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. Mitigation: do not store files containing sensitive data, such as passwords or backups, in web application publish directories.

Passwords 139

Passwords Authentication Architecture Risk 139

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.

Backups 85

Backups Ransomware System Administration Media 85

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

“The command requires Windows system administrators,” Truniger’s ads explained. “Experience in backup, increase privileges, mikicatz, network. Details after contacting on jabber: truniger@xmpp[.]jp.” ” In at least some of those recruitment ads — like one in 2018 on the forum sysadmins[.]ru

Ransomware 276

Ransomware Accountability Cybercrime Backups 276

CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 10, 2021

Cases of cyber-attacks are rapidly increasing, and businesses have every reason to worry following the recent prediction that damage costs might shoot beyond $6 trillion by the end of 2021. Cybersecurity services will still be in high demand 2021 and beyond. million jobs available by 2021. Explore related opportunities.

Cybersecurity 143

Cybersecurity Marketing System Administration Backups 143

Malwarebytes

JULY 1, 2021

In June, Microsoft patched a vulnerability in the Windows Print Spooler that was listed as CVE-2021-1675. Which means that someone with limited access to a system could raise their privilege level, giving them more power over the affected system. They called theirs PrintNightmare and believed it was the same as CVE-2021-1675.

System Administration 103

System Administration Backups Marketing Engineering 103

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.

Ransomware 128

Ransomware Encryption Backups Accountability 128

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 21, 2022

By using a misconfigured Cisco Duo MFA implementation to force enrollment of a new device, the hackers were then able to use the “PrintNightmare” Windows Print Spooler vulnerability ( CVE-2021-34527 and CVE-2021-36958 ) to obtain administrator privileges. Identify and create offline backups for critical assets.

VPN 117

VPN Accountability Authentication Passwords 117