Web Hosting & Remote IT Support Proofpoint 2026 AI‑Era Ransomware Report found 54% of victims paid attackers despite warnings 37% faced repeat extortion after paying; 2% paid but never regained access to files Experts urge prevention: phishing awareness, offline backups, and AI‑powered endpoint protection Security researchers Proofpoint have seemingly proved once again that paying ransomware actors does not guarantee they’ll walk away for good - in fact, they’ve proven that in many cases, they’ll simply come back for more because they know they can get paid. The company's “2026 AI-Era Ransomware Report”, based on a survey of almost 1,000 security professionals across 12 markets, found globally, more than half (54%) of affected organizations paid their attackers to regain access to locked files and prevent them from sharing stolen documents on the dark web. This is despite repeated plea...
I use the premium Dreame Aqua10 Ultra robovac in my own home, but this alternative at 44% off is a smarter buy
Web Hosting & Remote IT Support I've been testing and writing about robot vacuums for nearly a decade here on TechRadar Australia and one of the standouts for me in the past 12 months was (if you'll excuse the pun) an absolute dream machine. If you read my in-depth Dreame Aqua10 Ultra review , you'll know just how impressed I was with its overall performance, and my nitpicking complaints were mostly to do with how its battery gets used, which honestly isn't even a complaint — perhaps more of an observation. It is, however, a premium model that I've only very rarely seen discounted. Its slightly cheaper sibling, the standard Dreame Aqua10 Roller, though, is almost as good and also currently 44% off on Amazon , and just AU$69.35 more than its Prime Day price. That's still a sight better than having to pay nearly three grand for the Ultra version. With 30,000Pa of sucti...