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New ransomware rules for businesses: Are you prepared for an attack?
New laws require ransomware payments to be reported. Here's what you need to know.

Small businesses facing growing threats from breaches and bots
Small businesses face growing cyber risks in 2025, with a surge in ransomware and malware breaches and malicious e-comme...

Cybercrime: a big target on small business
Enhancing cybersecurity within small businesses begins with a culture shift, where education and investment in cyberdefe...

Range and extent of cybersecurity threats facing SMEs on the rise
Business email compromise (BEC) attacks were the second-highest type of attack that Sophos has handled in 2023.

SMEs make up majority of ransomware victims
In recent years, ransomware groups have shifted their modus operandi from phishing to vulnerability abuse in order to ex...

Email thread hijacking on the rise despite improved ransomware detection
IBM's 2023 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index report revealed that cybercriminals have also made 'innovations' in their a...

Pressure to pay: the top 10 tactics employed by ransomware adversaries
Ransomware attackers’ behaviour is shifting from technical attacks targeting systems and data, to targeting people and u...

Small businesses urged to be vigilant about scams
Scamwatch reports that threats and extortion scams, including malware and ransomware, have resulted in losses of more th...

Cyberinsurance or self-insurance: dealing with the latest wave of ransomware attacks
The right type of backups can significantly mitigate the risk of significant disruption and financial losses of a ransom...

The real cost of cyber breaches to SMEs
Many businesses were unaware of the threats they face, with SMEs who outsource their cybersecurity believing they are be...