Spanning Blog

Welcome to our blog featuring thought leadership and best practices on SaaS backup and recovery, data protection and security, and regular product updates for Spanning Backup for Office 365, Google Workspace, and Salesforce.

How Phishing Attacks Ruin Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace

Cyberthreats adversely impact your SaaS applications and data. Here’s a look at how phishing affects your Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace environment.


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Ransomware Recovery: How to Respond to Ransomware Attacks

Ransomware recovery is the process of restoring critical systems and resuming business functions to an operational state after an attack. Learn more.


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Cyberattacks 2021: Phishing, Ransomware & Data Breach Statistics From the Last Year

A close look at cyberattack statistics in 2021 and how to better protect your business against phishing, ransomware & data breaches moving forward.


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Types of Cyber Attacks: A Closer Look at Common Threats

By understanding the different types of cyber attacks and how they are executed, you can identify potential threats and take the required steps to prevent them if a cybersecurity event occurs.


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NanoCore RAT — Malware of the Month, May 2020

NanoCore — Spanning’s Malware of the Month for May 2020 — is an incredibly sophisticated Remote Access Trojan (RAT) that gives hackers free rein over an infected device.


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Ryuk Ransomware — Malware of the Month, January 2020

In the world of malware, Ryuk ransomware has gone from a rookie to a pro at a disturbing speed. Here we take a look at what Ryuk ransomware is, how it spreads, and how to protect your business from it.


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Ransomware: Five Critical Steps Service Providers Must Take for Their Customers

Joe Noonan, VP of Products for Unitrends and Spanning, details why a strong prevention plan that includes good backups and the discipline to manage the backups correctly is the best way to beat ransomware.


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How Are You Celebrating National Security Awareness Month?

This October is the 15th annual National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM), an initiative to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity that grows stronger by the year in significance and scope. This is no surprise given that breaches and malware attacks are getting more frequent, and they don’t discriminate against industry. A cross-section of companies from government, healthcare, finance and retail to nonprofits, car-sharing, and even the Port of San Diego have faced ransomware attacks.


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Learning Held Hostage – How to Prepare for and Prevent Data Loss Due to Ransomware

At the beginning of 2018, the FBI and the Department of Education Inspector General revealed that hackers had tried to sell over 100 million private records from almost 100 schools and businesses as of the end of last year. 100 million records seems like a lot, but when you consider that more than 63 percent of organizations experienced an attempted ransomware attack in 2017, with 22 percent reporting these incidents occurred on a weekly basis, it’s easy to see how pervasive and far-reaching the threat of ransomware is.


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Prepare or Repair: Pointers for Both Sides of a Ransomware Attack

Ransomware attacks are increasing, getting more sophisticated and sparing no industry. In this blog we examine both sides of a ransomware attack — ways to prepare a solid defense (or offense) to prevent an attack and pointers to repair the damage if you do suffer an attack.


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