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October 15, 2026 — 2 min read
Introducing New Acronis CEO: Prakash Panjwani
October 15, 2026 — 2 min read
Introducing New Acronis CEO: Prakash Panjwani
We are pleased to announce the appointment of our new Chief Executive Officer, Prakash Panjwani. A veteran cybersecurity CEO, Panjwani previously served as CEO of WatchGuard Technologies and SafeNet.
June 24, 2021 — 2 min read
Acronis Cyber Infrastructure 4.6 adds new features, optimizations
June 24, 2021 — 2 min read
Acronis Cyber Infrastructure 4.6 adds new features, optimizations
Acronis’ ongoing commitment to cyber protection requires continued innovation and refinement of our solutions — both to meet the shifting cyberthreat landscape, and to set users up for success with usability and customization improvements. To that end, we’ve recently released version 4.6 of Acronis Cyber Infrastructure. This update introduces new capabilities to further improve performance, usability, and security — as well as fixes for a few existing issues.
June 24, 2021 — 6 min read
What is Social Engineering?
June 24, 2021 — 6 min read
What is Social Engineering?
According to recent studies, cybercriminals use social engineering techniques to drive 98% of cyberattacks, making this an important topic of discussion for businesses and users. If your organization is a managed service provider (MSP), read on and discover how social engineering works and what you can do to help your clients protect their business from attacks.
June 24, 2021 — 6 min read
What is IT risk management?
June 24, 2021 — 6 min read
What is IT risk management?
Murphy has two laws, and both apply when it comes to IT risk management. “Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong” is Murphy’s first law, which is considered accurate because, given enough time, there is a high probability that anything will go wrong. You need to be prepared for anything! Murphy’s second law states that “nothing is as easy as it looks,” and this is also true when it comes to managing business risk.
June 10, 2021 — 3 min read
Stop email cyberthreats with Advanced Email Security
June 10, 2021 — 3 min read
Stop email cyberthreats with Advanced Email Security
94% of all malware and 96% of all social engineering attacks today are delivered through email. For managed service providers (MSPs), that makes email security a top priority but responding to this threat takes more than just adding a new cybersecurity tool to build services on top of.
June 04, 2021 — 5 min read
Threat analysis: DoppelPaymer ransomware
June 04, 2021 — 5 min read
Threat analysis: DoppelPaymer ransomware
DoppelPaymer is a successor of BitPaymer ransomware, and is part of the Dridex malware family. It’s currently being distributed in various forms, including phishing or spam emails with attached documents that are embedded with malicious code — either JavaScript or VBScript. On execution, this code downloads DoppelPaymer’s first-stage loader on the victim’s machine. The attackers then use the PowerShell Empire toolkit to run a brute-force attack on Active Directory. The Mimikatz module is used to dump passwords from the system memory.
June 04, 2021 — 5 min read
Threat analysis: Pysa (Mespinoza) ransomware
June 04, 2021 — 5 min read
Threat analysis: Pysa (Mespinoza) ransomware
Pysa takes an approach commonly referred to as “big game hunting,” meaning that the ransomware group targets high-value assets in organizations that are particularly sensitive to data loss or system downtime. The idea is that victims — which may include healthcare providers, government agencies, and managed service providers — are more likely to quickly pay the ransom, regardless of its cost.
June 04, 2021 — 8 min read
Conti ransomware shuts down backup services and unlocks files with Windows Restart Manager
June 04, 2021 — 8 min read
Conti ransomware shuts down backup services and unlocks files with Windows Restart Manager
Conti ransomware shuts down backup services and unlocks files with Windows Restart Manager before encryption.
June 04, 2021 — 8 min read
Sekhmet ransomware Analysis
June 04, 2021 — 8 min read
Sekhmet ransomware Analysis
Sekhmet ransomware, which first appeared in March 2020, has already disclosed the stolen data from at least six victims to date. One recent known attack that occurred on 20 June 2020 targeted SilPac, a gas handling solutions company based in Santa Clara, California.
June 04, 2021 — 7 min read
Analysis of Ragnar Locker Ransomware
June 04, 2021 — 7 min read
Analysis of Ragnar Locker Ransomware
The threat actor begin the attack by compromising the company’s network via RDP service, using brute force to guess weak passwords or with stolen credentials bought on the Dark Web. Next, the attacker performs second-stage reconnaissance. To elevate privileges, the attacker exploits the CVE-2017-0213 vulnerability in the Windows COM Aggregate Marshaler to run arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
June 01, 2021 — 4 min read
What is an email cyberattack?
June 01, 2021 — 4 min read
What is an email cyberattack?
It is another workday, and one of your client’s users is perusing through their inbox and sees an email from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Her first thought is, “Why would the IRS be contacting me?” Without thinking further, she quickly opens the email, clicks on the link and BAM! Next thing she sees on her screen is a message telling her that her files have been encrypted and she must pay a ransom to get the key to decrypt them.
May 26, 2021 — 4 min read
Cyber protection of champions: four European football teams win with Acronis
May 26, 2021 — 4 min read
Cyber protection of champions: four European football teams win with Acronis
As a proud cyber protection partner of Manchester City F.C., FC Internazionale Milano, AFC Ajax Amsterdam, and Club Atlético de Madrid, Acronis is proud to have supported four world-renowned teams as they earned historic championships in the 2020/21 season! Acronis #CyberFit sports partners take advantage of the innovative features of Acronis Cyber Protection Solutions to achieve proactive, active, and reactive protection for all of their data, applications, and systems – keeping these champions secure and focused on optimizing their performance on the field.
May 26, 2021 — 2 min read
Acronis wins Most Innovative Solution award at ASCII Success Summit
May 26, 2021 — 2 min read
Acronis wins Most Innovative Solution award at ASCII Success Summit
We’re thrilled to announce that Acronis has been awarded Most Innovative Solution at the first live ASCII Summit of 2021. This award acknowledges the significant evolution that Acronis has made from backup vendor to cyber protection partner of the global MSP channel community.