Security Blog

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Author: Andrew Mason

Andrew is one of the co-founders of Pentest People. He is a veteran of the Cybersecurity industry with many years of experience in building and running Security focussed businesses.

August 8, 2022

Ransomware 2022: Facts and Statistics 

Ransomware 2022: Facts and Statistics  In 2021, Ransomware Attacks cost businesses an estimated $11.5 billion. But that’s just the beginning of the story. What about all the other consequences of ransomware attacks? How do they affect businesses? In this blog post, we’ll take a look at some of the most important ransomware facts and statistics […]

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August 3, 2022

The Threat of Ransomware to Businesses

The Threat of Ransomware to Businesses Almost every business needs modern technology to stay competitive in their industry. This can even include housing proprietary company information and procedures on cloud platforms. Despite the business advantages digital transformation offers, it also opens up new risks you need to effectively manage. One risk that needs to be […]

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July 13, 2022

The Beginning of Ransomware

The Beginning of Ransomware Ransomware’s ascent from a minor crime to a multi-billion-dollar industry shows the seriousness of the danger to corporations. But even though Ransomware has been making the news regularly for the past five years, it is not new to hold user data or systems hostage and then demand a payment to get […]

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April 20, 2021

Pentest People Win 2 Digital City Festival Awards

On 15th April we were delighted to attend the Digital City Awards online ceremony where we scooped two wins, the Cyber Security Project of the Year and the major award category, The Digital City Innovation of the Year Award. This award recognises the novel product or service which has revolutionised the way things are done and made a real difference in its intended field.

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July 18, 2019

Windows IPv6 – Part One

We are all aware of IPv6 but are we aware of the current threats associated with default configurations? What is the new threat landscape with IPv6? Should we turn a blind eye and hope it disappears? In this blog series I’ll cover the most relevant IPv6 details and attacks over a 2 part series.

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July 3, 2019

Pentest People Awarded Place on G-Cloud 11 Framework

This week Pentest People have not only become a CHECK service provider authorised by the NCSC, but also awarded a place on the G-Cloud 11 framework. Authorised by the UK Government. Our services are now easily available for any company/organisation operating within the public sector via G-Cloud. 

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