Schneier on Security

JULY 25, 2024

Friday’s massive internet outage, caused by a mid-sized tech company called CrowdStrike, disrupted major airlines, hospitals, and banks. The catastrophe is yet another reminder of how brittle global internet infrastructure is. Compare the internet with ecological systems. Nearly 7,000 flights were canceled.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) put out a Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to alert government agencies about cybercriminals using a vulnerability in Adobe Coldfusion to gain initial access to servers. It can often be found on internet-facing servers. Create offsite, offline backups. Prevent intrusions.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Create a plan for patching vulnerabilities in internet-facing systems quickly; and disable or harden remote access like RDP and VPNs. Create offsite, offline backups. Keep backups offsite and offline, beyond the reach of attackers. How to avoid ransomware Block common forms of entry. Prevent intrusions. Don’t get attacked twice.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The crooks running the Trickbot botnet typically use these config files to pass new instructions to their fleet of infected PCs, such as the Internet address where hacked systems should download new updates to the malware. But the new configuration file pushed on Sept. We just don’t know at this point.

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Hot for Security

MARCH 17, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a flash alert warning of an increase in PYSA ransomware attacks targeting government entities, educational institutions, private companies and the healthcare sector in the US and the UK. law,” the agency notes.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 8, 2024

A primary concern with quantum computing is its ability to break encryption standards essential to online communication, financial transactions, and secure government data. Attackers are intercepting and storing encrypted internet traffic in anticipation of future quantum decryptiona practice known as "store now, decrypt later."

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Joseph Steinberg

APRIL 21, 2022

It is no secret that cybersecurity professionals universally recommend that people, businesses, and governments employ strong encryption as one of several methods of protecting sensitive information.

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Daniel Miessler

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The idea was that it’d be some massive blast that would take out the country’s power grid, or disable the entire internet, along with what they used to call e-commerce. A ransomware attack against the New Orleans city government in early 2020 cost the city over $7 million dollars. City governments and businesses.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 17, 2022

For some time, many local government officials did not recognize the risk of behaviors in which they were engaged. Local governments need security because of the high level of stored sensitive information and number of systems they use to share data with state and federal government programs. 1 and June 4.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Create a plan for patching vulnerabilities in internet-facing systems quickly; and disable or harden remote access like RDP and VPNs. Create offsite, offline backups. Keep backups offsite and offline, beyond the reach of attackers. How to avoid ransomware Block common forms of entry. Prevent intrusions. Don’t get attacked twice.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 25, 2024

Create a plan for patching vulnerabilities in internet-facing systems quickly; and disable or harden remote access like RDP and VPNs. Create offsite, offline backups. Keep backups offsite and offline, beyond the reach of attackers. How to avoid ransomware Block common forms of entry. Prevent intrusions. Don’t get attacked twice.

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Security Affairs

JULY 27, 2021

Experts found three new zero-day flaws in the Kaseya Unitrends service and warn users to avoid exposing the service to the Internet. Kaseya Unitrends is a cloud-based enterprise solution that provides affordable, low-maintenance data protection offering to complement existing client backup and recovery solutions.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2019

The unsecured storage server was discovered by security expert Greg Pollock from UpGuard, it contained 3 terabytes of data including millions of sensitive Government files and years worth of sensitive FBI investigations. The server also included email backups from 1999 to 2016, the largest and most recent reaching 16GB in size.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Tape vendors have been promoting themselves as a solution to the ransomware problem because of their ability to provide air-gapped data backup, but trying to recover terabytes of data from a tape drive can be a little like, well, running into red tape. Q: Can you air gap a disk backup system? Tape vs. Disk: The Ransomware Issues.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 8, 2021

Transportation Command in 2017, after learning that their computerized logistical systems were mostly unclassified and on the internet. During that same period, we’ve seen increasingly brazen cyberattacks by everyone from criminals to governments. .” That was Bruce’s response at a conference hosted by U.S.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

The government alleges Khoroshev created, sold and used the LockBit ransomware strain to personally extort more than $100 million from hundreds of victim organizations, and that LockBit as a group extorted roughly half a billion dollars over four years. That’s what the government believes. Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The government says Snatch used a customized ransomware variant notable for rebooting Microsoft Windows devices into Safe Mode — enabling the ransomware to circumvent detection by antivirus or endpoint protection — and then encrypting files when few services are running. Details after contacting on jabber: truniger@xmpp[.]jp.”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2021

Over the past several years, government agencies and its partners have responded to a significant number of ransomware attacks, including recent attacks against Colonial Pipeline and and U.S. The guidance aims at helping government and private sector organizations in preventing such kinds of incidents. softwa re company Kaseya.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 27, 2021

In the meantime, security researchers warn of three new zero-day vulnerabilities in the Kaseya Unitrends service and advise users not to expose the service to the Internet. Unitrends is a Kaseya company and a provider of all-in-one enterprise backup and continuity solutions. Kaseya Unitrends.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

It seems like not a day goes by where we don’t hear about a local government cyberattack. Indeed, from 911 call centers to public schools , cyberattacks on local governments are as common as they are devastating. Just how often do threat actors attack local governments? said daily. said daily. Table of Contents.

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Webroot

AUGUST 27, 2021

and international governments to enact, the report makes for fascinating reading for anyone interested in ransomware. While natural disasters and unplanned outages were once the focus of these contingency plans, ransomware’s current popularity is another reason to ensure backup and recovery are accounted for.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The Romanian government also announced extraordinary preventive measures to prevent other hospitals from being impacted by the incident. Identify affected systems and immediately isolate them from the rest of the network as well as from the Internet Keep a copy of the ransom message and any other communications from the attackers.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 6, 2020

who picked up his cell phone and said shut it off from the Internet.” ” Schafer said another mitigating factor was that VCPI had contracted with a third-party roughly six months prior to the attack to establish off-site data backups that were not directly connected to the company’s infrastructure.

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Hot for Security

MAY 10, 2021

The attack, which occurred on Friday evening, caused the city’s IT security teams to shut down many of Tula’s internal systems over the weekend “out of an abundance of caution” while they worked around the clock at the weekend in an attempt to restore operations from backups.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2020

This includes shutting down servers, our internet connections, and PCs. Cyber attacks can happen to anyone or any government no matter how good the defense is. Government (@KnoxGov) June 11, 2020. The City will use backup to resume operations, the good news is that backup servers were not affected.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

For example, in 2010 Spamdot and its spam affiliate program Spamit were hacked, and its user database shows Sal and Icamis often accessed the forum from the same Internet address — usually from Cherepovets , an industrial town situated approximately 230 miles north of Moscow. And there were many good reasons to support this conclusion.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

But what really requires a high speed internet connection is the large amounts of data that ransomware gangs steal from affected networks to add extra leverage to their ransom demands. Some governments even allegedly sponsor ransomware gangs because they disrupt critical infrastructure of their enemies or competitors.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 12, 2021

A potential plot to bomb a datacenter run by the world’s largest cloud infrastructure provider would likely not have resulted in a massive shutdown for large portions of the internet, despite claims to the contrary made by the would-be attacker, experts say. But it wouldn’t break the internet, or anything even close to it.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

From the report: " Samples of the stolen data can be easily found on the clear web, accessible to anyone with internet access. So, like rabbits, instead of complaining about their lack of ability to defend themselves, we need to look at ways industry and government can provide funding and resources to help protect them."

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2024

The attacks were observed as recently as February 2024, they targeted government, education, emergency services, healthcare, and other critical infrastructure sectors. Phobos is also able to identify and delete data backups. Phobos operation uses a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) model, it has been active since May 2019.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Ukrainian government’s military intelligence service announced the hack of the Russian Federal Taxation Service (FNS). Ukraine’s defense intelligence directorate (GUR) infected thousands of servers of the Russian tax service w and wiped the databases and backups. At the same time, the Russian IT company Office.ed-it.ru,

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Hacker Combat

APRIL 1, 2022

Threat actors are targeting UPS units that are linked to the net, typically using the original login authorizations, and the two government agencies advise disabling the access to the net by the information system of these units immediately. UPS devices are connected to networks to monitor power, routine maintenance, or convenience.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

We no longer rely on the Internet just for entertainment or chatting with friends. Global connectivity underpins the most basic functions of our society, such as logistics, government services and banking. Governments are wary of the growing big tech power and data hoarding, which will lead to conflicts – and compromises.

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Joseph Steinberg

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Organizations that have utilized encryption to protect healthcare information within their possession, for example, could become flagrant violators of HIPAA standards if they simply allow their existing backups to remain in storage facilities. That said, there is little doubt that the day will arrive when such devices are available.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2022

government agency overseeing cybersecurity is urging the country’s businesses and other organizations to take the necessary steps to protect their networks from any spillover that might occur from the ongoing cyberattacks aimed at Ukraine government agencies and private companies. and Russian government leaders.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2023

GMA News reports that PhilHealth confirmed that lack of antivirus on its news programme, 24 Oras: In Mark Salazar's report on "24 Oras" on Monday, PhilHealth confirmed that its antivirus software had expired on April 15, but that it had not been able to renew its subscription immediately due to complicated government procurement processes.

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Adam Levin

JANUARY 2, 2019

Backup data storage will become more universal: There are still people who ride motorcycles without helmets, and there are still folks who don’t backup their data regularly, but whether or not we’re talking about storage on the cloud or an external drive, that’s going to become less prevalent in 2019.

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