically it is a network security system that controls all incoming and outgoing traffic on connected machines, acting as the first line of defense against all internet threats that target local networks or particular machines.
April 20, 2020 — 11 min read
Top 10 Server and Application Monitoring Tools
April 20, 2020 — 11 min read
Top 10 Server and Application Monitoring Tools
Today’s businesses and organizations are increasingly relying on web applications and corresponding IT infrastructures to streamline their operations, and engage their customers. However, the complex digital environment, comprising of a diversity of networks, devices and technologies may prevent delivery of a meaningful user experience.   by Alexey Sotnikov
April 16, 2020 — 4 min read
Intriguing COVID-19 Prevention Being Researched By Two Nobel Prize Winners
April 16, 2020 — 4 min read
Intriguing COVID-19 Prevention Being Researched By Two Nobel Prize Winners
As someone who has led his life on the cutting-edge of technology and science, Acronis Founder and CEO Serg “SB” Bell has made a lot of connections in the different scientific fields.
April 16, 2020 — 3 min read
Energy Sector Giant Struck by $11M Ransomware Demand
April 16, 2020 — 3 min read
Energy Sector Giant Struck by $11M Ransomware Demand
In a move that’s becoming all too familiar, cybercriminals have encrypted the systems of Energias de Portugal (EDP), one of the largest energy sector operators. The organization faces an $11 million ransom to have these systems unlocked so that they can hope to return to normal operations. Like all of the ransomware that have filled headlines in recent years, the Ragnar Locker ransomware strain used in this attack would have been detected and eliminated if EDP had Acronis Cyber Protection solutions deployed. Learn how our innovative AI-based cybersecurity technology can help prevent ransomware fallout like this from striking your organization.
April 15, 2020 — 3 min read
100% Detection Rate, Zero False Alarms: Independent Lab Tests Acronis Cyber Platform
April 15, 2020 — 3 min read
100% Detection Rate, Zero False Alarms: Independent Lab Tests Acronis Cyber Platform
AV-Test, the leading security institute known for putting anti-malware solutions through their paces, recently completed its examination of Acronis Cyber Platform – our new cyber protection product being released later this month, which delivers a unique integration of backup with full-stack next-generation anti-malware protection and comprehensive endpoint management tools. The results are in from AV-Test and Acronis Cyber Platform performed tremendously well.
April 13, 2020 — 4 min read
Demystifying the CARES Act for MSPs
April 13, 2020 — 4 min read
Demystifying the CARES Act for MSPs
The U.S. Government pulled together the largest economic stimulus package in our nation’s history and they did it in one week. This is an incredible accomplishment and a testament to our country’s ability to work together when faced with a crisis the likes of which we have not seen before. Acronis' Amy Luby just spoke to the CEO of Lendio, Brock Blake, and two MSP business owners, Amy Babinchak and Lori Tisinai, about the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, who it is for, and what the best strategies are for accessing those funds. Brock explained who’s eligible for the CARES Act and how Lendio is making it easy for small business owners to apply for and find the right banks.