Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2025

The Ukrainian Cyber Alliance has been active since 2016, the Pro-Ukraine group has targeted Russian entities since the invasion of Ukraine. The images include the consoles of the Veeam backup and Hewlett Packard Enterprise server. We are raising it from backup copies. “Dear subscribers! “Dear subscribers!

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Tech Republic Security

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

A newly detected malware targeting macOS devices can steal passwords and capture iPhone backups. And it's coming from the same group believed to be responsible for the 2016 election hacks.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 14, 2020

Chief among those is CVE-2020-1463 , a problem within Windows 10 and Server 2016 or later that was detailed publicly prior to this month’s Patch Tuesday. Thankfully, I was able to restore from a recent backup. So do yourself a favor and backup before installing any patches.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

In addition, Redmond addressed a critical issue ( CVE-2020-0618 ) in the way Microsoft SQL Server versions 2012-2016 handle page requests. A reliable backup means you’re not losing your mind when the odd buggy patch causes problems booting the system. So do yourself a favor and backup your files before installing any patches.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Email provider VFEmail has suffered what the company is calling “catastrophic destruction” at the hands of an as-yet unknown intruder who trashed all of the company’s primary and backup data in the United States. Every file server is lost, every backup server is lost. Founded in 2001 and based in Milwaukee, Wisc.,

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The flaw being exploited in the wild already — CVE-2021-1732 — affects Windows 10, Server 2016 and later editions. A reliable backup means you’re less likely to pull your hair out when the odd buggy patch causes problems booting the system. So do yourself a favor and backup your files before installing any patches.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The critical bits reside in updates for Microsoft Exchange Server , Sharepoint Server , and Windows 10 and Server 2016 systems. So do yourself a favor and backup before installing any patches. Additionally, Microsoft released an advisory on how to minimize the risk from a DNS spoofing weakness in Windows Server 2008 through 2019.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Among the chief concerns for enterprises this month is CVE-2020-16875 , which involves a critical flaw in the email software Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 and 2019. So do yourself a favor and backup before installing any patches.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2022

net circa 2016, which shows it was the homepage of a pay-per-install affiliate program that incentivized the silent installation of 911’s proxy software. re servers, data and backups of that data. “We found that the data on the server was maliciously damaged by the hacker, resulting in the loss of data and backups.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 14, 2020

As first reported Monday by KrebsOnSecurity, Microsoft addressed a severe bug ( CVE-2020-0601 ) in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016/19 reported by the NSA that allows an attacker to spoof the digital signature tied to a specific piece of software. So do yourself a favor and backup your files before installing any patches.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

But in February 2016, Babam joined Verified , another Russian-language crime forum. Cyber intelligence platform Constella Intelligence told KrebsOnSecurity that the operns@gmail.com address was used in 2016 to register an account at filmai.in , which is a movie streaming service catering to Lithuanian speakers. com (2017).

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The infamous Locky ransomware was first spotted in the wild in February 2016. CryptXXX, another major family discovered in April 2016 and later rebranded as UltraCrypter, relied on exploit kits that used software vulnerabilities to infiltrate systems. The first viable Mac ransomware called KeRanger was spotted in the spring of 2016.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2022

But it also requires software to orchestrate data movement, backup and restore technology to ensure a current copy of data is available, and the ability to recover systems and data rapidly. This type of backup and DR technology offers RPOs measured in hours. See the Best Backup Solutions for Ransomware Protection.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

As first detailed by KrebsOnSecurity in July 2016 , Orcus is the brainchild of John “Armada” Rezvesz , a Toronto resident who until recently maintained and sold the RAT under the company name Orcus Technologies. An advertisement for Orcus RAT. In an “official press release” posted to pastebin.com on Mar.

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Spinone

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

This article describes several ways to backup Outlook account settings in great detail. How do I backup my Outlook rules? Overview of the Ways to Back up Outlook Account Settings The legend has it that early versions of Outlook contained special functionality that enabled you to backup your account settings. Neither do we.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 1, 2019

What this tells me is that the presidential candidates, at least, actually appear to be heeding lessons learned from the hacking John Podesta’s email account – and all of the havoc Russia was able to foment in our 2016 elections. Let’s not forget how Russia targeted elections in 39 states back in 2016. “We

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The experts noticed that BlackMatter operators wipe or reformat backup data stores and appliances instead of encrypting backup systems. Implement Credential Guard for Windows 10 and Server 2016, enable Protected Process Light for Local Security Authority (LSA). Scanning backups. Minimize the AD attack surface.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 2, 2018

San Francisco, CA, December 03, 2018 – Spinbackup, a leading global cloud backup and cloud cybersecurity solutions provider for SaaS applications, announced today the general availability of Office 365 Backup & Recovery to a secure cloud storage on AWS and GCP with multiple storage locations.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

NeroWolfe seems to have abandoned all of his forum accounts sometime in 2016. In November 2016, an exploit[.]ru “Cryptolockers made a lot of noise in the press, but lazy system administrators don’t make backups after that.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

People using Google Calendar to manage their workday and social lives, should regularly implement Google Calendar backup. In April 2016, Google Calendar celebrated its 10-year anniversary. Backup Tour Google Calendar Data! Doesn’t Google offer a backup of Calendar? Why is Google Calendar so Popular?

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SC Magazine

MAY 11, 2021

Visitors arrive at the cloud pavilion of Amazon Web Services at the 2016 CeBIT digital technology trade fair in Hanover, Germany. An SSM document can provide an attacker an initial foothold into the victim’s environment and sometimes even grant a view into the account’s deployment processes, resources, and backup procedures.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 24, 2019

If you need a backup processor, please contact us. It’s worth noting that the MyPayrollHR fraud wasn’t the first time Cachet has been tripped up by the demise of a payroll company: In 2016, the collapse of Monterey, Calif. Credit trans. Deadline for wires is 1 P.M. This will be the process until further notice.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

With the launch of Office 365 backup and recovery solutions with multiple cloud storage options based on the world’s most trusted cloud storage providers such as AWS and GCP, Spinbackup furthers its mission to empowering enterprise and SMB organizations with intelligent data loss and leak protection in the cloud.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 24, 2019

” Experts recommend to have secure working backup procedures, in case of attack, victims could simply recover data from a backup. 2016 – Shamoon 2 spread in the wild. 2016 – Shamoon 2 spread in the wild. ” continues the statement.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Will Dornan of CERT/CC reports that while Office 2016 and 2019 for Mac will still prompt the user before executing these older macro types, Office for Mac 2011 fails to warn users before opening them. 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

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Crooks behind the attack on MedStar requested 45 Bitcoins (about US$18,500) for restoring the encrypted files, but the organization refused to pay the Ransom because it had a backup of the encrypted information. Experts close the post recommending the importance of backup of important data for combating ransomware infections.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The problem is that the vulnerability also affects ColdFusion 2016 and ColdFusion 11 installations, which have reached end-of-life (EOL) and are no longer supported with security patches. Create offsite, offline backups. Keep backups offsite and offline, beyond the reach of attackers. Don’t get attacked twice.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2018

The attack affected only a limited number of servers in its infrastructure, Saipem said it is working to restore them using backups, a circumstance that could suggest that a ransomware hit the company. Main operating centers in Italy, France and Britain had not been affected.

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Spinone

AUGUST 27, 2019

How to backup Office 365 emails if you have a vast number of messages from multiple accounts? However, native tools are not exactly a backup. Also, we’ll show you how to use professional backup software with advanced functionality. They all have their limitations since they are not designed initially as backup tools.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2021

As part of The Pegasus Project, the experts identified that at least 180 journalists in 20 countries were the targets of a massive surveillance activity with NSO spyware between 2016 to June 2021. The evidence demonstrates that governments used Pegasus to intimidate journalists and critical media. Exposing Pegasus infrastructure.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Source: Skyhigh Networks “Cloud Adoption & Risk Report Q4 2016” The post Cloud Computing Trends in 2016 first appeared on SpinOne. The most popular social media services are Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, respectively.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2019

The server also included email backups from 1999 to 2016, the largest and most recent reaching 16GB in size. Other documents included social security numbers, names, and addresses for over a hundred thousand brokers, credentials for remote access to ODS workstations, and communications meant for the Oklahoma Securities Commission.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Implement and enforce backup and restoration policies and procedures. Doing backups right is not as easy as some may think. Implement Credential Guard for Windows 10 and Server 2016. Scan backups. If possible, scan backup data with an antivirus program to check that it is free of malware.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Search Warrant: Can render backups of a target device; if target uses iCloud backup, the encryption keys should also be provided with content return. In July 2016, Line Corporation turned on end-to-end encryption by default for all Line users, after it had earlier been available as an opt-in feature since October 2015.

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Elie

AUGUST 31, 2017

People don’t backup their data Before delving into the ransomware world it is important to take a step back and acknowledge that the fundamental reason why ransomware is so successful, and here to stay, is that people simply don’t backup their data. Even within the minority who do backup, the results are still grim.

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Elie

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Ransomware revenue exploded in 2016. As can be seen in the chart above, which plots ransomware revenue over time, 2016 was a turning point. For example, in 2016 Locky used the Necur botnet to scale its spread via spam email campaigns to hundreds of millions of emails daily.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

” The employees who kept things running for RSOCKS, circa 2016. In 2016, while the U.S. Notice that nobody seems to be wearing shoes. Even though U.S. Joe Sullivan , the former chief security officer for Uber, is found guilty of two felonies after a four-week trial.

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