Security News

SMBs Eye Managed Security Solutions: Survey (Security Week)
2017-08-04 16:10

Webroot commissioned Wakefield Research to query 600 SMB IT decision makers in the US, UK and Australia to discover current attitudes towards IT security among companies with less than 500...

Most SMBs plan to outsource IT security this year (Help Net Security)
2017-08-01 21:36

96 percent of small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the US, UK, and Australia believe their organizations will be susceptible to external cybersecurity threats in 2017. And although...

22% of SMBs hit by ransomware had to cease business operations (Help Net Security)
2017-07-27 19:38

More than one-third of small and medium-sized businesses have experienced a ransomware attack in the last year, a new Malwarebytes report claims, and 22 percent of these impacted businesses had to...

Original XPan Ransomware Returns, Targets Brazilian SMBs (Threatpost)
2017-04-25 10:00

Brazilian cybercriminals are using the original version of the XPan ransomware, targeting small to medium-sized business based in Brazil with the malware.

SMBs will spend $564 billion on IT hardware, software, and services (Help Net Security)
2016-11-29 12:30

IDC forecasts SMBs will spend $564 billion on IT hardware, software, and services, including business services, in 2016. This amount is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR)...

Network security: A team sport for SMBs (Help Net Security)
2016-11-28 12:45

The increased volume and frequency of cyberattacks has made information security an everyday issue of great importance, regardless of your geographical location, industry, language or culture....

SMBs risk data security by using free cloud storage (Help Net Security)
2016-11-11 13:15

SMBs risk data security if they use free cloud storage, but nearly 25% still do, despite warnings from industry experts. In addition, new findings reveal that 11% of SMBs are storing banking...