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May 20, 2025  — 22 min read
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May 20, 2025  — 22 min read
From banks to battalions: SideWinder’s attacks on South Asia’s public sector
Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU) uncovered a new SideWinder APT campaign targeting high-level government institutions in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
June 20, 2014  — 3 min read
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June 20, 2014  — 3 min read
Fighting Ransomware with Data Backup: Weekly Roundup
Data loss has many culprits, from ransomware attacks carried out by hackers bent on extorting money to outdated IT systems and human error. But companies have several strategies at their disposal to limit — and even prevent — the damage caused by data loss. Here's a look at recent developments in data loss prevention, and other data protection stories you may have missed this week:
June 19, 2014  — 2 min read
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June 19, 2014  — 2 min read
How to Give Employees App Freedom Without Sacrificing Data Security
In the BYOD era, employees want to work with the devices and applications of their choice. Yet that desire can conflict with IT's job of keeping company data safe and secure. It's a balancing act that IT departments face, no matter which type of device employees use to get work done.
June 18, 2014  — 2 min read
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June 18, 2014  — 2 min read
Modern Data Requires New Generation Data Protection: 8 Noble Truths
To help organizations better understand the challenges of backup, disaster recovery and secure access, Acronis has created the 8 noble truths of data protection. This is the fourth post in an eight-part series to help you optimally protect your data.
June 17, 2014  — 2 min read
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June 17, 2014  — 2 min read
World Cup Set to Break Data Records in Social Media
Six days into the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the event is set to break social media engagement records. Fans will generate the most social buzz data of any sporting event in history, according to a report released from the Adobe Digital Index last week. The results are based on more than 69 million social mentions, across 230 countries and territories, talking about the month-long event.
June 13, 2014  — 2 min read
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June 13, 2014  — 2 min read
Data Creation All-Time High for World Cup 2014: Weekly Roundup
The World Cup kicked off this week with with a bang, promising more digital data creation than any other soccer event to date. Just a snapshot of World Cup data creation includes millions of social media updates from fans, 2,500 hours of camera recordings and a satellite network handling up to 100 megabits per second as viewers streaming the games online all over the world. Information about World Cup data creation and more in this week's roundup:
June 12, 2014  — 1 min read
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June 12, 2014  — 1 min read
How Smartphone Kill-Switch Laws Affect Data Security
In an effort to curb rising mobile phone theft, lawmakers in several states have passed or proposed new rules that require devices to have remote disabling capabilities. These “kill switches” render a stolen or lost phone useless to anyone except its owner. That means protecting sensitive data from falling into the wrong hands.
June 11, 2014  — 2 min read
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June 11, 2014  — 2 min read
Disasters Are Inevitable; Data Loss Doesn’t Have To Be: 8 Noble Truths
To help organizations better understand the challenges of backup, disaster recovery and secure access, Acronis has created the "8 Noble Truths" of data protection. To view all 8 Noble Truths, please download the whitepaper. This is the third post in an eight-part series to help you protect your data:
June 06, 2014  — 2 min read
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June 06, 2014  — 2 min read
What Apple's Deeper Mobile, Desktop Integration Means for IT: Weekly Roundup
Apple took the consumer and business worlds by storm this week with updates to its mobile and desktop operating systems. For enterprise IT, the changes could mean new strategies are needed to protect company data from falling into the wrong hands. New features, such as Continuity, enable users to start tasks on one device (like their Mac laptop at the office) and pick it back up from another device (like their iPhone or iPad). For IT pros, change will require security and data protection strategies. Here's a look at the latest mobile and data protection news from around the Web this week:
June 04, 2014  — 2 min read
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June 04, 2014  — 2 min read
Disk Management for Users Who Need More Control: Q&A with Acronis' Vartan Minasyan
Computer users today don't necessarily need to know the details that make their machine work. They can take it out of the box, plug it in and get to work. But those out-of-the-box settings aren't sufficient for some users. They need the ability to arrange file systems, restore boot records and split partitions. To tailor computers to their needs, these users need a disk management tool. Here, Vartan Minasyan, lead program manager for consumer products at Acronis, discusses how these technologies help prosumers and IT admins better protect and manage their data:
June 03, 2014  — 1 min read
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June 03, 2014  — 1 min read
How the Hospitality Industry Can Overcome 3 Big Data Challenges
Hotels and other companies in the hospitality industry collect, store and manage loads of data that must be protected — for both the company's and the customer's sake. But many companies in the $593 billion hospitality industry emphasize customer service before considering IT's role in the business. The consequences from data loss, however, can be far more damaging than a bad review.
May 30, 2014  — 3 min read
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May 30, 2014  — 3 min read
Joyent's Data Center Mishap and Sony's 185 TB Cassette Tape: Weekly Roundup
This week, cloud operator Joyent learned a humbling lesson in data center management when an admin's mistake caused the company a major data outage. But it wasn't all bad news this week. Sony took the storage industry by storm with its record-breaking cassette tape that holds nearly 200 TB of data. These stories and more in this week's roundup:
May 29, 2014  — 2 min read
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May 29, 2014  — 2 min read
Data Is Increasingly Difficult to Back Up: 8 Noble Truths
To help organizations better understand the challenges of backup, disaster recovery and secure access, Acronis has created the "8 Noble Truths" of data protection. To view all 8 Noble Truths, please download the whitepaper. This is the second post in an eight-part series to help you protect your data: