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Nastiest Malware 2024

Webroot

Steam the Webinar on demand HERE As we look back on the cybersecurity landscape of 2024, it’s clear that the world of digital threats continues to evolve at an alarming pace in parallel with AI. A pivotal moment came when the FBI obtained over 7,000 decryption keys, allowing victims to unlock their encrypted data for free.

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A history of ransomware: How did it get this far?

Malwarebytes

If we define ransomware as malware that encrypts files to extort the owner of the system, then the first malware that could be classified as ransomware is the 1989 AIDS Trojan. However, while it encrypted file(name)s and asked for a ransom, it was far from effective. Stop malicious encryption. Create offsite, offline backups.

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Bouncing Back: How to Investigate and Recover After a Ransomware Attack

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Stop Ransomware in its Tracks with CipherTrust Transparent Encryption Ransomware Protection Understanding Ransomware Attacks How Ransomware Encrypts Files Ransomware attacks often use cached I/O to encrypt files quickly. This method allows ransomware to encrypt many files in cache rapidly.

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Demo: Your data has been encrypted! Stopping ransomware attacks with Malwarebytes EDR

Malwarebytes

Part 1: Your data has been encrypted! Part 1: Your data has been encrypted! As you can see, our files have in fact been encrypted by the ransomware across multiple directories with the “ encrypt ” extension. encrypted versions of the same file. . Watch the webinar !

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Three Easy Ways to Improve DevSecOps with Thales and Red Hat

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

To help DevOps Teams easily secure their Kubernetes clusters, Thales offers CipherTrust Transparent Encryption (“CTE”) to secure data in persistent volumes attached to pods running on Red Hat OpenShift , an enterprise-ready unified platform to build, modernize, and deploy applications at scale.

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Passkeys vs. Passwords: The State of Passkeys on Cloud Platforms

Duo's Security Blog

Be sure to tune into our webinar, The State of Passkeys in the Enterprise , on September 7th at 9am PST | 12pm EST. Passkeys on Cloud Platforms Passkeys have growing support from significant vendors. Google Password Manager On Android, the Google Password Manager provides backup and syncs passkeys.

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Australia Stresses Cybersecurity Precautions in Wake of Ukraine Conflict

Duo's Security Blog

Together these practices — which include multi-factor authentication (MFA), restricting administrative privileges and daily backups — provide a clear framework for businesses anywhere that are looking to improve their foundational security footing , as we’ve previously noted on the Duo Blog.