CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Hackers are always interested in events that grab the attention of the entire globe and one such sporting event was the Tokyo Olympics 2020 that was postponed by the organizers because of COVID-19 Pandemic and rescheduled and held between July–August 2021 i.e. in this year.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2023

US CISA has added Veritas Backup Exec flaws, which were exploited in ransomware attacks, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Unlike other ALPHV affiliates, UNC4466 doesn’t rely on stolen credentials for initial access to victim environments.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2025

Since its emergence in 2021, Medusa has targeted over 300 victims across various critical infrastructure sectors, including medical, education, legal, insurance, technology, and manufacturing. Maintain offline backups: Store critical data backups offline to ensure recovery in case of an attack, preventing data loss and reducing downtime.

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SecureList

MARCH 12, 2024

Profile of participants and applications We collected the data from a sample of the application security assessment projects our team completed in 2021–2023. High-risk vulnerabilities can cause errors in applications and affect customers’ business. More than a third (39%) used the microservice architecture.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 11, 2021

Cisco Security was honored to be a sponsor of the 24th Black Hat USA 2021 Conference – the internationally recognized cybersecurity event series providing the security community with the latest cutting-edge research, developments and training. Backups… Let’s Get This Out of the Way. ” -Wendy Nather.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In April, 2021, KrebsOnSecurity detailed how CLOP helped pioneer another innovation aimed at pushing more victims into paying an extortion demand: Emailing the ransomware victim’s customers and partners directly and warning that their data would be leaked to the dark web unless they can convince the victim firm to pay up. ” .

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 14, 2023

.” The FCC tweet also provided a link to the agency’s awareness page on juice jacking , which was originally published in advance of the Thanksgiving Holiday in 2019 but was updated in 2021 and then again shortly after the FBI’s tweet was picked up by the news media. ” What can you do to avoid juice jacking?

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

This article looks at the top IoT security solutions, current commercial features, associated risks, and considerations for organizations choosing an IoT vendor. IoT Device Risks and Vulnerabilities IoT Security: Not Going Away. Read more : Cybersecurity Risks of 5G – And How to Control Them. Entrust Features.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Also Read: Best Encryption Software & Tools for 2021. 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: Cloud Bucket Vulnerability Management in 2021. Facebook, and Oracle.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers recently published lessons learned from the disruptive and costly ransomware attack in May 2021 on Ireland’s public health system. Ireland’s Health Service Executive (HSE), which operates the country’s public health system, got hit with Conti ransomware on May 14, 2021.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

When assessing the overall security of cloud storage and choosing a solution tailored to your business, it helps to determine its features, potential risks, security measures, and other considerations. CSP collaboration improves the security environment where there’s a need to mitigate the emerging risks quickly and comprehensively.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

With vulnerabilities rooted in unsuspecting users, the task of preventing these attacks means both staff training and a robust email and network security system that includes a strong backup program so you have a recent copy of your data that you can roll back to. Also Read: Best Encryption Tools & Software for 2021. Description.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 30, 2024

Cloud storage risks involve potential external threats and vulnerabilities that jeopardize the security of stored data. Risks can lead to issues, but at the same time, you can prevent the risks by addressing these issues. Migration challenges result in incomplete transfers, which expose critical information to risk.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Update the incident response plan to include procedures such as the internal process for responding to cybersecurity events, recovery from backups, and conducting a root cause analysis after an event. Conduct annual tests of the incident response plan, disaster recovery plan, and backup systems.

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SecureList

MAY 12, 2021

While they do not represent a rift in what companies need to be able to defend against, their very existence creates an additional risk for victims. For a more detailed overview we chose two of the most noteworthy Big Game Hunting ransomware in 2021. REvil operators have demanded the highest ransoms in 2021.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2021

We look at three RSAC 2021 sessions and some of the most daunting vulnerabilities presented by the SANS Institute, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and Varonis Systems. Also Read: And the Winner of the 2021 RSA Innovation Contest is… SANS: Five dangerous new attack techniques and vulnerabilities.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 31, 2023

Backups are an organization's last line of defense against ransomware, because comprehensive, offline, offsite backups give you a chance to restore or rebuild your computers without paying a criminal for a decryption key. Unfortunately, many organizations don't realize how important it is to make backups until it's too late.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

. “Although FBI and CISA do not currently have any specific threat reporting indicating a cyberattack will occur over the upcoming Labor Day holiday, malicious cyber actors have launched serious ransomware attacks during other holidays and weekends in 2021.” Avoiding clicking on suspicious links. Updating OS and software.

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Herjavec Group

DECEMBER 16, 2020

At the onset of the year, we predicted that the top priority for any CISO or CIO will be to manage the risk associated with digital transformation and enhance their security programs in order to keep up with new technological complexity. As we look ahead to 2021, what trends can we expect to emerge and continue when it comes to cyber?

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The three new incidents included in the advisory are: In August 2021, malicious cyber actors used Ghost variant ransomware against a California-based WWS facility. In July 2021, cyber actors used remote access to introduce ZuCaNo ransomware onto a Maine-based WWS facility’s wastewater SCADA computer. ” concludes the advisory.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Ambitious information security experts serve as a critical part of cyber risk management. This can be achieved through the use of cyber risk management approaches. This article explores the need for security and provides an overview of cyber risk assessment. Organizations have long encountered various types of risk.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 3, 2022

Healthcare providers are opting to pay a ransom in the event of ransomware attacks, instead of recovering it from data backups. An increase in cyber attacks in volume on businesses operating in the healthcare sector was also observed between 2020-2021.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Related: High-profile healthcare hacks in 2021. The risks are real, and the impact of cybersecurity events continues to grow. Note that I say, “reduce your risk,” not eliminate it. Focusing on or revisiting these six cybersecurity basics will help reduce your risks and strengthen your defense. Evaluate data inventory.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Point-in-time backup and recovery of contacts, email, calendars and files. It integrates data loss prevention functionality to minimize the risk of data breaches. Proofpoint Attack Index reveals Very Attacked People (VAPs) to help you assess and mitigate your risk. 100% email uptime SLA. Proofpoint’s key features.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Ransomware Protection: A Modern Approach to Backup Solutions. Fri, 10/01/2021 - 11:02. Sep 28, 2021. Unfortunately, many organisations are relying on outdated technology and solutions, which may be putting their mission critical data at risk. Traditional backup solutions are living in the dark ages.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2022

With a cyberattack, it’s more than just data that needs protecting—at risk is really the entire physical infrastructure from applications and operating systems down to low-level firmware and BIOS. This type of backup and DR technology offers RPOs measured in hours. See the Best Backup Solutions for Ransomware Protection.

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SecureList

JANUARY 28, 2021

How are governments and enterprises going to react to this in 2021? Some sources of behavioral analytics data are so common we can call them conventional, such as using your recent purchases to recommend new goods or using your income and spending data to calculate credit default risk.

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Webroot

AUGUST 27, 2021

Even given what we now know – that 2021 would feature some momentous ransomware attacks against physical and IT infrastructure – the report’s expert authors recognized the threat was dire. NIST notes the importance of making sure backups are isolated from one another to prevent infections from spreading between them.

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SC Magazine

MAY 10, 2021

Fuel holding tanks are seen at Colonial Pipeline’s Linden Junction Tank Farm on May 10, 2021 in Woodbridge, New Jersey. demonstrating the unique cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities associated with geographically distributed networks. Santiago/Getty Images). This “tells me that there could have been some convergence there.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 1, 2021

In 2021, the 24/7 news cycle was filled with stories of cyberattacks. There was the infrastructure ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline in May 2021, which caused the company to cease operations for days. All forms of the energy sector will continue to be at serious risk,” says Aldridge. food supplies.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 20, 2021

These mitigations will help organizations reduce the risk of compromise from BlackMatter ransomware attacks," the statement reads. SecureWorld News digs into BlackMatter's process and breaks down the risk mitigation tips in this article. Instead of encrypting backup data, BlackMatter instead wipes it clean in some cases.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 5, 2022

In support of the Gramm Leach Bliley Act, FTC is advising companies to follow the CISA formulated guidance to mitigate the risks associated with Log4J. Also, these gangs are capable of wiping out data from backup systems. . Usually, such gangs steal data and then encrypt a database until a ransom is paid in Cryptocurrency.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

“Experience in backup, increase privileges, mikicatz, network. A Semyon Sergeyvich Tretyakov is listed as the composer of a Russian-language rap song called “ Parallels ,” which seems to be about the pursuit of a high-risk lifestyle online. Details after contacting on jabber: truniger@xmpp[.]jp.” ” Mr. .”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The exposed data exposed a disk backup of two employees’ workstations containing secrets, private keys, passwords, and over 30,000 internal Microsoft Teams messages. “The researchers shared their files using an Azure feature called SAS tokens, which allows you to share data from Azure Storage accounts.” 5, 2021 Oct.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Kia Motors, Accenture, Acer, JBS…these companies were some of the largest to be compromised by ransomware in 2021. In our 2021 Webroot BrightCloud ® Threat Report , we found overall infection rates to be rising fastest in the healthcare, non-profit and arts/entertainment/recreation industries.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 4, 2021

Patch management has been one of those essential security features – much like backup – that typically doesn’t get the attention it deserves. The system scans and sets security and patching priorities relative to exposed risk. Risk scoring for vulnerability prioritization. Key Differentiators. Includes IT management functions.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The pandemic, geopolitical factors, and the new hybrid/work-from-home landscape put midsize companies at 500% more risk of being targeted in 2021. SMEs are becoming more frequent targets of cyberattacks. A disaster-recovery plan is no longer an option for SMEs; it's a must-have.

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