Krebs on Security

JUNE 9, 2020

Perhaps most troubling of these ( CVE-2020-1301 ) is a remote code execution bug in SMB capabilities built into Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 systems — both operating systems that Microsoft stopped supporting with security updates in January 2020. So do yourself a favor and backup before installing any patches.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 13, 2021

“Both core and full installations are affected back to Windows Server 2008, including versions 2004 and 20H2,” said Aleks Haugom , also with Automox. So do yourself a favor and backup before installing any patches. out of a possible 10.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 10, 2021

10 is the worst), and is present in Windows 7 through Windows 10 , and Windows Server 2008 through 2019 (Windows 7 is no longer being supported with security updates). So do yourself a favor and backup before installing any patches.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 10, 2019

By nearly all accounts, the chief bugaboo this month is CVE-2019-1458 , a vulnerability in a core Windows component (Win32k) that is present in Windows 7 through 10 and Windows Server 2008-2019. A reliable backup means you’re probably not losing your mind when the odd buggy patch causes problems booting the system.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 12, 2019

Microsoft also addressed a zero day flaw ( CVE-2019-0808 ) in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 that’s been abused in conjunction with a previously unknown weakness (CVE-2019-5786) in Google’s Chrome browser. A good backup means you’re not pulling your hair out if the odd buggy patch causes problems booting the system.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Now seems like a good time to remind all you Windows 7 end users that Microsoft will cease shipping security updates after January 2020 (this end-of-life also affects Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2). A reliable backup means you’re probably not freaking out when the odd buggy patch causes problems booting the system.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 7, 2022

QBot, aka Qakbot and Pinkslipbot , has been active since 2008, it is used by threat actors for collecting browsing data and banking credentials and other financial information from the victims. Black Basta has been active since April 2022, like other ransomware operations, it implements a double-extortion attack model. .

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

back in 2008 (notice again the suspect “www” as part of the domain name). Gmail’s password recovery function says the backup email address for devrian27@gmail.com is bo3 *@gmail.com. Devrian27@gmail.com was used to register multiple domains, including wwwsuperchange.ru

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Jane Frankland

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Just think about what happened at the last financial crisis in 2008, or more recently with the COVID 19 pandemic. It provides a secure cloud storage solution for backups, making them easily accessible whenever needed, without the usual delays.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 12, 2022

. “Lincoln College has survived many difficult and challenging times – the economic crisis of 1887, a major campus fire in 1912, the Spanish flu of 1918, the Great Depression, World War II, the 2008 global financial crisis, and more, but this is different. Lincoln College needs help to survive.”

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Out of Palo Alto, California, Cloudera started in 2008 by alumni of Google, Yahoo!, From a GUI enterprise manager to advanced logical replication, backup and recovery, and a migration toolkit, EDB is a go-to vendor for all Postgre database administrators. Also Read: Best Encryption Software & Tools for 2021. Facebook, and Oracle.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

2008, wherein he addresses forum members with the salutation, “Hello Gentlemen Scammers.” Here’s snippet of Icamis’s ad on Spamdot from Aug. ” We are glad to present you our services! Many are already aware (and are our clients), but publicity is never superfluous. .

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The agencies offered some sound cybersecurity advice for BlackByte that applies pretty generally: Conduct regular backups and store them as air-gapped, password-protected copies offline. Further reading: Best Backup Products for Ransomware and Best Ransomware Removal and Recovery Services . BlackByte Ransomware Protection Steps.

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SecureList

MAY 19, 2023

From the WmiPrvSE.exe process, it makes a backup of the VFS file, copying mods.lrc to mods.lrs. Operation Groundbait was first described by ESET in 2016, with the first implants observed in 2008. As our research demonstrates, their origins date back to 2008, the year the first Prikormka samples were discovered.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 23, 2022

Chinese APT groups used the PlugX RAT as early as 2008, but have modified the software into the ShadowPad RAT that exploits legitimate executables to launch the software and avoid detection. Hopefully, the organization has regular and comprehensive backups in place that have not been irreversibly corrupted by the APT attacker.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 26, 2022

encryption in transit Tools for remote management , global dashboards, and geo IP tracking Access to 24×7 DevOps team for technical support and remediating active threats Logical secure access including role-based access control, 2FA , and SSO Automate configuration backup and recovery for resilient policies and controls. Catchpoint.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In 2008, the Kraken botnet with 495,000 bots infected 10% of the Fortune 500 companies. Since 2008, RAM scraping has been a boon for retailers. Often organizations can mitigate ransomware attacks by having up-to-date backups. If their files become locked, they can simply wipe the system and reboot from an offline backup.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

SiteLock was founded in 2008 with one mission: to protect every website on the internet. Additionally, you might have to rebuild some or all of your website from scratch if you don’t have a clean, recent backup to restore your site. Q: If I get hacked, can’t I just upload the backup of my site? Q: Who is SiteLock?

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Since 2008, antivirus and cybersecurity software testers AV-TEST have kept track of the number of newly-developed malware worldwide, totaling at nearly 1 billion as of September 2022. To apply more pressure, the attacker might also encrypt backup files to render them inaccessible. An August 2022 Statista report counted 2.8

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 29, 2024

APT29 APT29 (aka Cozy Bear, Midnight Blizzard, or The Dukes) has been active since at least 2008 and is linked to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR). This threat group specializes in espionage against government and government-affiliated entities worldwide.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 29, 2024

APT29 APT29 (aka Cozy Bear, Midnight Blizzard, or The Dukes) has been active since at least 2008 and is linked to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR). This threat group specializes in espionage against government and government-affiliated entities worldwide.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 8, 2022

Famously attributed to the SolarWinds and StellarParticle attack campaigns, this group has been operating since about 2008 and has targets ranging across most of the planet, including both the Democratic and Republican National Committees in the US. Offline backups. Among them are: Removal from network access. Monitoring.

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