{"id":57576,"date":"2025-03-24T11:27:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T10:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secuinfra.com\/news\/cyberattack-what-to-do-if-the-worst-comes-to-the-worst\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T11:42:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T10:42:16","slug":"cyberattack-what-to-do-when-disaster-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secuinfra.com\/en\/news\/cyberattack-what-to-do-when-disaster-strikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyberattack – What to do when disaster strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Why traditional security measures are no longer enough – and how companies should be prepared<\/em><\/p>\n\n

Imagine this: One morning, an employee boots up his computer – and all he sees is a blackmail letter. Systems are down, customer data is encrypted and the first indications of a possible data leak are circulating on the darknet. What now?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

The specialist article “Cyber attack – what now?”<\/em> from the current issue of the trade journal manage it (01-02\/2025)<\/strong> explores precisely this question – and provides a well-founded, practical overview of the growing threat situation and effective response strategies for companies.<\/p>\n\n

The focus is on the rapid professionalization of attackers: cybercrime is now an organized business. Criminal groups work in a division of labor – from initial access to malicious code to money laundering. Ransomware attacks are no longer one-off disruptive actions, but part of complex business models such as “cybercrime as a service”.<\/strong> Affected companies are often blackmailed twice: by encrypting their data and by threatening to make it public. <\/p>\n\n

In addition to technical vulnerabilities such as insecure VPN gateways or outdated cloud configurations, the focus is also shifting to the “human factor”: social engineering, phishing and targeted manipulation of employees remain the main attack vectors – often with devastating consequences.<\/p>\n\n

The article shows:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n