Cybersecurity

BlackFog Partners with Evolve Cybersecurity Insurance for Ransomware Protection

BlackFog partners with Evolve cybersecurity insurance specialist in the United States for cyberthreat protection and to mitigate the risks associated with ransomware.

Insider Threats: Mitigating the Risks of Data Exfiltration

In addition to the dramatic rise in ransomware during 2020, many organizations face an even more imminent danger, the insider threat. Leading analyst firm Forrester expects insiders to be responsible for a third of breaches in 2021, up 8% from 2020, mostly due to the increase in remote working.

Mitigating Ransomware and Cyber Risk in the Hybrid Workforce

If 2020 has taught IT security leaders anything, it’s that remote workers are more vulnerable to cyberattacks and ransomware, and the tools that they thought would protect them outside the walls of the corporate environment simply didn’t in many cases.

All Cyberattacks Lead to Data Exfiltration

The threat of data loss, data breaches and ransomware is on the minds of everyone. We discuss the crucial part that data exfiltration plays in defending an organization from these modern threats.

Homograph Attacks using Homoglyphs

Homographs are the latest in a long line of new attack vectors now being used by cybercriminals to trick users into disclosing personal information such as passwords or other sensitive data.

The VPN Privacy Fallacy and Remote Work

VPN Privacy is not what people think it is. Companies have relied on the VPN to connect to the corporate network particularly for remote work. However it does not afford users the level of privacy protection they think it does.

Mobile Cyber Security Threats

Every day we read about cyberattacks and data breaches affecting organizations trusted with our personal information. Yet most us don’t even consider the security of our mobile devices, leaving us increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks. We discuss the different types of attacks that can affect our mobile devices.

Execution prevention and cybersecurity

BlackFog has introduced execution prevention to protect your device from rogue malware. This article explains how it works and why it is more powerful than application whitelisting.

Protecting Online Privacy

Most security products focus on resolving problems based on known vulnerabilities and inbound traffic whereas data and identity theft protection is concerned specifically with data loss prevention. We discuss the different types of defense mechanisms available and contrast BlackFog's approach.