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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.
April 17, 2017  — 3 min read
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April 17, 2017  — 3 min read
The Taxman's Top Tip: Back Up Your Tax Records
Benjamin Franklin once famously observed “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” If he lived today, he might have added “data loss” to that list, since the need to safeguard our data is an everyday part of our tech-infused lives. Given how digitized today’s tax system is, protecting our tax records is critical. Even the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agrees a backup should be a top priority.
April 17, 2017  — 5 min read
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April 17, 2017  — 5 min read
Weekly Tech Roundup — April 17
The good guys had some wins this week, making the digital world a little bit safer. But it seems the world needs balance—new threats popping up in the place of old ones. Luckily, the innovations weren’t all bad (have you heard about a company that is trying to transform the global coffee supply chain with blockchain?) What tech headlines did you miss last week?
April 13, 2017  — 2 min read
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April 13, 2017  — 2 min read
Who Says That Acronis True Image Is the Fastest and Easiest of Them All? (Hint: The AV-TEST Institute Does!)
It’s not often that one product so completely dominates the rest in a number of important performance measurements. Yet the AV-TEST Institute, an international and independent research lab specializing in IT security and malware research, showed that Acronis True Image is up to 10 times faster than its competition! But before examining those juicy findings, let’s talk about how the institute ranked its ease of use.
April 12, 2017  — 3 min read
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April 12, 2017  — 3 min read
Incremental Recovery of Backups From the Cloud. Why Is It Essential?
If three library books on one shelf were misplaced or destroyed, should you have to replace the entire shelf of books? If you picked up your dry cleaning and dropped one shirt on the ground, should you have to re-launder all of the clothes? Of course not. Complete replacement would not make sense because it would be more expensive, more time consuming, and take more resources to complete. And so it is with recovering cloud backups.
April 11, 2017  — 4 min read
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April 11, 2017  — 4 min read
PARTNER PROFILE: OzHosting.com — Pioneer of Australia’s Cloud Hosting Market
This year OzHosting.com is celebrating its 20th anniversary of providing cloud hosting solutions on the Australian market.  Established in 1997, it’s one of the original web hosting companies in Australia that made web hosting services easy and affordable for Australian businesses and organizations. Doug Endersbee, OzHosting.com CEO, told Acronis that understanding the market and responding to customers’ changing needs have been critical to the company’s success over the last two decades. Mr. Endersbee also explained why OzHosting.com selected Acronis Backup Cloud as their new Backup-as-a-Service platform and what has been achieved in the first four months since the system was deployed.
April 10, 2017  — 2 min read
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April 10, 2017  — 2 min read
Acronis True Image — A Powerful Combination of Speed and Ransomware Protection
When it comes to data protection, you need a comprehensive backup solution or you’re putting your data at risk. That’s why the AV-Test Institute, an international and independent lab specializing in IT security and malware research, set out to evaluate the effectiveness of popular backup solutions currently available to consumers.
April 10, 2017  — 6 min read
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April 10, 2017  — 6 min read
Weekly Tech Roundup — April 10
This week was full of milestones, breakthroughs, and innovations. New malware was uncovered, old records were broken, and new threats emerged. Now more than ever, it’s important that to keep an eye on the technical horizon, because you never know what new ways your data could become vulnerable. What headlines did you miss?
April 06, 2017  — 1 min read
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April 06, 2017  — 1 min read
Protect Your Business From Ransomware With Acronis Backup 12.5
Acronis Active Protection™ is coming soon to Acronis Backup 12.5, the world’s fastest and easiest backup! Acronis Active Protection is an advanced ransomware protection technology. It actively protects all of the data – documents, data of all types, your system, backups and even your backup application.
April 03, 2017  — 5 min read
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April 03, 2017  — 5 min read
Weekly Tech Roundup — April 3
Last Friday was World Backup Day, and good thing it was because cybercriminals weren’t taking any time off. But it wasn’t just cybercriminals putting your data at risk. Software upgrades and even trusted government tools made hacking into your data even easier. What do you have to worry about when it comes to protecting your data this week? Find out in the stories below.
April 02, 2017  — 6 min read
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April 02, 2017  — 6 min read
Ben Waterhouse: Data is the Currency of Competitive Advantage
Enjoying the warm sunshine of an Australian Saturday afternoon, the smell of burnt rubber, the electric atmosphere of anticipation preceding the first Grand Prix of the year, Ben Waterhouse of Scuderia Toro Rosso spoke to Acronis about the value of data in designing the new STR12 car.
April 01, 2017  — 3 min read
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April 01, 2017  — 3 min read
iPhone Backup Needed Before Apple iOS 10.3
Apple iOS 10.3 has just been released, which is an exciting development for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users. The Apple iOS update introduces user-friendly enhancements like the "Find My AirPods" feature, frees up storage space on your iPhone, and has been called “the most impressive updates Apple has released in some time” by some industry observers. As part of the new iOS, the company has included their new filing system. And while any system update should encourage you to create a backup, the experts agree this change practically demands one. Find out why.
March 31, 2017  — 2 min read
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March 31, 2017  — 2 min read
Guest Blog: Creating VM Backups on a Regular Basis Keeps Your Data Safe
Virtual machines keep you on the safe side and protect your Mac. Nevertheless, VMs are very similar to real computers in that they are vulnerable to the same risks: data loss, hard disk corruption, malware, and power outage. Creating VM backups on a regular basis keeps your work and data safe.