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April 15, 2025  — 3 min read
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April 15, 2025  — 3 min read
The NIS 2 Directive: A wake-up call for health care disaster recovery strategies
The NIS 2 Directive is here, demanding robust disaster recovery strategies for health care. Learn about increased liability, patient safety risks, and why resilience is now non-negotiable.
July 22, 2022  — 12 min read
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July 22, 2022  — 12 min read
CloudMensis: a new macOS threat
In April 2022, ESET researchers found a yet-unknown backdoor on macOS. It was named CloudMensis due to the fact that it uses different public cloud storage for C2 communication. CloudMensis looks for different types of documents, captures keyboard input, searches local emails and can take screen captures.
June 30, 2022  — 8 min read
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June 30, 2022  — 8 min read
Details about ZingoStealer: The new, free malware-as-a-service variant
On March 18, 2022, the Telegram public group published a post detailing the release of a new version of malware, a Windows data stealer called ZingoStealer. The group created a chat bot to field information requests, deliver more information, and even enable downloads of ZingoStealer. Later, the developer announced that cryptomining functionality was added to the stealer in order to maximize profits from its operations.
June 28, 2022  — 7 min read
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June 28, 2022  — 7 min read
Important details About BlackCat: The new version of the ALPHV ransomware-as-a-service
On March 16, 2022, security specialists identified a new version of BlackCat ransomware (so named because the software displays a black cat on the victim’s payment site). These experts also noted that some previous YARA rules no longer match, which will make it difficult to find malicious files.
June 24, 2022  — 10 min read
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June 24, 2022  — 10 min read
What is computer security? Everything You Need To Know
what is computer security definition? What are the different levels of computer security? Learn about the best practices for cyberattacks prevention and recovery and more about the best computer security software you can use.
June 14, 2022  — 10 min read
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June 14, 2022  — 10 min read
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance considerations for backup and storage infrastructure
Businesses and public institutions based in the European Union (EU) have doubtless heard by now about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a new body of privacy regulations that goes into effect on 25 May 2018.
June 01, 2022  — 2 min read
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June 01, 2022  — 2 min read
Exciting new features available in Acronis Cyber Infrastructure 5.1
Acronis has announced some exciting new enhancements to Acronis Cyber Infrastructure 5.1 that will enable businesses to have a cloud-like experience on premises and service providers to provision cloud services for their clients.
May 24, 2022  — 6 min read
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May 24, 2022  — 6 min read
The legal implications of paying ransomware demands: The evolving state of ransomware
The legal implications of paying or not paying ransomware demands hover like a specter over businesses as attacks become more prevalent and sophisticated. Ransomware remains the top threat to SMBs and enterprises across healthcare, retail, manufacturing, and other vital sectors, according to the Acronis Cyberthreats Report 2022.
May 19, 2022  — 5 min read
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May 19, 2022  — 5 min read
Disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) for MSPs in a comprehensive cyber protection strategy
In the event of a sudden and unexpected disruption, from a power outage or natural disaster to equipment failure or system crash, the consequences can be catastrophic. This underlines the compelling case for MSPs to offer clients a way to maintain business continuity if the worst should happen. Disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) is a solution you can provide to your clients to do just that.
May 17, 2022  — 5 min read
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May 17, 2022  — 5 min read
What is hybrid cloud architecture? How does it work?
Modern business IT demands connections that are faster, more intricate, and constantly available. For managed service providers (MSPs), hybrid cloud architecture offers an easy, efficient, and secure means to meet these client demands – but, for all the benefits you and your clients gain from hybrid cloud storage solutions, many still find the hybrid cloud approach and hybrid cloud management unreasonably complicated.
May 09, 2022  — 6 min read
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May 09, 2022  — 6 min read
Data recovery: Its easy to recover data after loss
Why Acronis Cyber Protect (includes Acronis Cyber Backup) is the better choice when it comes to data recovery. Data recovery from totally destroyed data carriers is possible through forensic methods, but expensive. A cost-effective alternative is data security locally, remotely and in the cloud with Acronis Cyber Protect (includes Acronis Cyber Backup).
May 03, 2022  — 11 min read
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May 03, 2022  — 11 min read
Acronis Cyber Backup Becomes Part of Acronis Cyber Protect
Recently, Acronis announced the sunsetting of Acronis Cyber Backup and incorporated the features in that solution into one of Acronis’ starship solutions, Acronis Cyber Protect.
April 27, 2022  — 3 min read
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April 27, 2022  — 3 min read
What’s new in Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud? – April 2022
The April 2022 release now delivers more capabilities, functionality, UI updates and proven integrations to simplify the way you work and provide better service to your clients.