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Last week the infosec community was hit with news about a new Windows 0-day vulnerability, Follina. Up-to-date endpoint protection and antivirus software on remote and in-office endpoints that can detect and remove malware that gets into the system. A reliable and comprehensive backup and recovery strategy. Conclusion.
Double extortion is one of the most prevalent ransomware tactics today. The attackers first exfiltrate sensitive information from their target before launching the ransomware encryption routine.
Even the most critical damages caused by ransomware are repairable as long as you have a solid backup strategy. Intergovernmental organizations, national police departments, and antivirus vendors do their best to have the information corrupted by encryption malware available to its legitimate holders. They do it free of charge.
One look at all the ransomware attacks from the past few years, and it’s clear that crypto-malware actors are attempting to maximize their financial gain. We’ve observed these threat groups using multiple techniques to profit even more off their victims than in years past. Here are a few tactics that stood out to us.
Also, some important actions could save you from this type of advanced attack: Take a backup of all your data Install Antivirus Software & Firewalls Keep All Systems And Software Updated References 1. We must keep the Windows operating system fully updated and never download or execute doubtful/untrusted executables.
A lot of infosec’s knowledge is either tribal -- passed on from one person to another - or can be found in books. For example, some of our tools are actually recognized by various antivirus services, not because they contain a virus, but because it's considered to be a hacking tool, which we definitely use for our pandas.
Fortunately, there are those in the InfoSec world, who are actively looking at the subject and speaking out at conferences, such as Black Hat. Vamosi: That talk focused on the fact that there are InfoSec hackers openly working to address this problem. Both involve people getting hurt. Both involve technology. So, what happens.
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