Security Boulevard

JANUARY 3, 2022

Cybersecurity vendor SonicWall recorded more than 495 million ransomware attack attempts globally by the end of Q3 2021, a 148% increase from 2020. Despite efforts by enterprises to secure. The post 6 Ways to Minimize Ransomware Damage appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

As we pointed out in our State of Malware report, published earlier this year, Malwarebytes recorded an eye-watering 607% increase in malware detections in the agriculture sector in 2020. Malwarebytes recorded a 607% increase in agriculture sector attacks in 2020. Focus on cyber security awareness and training.

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Hacker Combat

JUNE 2, 2022

In December 2020, the DoppelPaymer extortion gang exposed documents allegedly stolen from some of its databases in the United States. Employees should undergo frequent cyber security awareness programs to keep them up to date on the latest cyber risks and how to recognize an attack in its early stages.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 security group also found payments have risen more than 80% since 2020, reaching a record $570,000 average in the first half of 2021. The post Staying Ahead of Ransomware With the Cloud appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

An impersonation attack recently made headlines with the 2020 Twitter/Bitcoin scam , in which 130 high-profile Twitter accounts were compromised by outside parties to steal bitcoin. Each one has their own methods and protecting against them requires a multi-layered approach. Let’s look at a few primary examples. Who is the Impersonator?

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Malwarebytes

MAY 23, 2023

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has updated its #StopRansomware guide to account for the fact that ransomware actors have accelerated their tactics and techniques since the original guide was released in September of 2020. Create offsite, offline backups. Don’t get attacked twice.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 15, 2021

As part of the symposium, Doug Levin, K12 SIX national director, and president of EdTech Strategies and the K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center, revealed troubling findings from his newly published report, “ The State of K-12 Cybersecurity: 2020 Year in Review.”. We’re taking advantage of Google for Education’s unlimited backups.”.

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SecureList

MAY 25, 2021

At some point in 2020 the developers even changed the programming language from C++ to Golang, completely rewriting the code from scratch. From its creation in 2019 until the first half of 2020, JSWorm was offered as a public RaaS and was observed propagating via: RIG exploit kit. March 2020: Nefilim. April 2020: Offwhite.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 23, 2019

In short, here is this approach: Data security Device security Network security Application security Email security Access security End-user behavior security Let’s look at these more closely and also mention some software you can use to shore up your defense.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 27, 2021

If these things are true, how do we share information with others in a way that is proven to work and create a culture of security? Security awareness and how you talk about cybersecurity. But you know, if you're not doing it all the time in your security awareness department, roll out a survey. deep fakes.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 28, 2021

Two years later, the group moved to using Conti, in May 2020. Below is a list of recommended mitigations from the FBI, which it issued along with an alert on Conti ransomware late last week: Regularly back up data, air gap, and password protect backup copies offline. Focus on cyber security awareness and training.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

This is an example of how disruptive ransomware can be, even for the largest organizations,” said Erich Kron, security awareness advocate at KnowBe4. In January 2020, a ransomware attack rendered Travelex unable to conduct monetary transactions via its website or app. Kia is certainly not the first to experience such headaches.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Ransomware attacks have become much more dangerous and have evolved beyond basic security defenses and business continuity techniques like next-gen antivirus and backups. The problem is that businesses are not yet aware of double or triple extortion ransomware and how these tactics can affect their data protection strategies.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Once it started shipping in early December 2020, gamers complained it needed dozens of updates to work properly and many had issues running it on Microsoft’s Xbox. One of the leading investors also filed a class-action lawsuit at the end of 2020. Too much work involved.”.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 5, 2023

By January 2023, education had claimed over 80 percent of all global malware incidents —a staggering lead that has held since 2020. In fact, 57 percent of all ransomware incidents disclosed to the FBI involved K–12 districts at the start of the 2020/2021 school year, compared to just 28 percent the year prior.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Data backup and restoration strategy : Backups are a prime target for attackers, so keep multiple copies of your data, and make sure at least one of them is online. A 2020 survey of 165 municipalities found 50.9% Employee security awareness training. 24/7 monitoring of cyber threats. Incident response.

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SecureList

MAY 12, 2021

Along with the rise of big-game hunting in 2020, we saw the emergence of a number of high-profile groups in the ransomware world. On October 1, 2020, the US Department of the Treasury’s OFAC released a memo clarifying that companies wiring money to attackers need to ensure that the recipients are not subject to international sanctions.

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SiteLock

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Malware increased by a record 358% in 2020 compared with 2019. As is the case with most channel partners, you’re probably offering solutions such as SSL certificates, spam filtering, and website backup. These security solutions are fairly common and considered to be a standard line of defense against threats.

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Webroot

APRIL 21, 2021

Although cybercriminal activity throughout 2020 was as innovative as ever, some of the most noteworthy threat activity we saw came from the old familiar players, namely ransomware, business email compromise (BEC) and phishing. By September 2020, the average ransom payment peaked at $233,817. “In

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Particularly during the peak of COVID-19, research by IBM found that ransomware incidents ‘exploded’ in June 2020, which saw twice as many ransomware attacks as the month prior, taking advantage of remote workers being away from the help of IT teams. The key to every disaster recovery plan is backups.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Finding the right balance between security and operability is one of the greatest challenges security professionals face, but it’s absolutely essential for a successful cybersecurity strategy.”. Remote work unexpectedly became the norm in 2020, and as we close out 2021, the hybrid work model may be here to stay for decades to come.

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SC Magazine

MAY 28, 2021

A Constant Contact booth display at the eAltitude Summit in 2020. Jorge Orchilles, CTO at Scythe, agreed, noting: “Our current security awareness training teaches users to not open emails from domains and addresses that they do not recognize. Using Constant Contact gets around what we have trained most users to do.

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