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COVID-19 THREAT UPDATE #4

Millions of remote workers are accessing cloud services and using VPNs to maintain business continuity. But attackers are pivoting to gain the upper hand. Click to watch Matt Radolec and...
Kilian Englert
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Last updated January 17, 2023

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    Millions of remote workers are accessing cloud services and using VPNs to maintain business continuity. But attackers are pivoting to gain the upper hand.

    Click to watch Matt Radolec and Ryan O’Boyle from our Incident Response team discuss how they’re seeing a big jump in the number of ransomware investigations and attacks in this new video:

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    Kilian Englert
    Kilian Englert Kilian has a background in enterprise security engineering, as well as security solution selling. Kilian is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and creates internal and public content on topics related to cybersecurity and technology best practices.

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