--- title: Latest stories from Dave Kostos description: Stay up to date with the latest cybersecurity and cyber protection news, research, vulnerabilities, threats and computer attacks. canonical_url: https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/dave-kostos/page/9/ locale: en last_updated: 2026-10-27 --- [Acronis Blog](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/) [Authors](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/) Dave Kostos ![Image 1: Dave Kostos](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/content/4ebd2c6ab90855a20d45286557169382.png) Dave Kostos # Latest stories from Dave Kostos [03 June 2019 — 3 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 2: Cambodian Children Celebrate New School from Acronis Foundation](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/701297a7531d17743bf6f7c5f50e97c8.png) CrashPlan Users Migrate to Acronis for Comprehensive Backup Services As small businesses abandon CrashPlan – the backup service that recently abandoned them – many are migrating to reliable and easy-to-use business backup solutions from Acronis, which deliver more comprehensive coverage of their valuable data. Business owners, as well as the service providers who help these companies with their IT needs, can see for themselves how Acronis has the services they need to ensure the business continuity they expect.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/crashplan-users-migrate-acronis-comprehensive-backup-services/) [24 May 2019 — 4 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 3: CrashPlan by Code42 announces new file exclusions and deletes client historical backups](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/74dd033305077b8ad219667201379601.png) CrashPlan by Code42 announces new file exclusions and deletes client historical backups A new round of backup file exclusions and backup deletions leaves CrashPlan’s SMB customers unable to protect their business-critical data – and looking for a new backup and recovery service.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/crashplan-code42-announces-new-file-exclusions-and-deletes-client-historical-backups/) [10 May 2019 — 3 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 4: World Champs Boston Red Sox Choose Acronis as Their Official Cyber Protection Partner](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/bd62a55daae50fdec0d6a6b238034607.png) World Champs Boston Red Sox Choose Acronis as Their Official Cyber Protection Partner The legendary Boston Red Sox, one of the most iconic professional sports teams in the world, has just selected the world leader in cyber protection to protect its data, applications, and systems as part of a multi-year agreement. Learn more about our new technology partnership and find out how Acronis helps the Boston Red Sox ensure peak performance on the field and off.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/world-champs-boston-red-sox-choose-acronis-their-official-cyber-protection-partner/) [12 March 2019 — 4 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 5: Ransomware Attacks Sail Into San Diego and Barcelona](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/f62a350b7e35dfe1e3dd057a635af90b.png) The Growth and Importance of World Backup Day World Backup Day is March 31. Make sure you’re protecting what matters this year to keep your most important information safe and secure no matter what accidents and threats arise in the year ahead.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/growth-and-importance-world-backup-day/) [14 December 2018 — 3 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 6: Cambodian Children Celebrate New School from Acronis Foundation](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/701297a7531d17743bf6f7c5f50e97c8.png) Cambodian Children Celebrate New School from Acronis Foundation As 2018 comes to a close, the Acronis Foundation has completed construction on a new school in the remote village of Prei Changha, Cambodia, near the border of Thailand. This is the third school built by the Foundation’s Schools Initiative in 2018 – along with schools in Myanmar and Tanzania – which illustrates the organization’s commitment to creating, spreading, and protecting knowledge around the world.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/cambodian-children-celebrate-new-school-acronis-foundation/) [31 October 2018 — 1 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 7: Ransomware Attacks Sail Into San Diego and Barcelona](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/f62a350b7e35dfe1e3dd057a635af90b.png) The 7 Worst Nightmares of a Sysadmin It doesn’t need to be a dark and stormy night for a ghoulish incident to destroy the data that keeps yo ur company alive. Every day the stability and security of your system faces nightmares from cybercriminals, system errors, human errors, and more. If you can’t recover quickly, your data doesn’t stand a ghost of a chance. Fear not! To defend your business’ IT systems we’re going to shine a light on the seven most sinister terrors that haunt sysadmins. That way you can be sure there’s nothing in your stack waiting to go bump in the night.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/7-worst-nightmares-sysadmin/) [28 September 2018 — 3 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 8: Ransomware Attacks Sail Into San Diego and Barcelona](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/f62a350b7e35dfe1e3dd057a635af90b.png) Ransomware Attacks Sail Into San Diego and Barcelona https://www.acronis.com/en-us/cyber-protection/ The bustling Port of San Diego is recovering from a ransomware attack that hit on Tuesday, September 25, striking the administrative computer systems. The FBI and U.S. Department of Homeland Security are currently on-site investigating the ransomware further. And while the Port remains open to the public and shipping traffic is unaffected, certain systems are being shut down as a precaution while Port officials develop and implement their recovery plan. The incident marks the second cyberattack on an international port this week, as the Port of Barcelona was forced to fall back on contingency plans in response to an attack on their servers. Yet these are just two of the latest examples in a troubling epidemic of cybercrimes that target transportation, municipal, and governmental infrastructure.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/ransomware-attacks-sail-san-diego-and-barcelona/) [27 September 2018 — 3 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 9: Finding Greater Security with Artificial Intelligence](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/30ed349a67c19cf8c26685d868f90f47.png) Finding Greater Security with Artificial Intelligence How well protected is your company’s data? If you’re like the majority of IT professionals, probably not well enough. That’s not our opinion, but rather the honest answer from 62 percent of IT professionals from around the globe who reported that their security infrastructure has gaps that would allow attackers to penetrate their defenses. That revelation is just one of the troubling findings from the Ponemon Institute’s recent report on the modern IT security gap and how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) could help.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/finding-greater-security-artificial-intelligence/) [1](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/dave-kostos/page/1/) [2](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/dave-kostos/page/2/) [3](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/dave-kostos/page/3/) [4](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/dave-kostos/page/4/) [5](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/dave-kostos/page/5/) [6](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/dave-kostos/page/6/) [7](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/dave-kostos/page/7/) [8](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/dave-kostos/page/8/) [9](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/dave-kostos/page/9/)