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May 23, 2025  — 3 min read
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May 23, 2025  — 3 min read
Acronis champions ENISA’s EU Vulnerability Database for enhanced cybersecurity in Europe
Acronis is integrating EUVD into our operations to support the EU’s cybersecurity priorities and enhance digital resilience for businesses and organizations.
November 23, 2020  — 2 min read
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November 23, 2020  — 2 min read
Integrated cybersecurity earns Acronis True Image VB100 certification
Virus Bulletin has released the results of its October 2020 certification tests of cybersecurity solutions and in its first time being included in the independent test, Acronis True Image 2021 delivered a near perfect performance – stopping 99.9% of the threats without interrupting legitimate programs. With more people working from home, the number of cyberattacks has grown exponentially – and today’s malware continues to target backups to prevent a safe recovery. Knowing that you can trust your cyber protection solution to stop the latest cyberthreats is critical. By earning VB100 certification, Acronis True Image proves that individuals, prosumers, and home office users can rest easy knowing that their device data and backups are protected against even the newest cyberthreats.
November 20, 2020  — 3 min read
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November 20, 2020  — 3 min read
Acronis acquires CyberLynx, a leader in security audits, pen-tests, cyber forensics, and training services
In our mission to deliver strategies, services, and solutions that provide comprehensive cyber protection, Acronis has been actively looking to develop new data protection and cybersecurity capabilities. Some of these are developed by our team, while others are gained through strategic acquisitions. Today, we’ve added a powerful set of new services and technical expertise by acquiring CyberLynx, a leading cybersecurity consultancy that provides proprietary training, IT security audits, penetration testing, and post-event cyber forensic services.
October 14, 2020  — 2 min read
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October 14, 2020  — 2 min read
Acronis antimalware in ICSA Labs September certification: 100% detection rate
Being “good enough” is never enough when it comes to safeguarding your data, endpoints, and workloads. To stand up to ever-changing threats, the strategies and solutions you rely on for data protection and cybersecurity need to keep evolving too. Given the constantly changing cyberthreat landscape, Acronis is constantly enhancing our cybersecurity technologies to improve the detection rate and overall performance. The most recent efforts clearly paid off in the September round, as Acronis Cyber Protect scored a perfect 100% in all of the tests done by this respected certification laboratory. Let’s take a look at the latest results.
October 07, 2020  — 3 min read
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October 07, 2020  — 3 min read
How MSPs can talk to clients about Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Cybersecurity is a pressing concern for every organization, and many rely on an MSP to deliver the expertise and experience that their business lacks. The ability to talk knowledgeably and confidently about security issues is no longer limited to managed security service providers (MSSPs) – it is an absolute must for any MSP that wants to remain in business. Armed with the free Acronis Cybersecurity Assessment Questionnaire, this year’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month can be a great opportunity for you to help your clients while nurturing your MSP business.
October 07, 2020  — 9 min read
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October 07, 2020  — 9 min read
Avaddon ransomware cleans the bin for you
Avaddon is a new Maze-like ransomware that not only encrypts the user’s data but also steals it and threatens to make it public. To do that, the Avaddon operator recently launched their own data leak site, where they have already published data from Liberty Linehaul and U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc. What makes this ransomware unique is the way it tries to delete backups. In addition to traditional removal of shadow copies of the user’s files, Avaddon also deletes system backups, disables automatic repair and recovery, and cleans the bin. To do that, it escalates privileges with UAC bypassing through CMSTPLUA COM interface exploitation.
October 02, 2020  — 8 min read
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October 02, 2020  — 8 min read
Evasive Maze ransomware encrypts and steals terabytes of private data in targeted attacks
Maze ransomware has been seen executing targeted attacks since at least May 2019 and was supposedly responsible for the attack on Canon on July 30, 2020, resulting in the outage of the image canon cloud storage service. Moreover, the Maze ransomware operator claimed they stole 10 TB of private data as part of the attack on Canon.
October 01, 2020  — 3 min read
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October 01, 2020  — 3 min read
How are you celebrating Cybersecurity Awareness Month?
It’s no exaggeration to say that digital disruption has reshaped and reinvented nearly every major industry over the last couple of decades. From finance to healthcare, from manufacturing to transportation — the modern world is more dependent than ever on data. Naturally, safeguarding that data — and the organizations that rely on it — is absolutely vital. Now in its 17th year, National Cybersecurity Awareness Month is an initiative led by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, intended to raise awareness about cyberthreats and the strategies we can take to protect our systems and sensitive data. October 2020 also marks the ninth year of European Cybersecurity Month — the European Union’s annual campaign dedicated to promoting cybersecurity and sharing best practices around the topic of staying protected online.
September 25, 2020  — 5 min read
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September 25, 2020  — 5 min read
9 questions that are key to selling cybersecurity
Selling security is hard enough when you can sit across from a prospect, but the new realities of lockdown and social distancing create even more roadblocks. How can managed service providers (MSPs) who want to add cybersecurity services to their offering get started in today’s virtual business world? Recently, Acronis Chief Channel Evangelist Amy Luby sat down (virtually) with Erick Simpson, co-founder of one of the first pure-play MSPs in the industry and the creator of the MSP Mastered methodology, to get his insights into how MSPs can successfully sell security in a virtual environment.
September 17, 2020  — 7 min read
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September 17, 2020  — 7 min read
Pandemic protection lessons: IT teams reflect on their cyber readiness
The COVID pandemic threw the strengths and weaknesses of organizational IT stacks into sharp relief. Now – half a year after most offices closed and work transitioned to remote work environments – we’re taking a look back at how businesses around the world performed through the sudden, dramatic shift. To do that, we surveyed more than 3,000 remote workers and IT managers around the world about their experiences both during and following the migration to remote work environments in our first Acronis Cyber Readiness Report. Learn how IT teams at organizations worldwide led their organizations through the unexpected, navigated a sudden jump in environment and security complexity, and how your team can stay prepared for the next challenges that are in store with this report deep-dive.
September 14, 2020  — 6 min read
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September 14, 2020  — 6 min read
The Future of Remote Work and How to Get Prepared
Six months ago the COVID pandemic drove a mass migration from offices to remote work environments. That shift led to major changes for organizations and employees as security, connectivity, and support needs spread overnight. To determine how businesses were able to cope with this migration to remote work environments – and where their people, processes, and tech wasn’t up for the task – we surveyed more than 3,000 remote workers and IT managers around the world. Hear how remote workers experienced this shift, how their views on in-office work have changed, and how your organization can prepare for the future of remote work with the 2020 Acronis Cyber Readiness Report deep-dive.
September 01, 2020  — 2 min read
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September 01, 2020  — 2 min read
Helping MSPs deliver easy, efficient and secure solutions to clients
Being a service provider isn’t easy; we get it. That’s one of the reasons why Acronis looks for innovative ways to help you simplify your processes so that you can deliver cyber protection to your clients in an easy, efficient, and secure way. One thing we never want to do is put your clients’ security at risk, which is why we recently moved to monthly releases for the Acronis Cyber Cloud. This approach ensures they are always protected from the latest cyberthreats – while giving you access to high-demand features and functionalities that help you better protect your clients. In the latest release, we introduce new features and changes to our pricing, licensing, and editions to make it even easier for you to deliver cyber protection to your clients.
August 27, 2020  — 3 min read
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August 27, 2020  — 3 min read
All-encompassing tragedy prevention: The reviews are in for Acronis True Image 2021
Last week’s release of Acronis True Image 2021 has certainly been well-received by the individuals, prosumers, and small businesses looking for cyber protection – and that’s the true measure of success for our team. Yet it was also good to see that the new release made some good impressions on the analysts and media outlets that follow the personal and small business software and cybersecurity industries. As the first truly comprehensive personal cyber protection solution – integrating advanced cybersecurity with our best-of-breed backup – we knew it would generate some interest. Considering how many over-hyped pitches these industry observers regularly get, it’s been refreshing to see them recognize the revolutionary nature of this release.