Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Let’s be clear: the new EARN IT Act would pave the way for a massive new surveillance system, run by private companies, that would roll back some of the most important privacy and security features in technology used by people around the globe. And it might not stop there.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2022

Veeam addressed two critical vulnerabilities impacting the Backup & Replication product for virtual environments. Veeam has released security patches to fix two critical vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2022-26500 and CVE-2022-26501 (CVSS score of 9.8), impacting the Backup & Replication solution for virtual environments.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 28, 2022

Breaking The Myths: Storage, Backup, And Data Recoverability. A few years ago, very few CISOs thought that storage & backups were important. Ransomware has pushed backup and recovery back onto the agenda. Cybercriminals like Conti, Hive and REvil have been actively targeting storage and backup systems, to prevent recovery.

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The Hacker News

MAY 23, 2024

What strategies and tools or platforms can reliably backup and restore data? All are valid and necessary conversations for technology organizations of all shapes Conversations about data security tend to diverge into three main threads: How can we protect the data we store on our on-premises or cloud infrastructure?

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2024

Sensitive data and trading activity of over 300K traders leaked online by international fintech firm Direct Trading Technologies. Direct Trading Technologies, an international fintech company, jeopardized over 300K traders by leaking their sensitive data and trading activity, thereby putting them at risk of an account takeover.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 16, 2024

With adversaries destroying backups to increase extortion payouts, recovery will grow harder and slower, emphasizing the need for stronger security controls and architecture. VSaaS reduces hardware requirements and energy consumption, supporting organizations’ environmental goals while meeting customer expectations.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 15, 2024

NIST continued to evaluate two other sets of algorithms that could potentially serve as backup standards in the future. One of the sets includes three algorithms designed for general encryption – but the technology is based on a different type of math problem than the ML-KEM general-purpose algorithm in today’s finalized standards.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 28, 2023

A new study conducted by Veeam Software claims that hackers have shifted their focus towards backup storage appliances, as they provide assurance that the victim will definitely pay the demanded ransom amount. Instead, it is better to invest in technologies that offer on-site and off-site backup appliances, as well as cloud resources.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 17, 2024

There has been a sharp decline in ransomware payouts, with only 11% of companies admitting to paying demands, which has been attributed to increased investment in backup and recovery technologies. The post Ransomware Payouts Decline as Security Maturity Rises appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

“Previously, when a victim of ransomware had adequate backups, they would just restore and go on with life; there was zero reason to even engage with the threat actor,” the report observes. Coveware says nearly half of all ransomware cases now include the threat to release exfiltrated data.

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Tech Republic Security

JUNE 23, 2023

The post Dell Technologies World 2023: Interview with Rob Emsley on data protection, recovery and more appeared first on TechRepublic. Explore what matters in data protection today. Cyber resilience, recovery and streamlined software make the list.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 25, 2023

25, 2023— DataPivot Technologies , a prominent provider of Data Center, Cloud and Data Protection Solutions, understands that healthcare providers today are scrambling to solve complex clinical, operational and patient data backup & recovery challenges. North Andover, Mass.,

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Gartner analyst Ruggero Contu noted that security risks are becoming external: the software supply chain , the public cloud , the trading of breached data, and IoT and operational technology (OT) are all threats outside of traditional perimeter security. Security analytics, intelligence and triggers. A distributed identity fabric.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

. “China, Russia, Iran, South Korea and Saudi Arabia all have eLoran systems because they don’t want to be as vulnerable as we are to disruptions of signals from space,” said Dana Goward, the president of the Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation, a nonprofit that advocates for the implementation of an eLoran backup for GPS.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 7, 2019

based Complete Technology Solutions (CTS), was hacked, allowing a potent strain of ransomware known as “Sodinokibi” or “rEvil” to be installed on computers at more than 100 dentistry businesses that rely on the company for a range of services — including network security, data backup and voice-over-IP phone service.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 16, 2025

With the increasing reliance on digital technologies for operational efficiency, this sector has become a prime target for sophisticated cyber and physical threats. Leverage data analysis: Data analytics and IoT technologies are revolutionizing the oil and gas sector, enabling better monitoring and threat detection.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Peter is an IT manager for a technology manufacturer that got hit with a Russian ransomware strain called “ Zeppelin ” in May 2020. He’d been on the job less than six months, and because of the way his predecessor architected things, the company’s data backups also were encrypted by Zeppelin.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Tripwire’s tips for all organizations on avoiding ransomware attacks include: Making secure offsite backups. Security firm Tripwire points out that the HHS advisory on Venus says multiple threat actor groups are likely distributing the Venus ransomware. As noted in last year’s story Don’t Wanna Pay Ransom Gangs? ” .

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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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Adam Levin

JUNE 4, 2021

You would think that ExaGrid, a backup appliance and anti-ransomware service might know how to avoid ransomware, but it was hit. .

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Joseph Steinberg

JULY 20, 2022

And, while today’s commercially-created quantum machines are nowhere near powerful enough to approach quantum supremacy, absolutely nobody knows the true extent of the quantum capabilities of all of the technologically-advanced governments around the world. Clearly, there is a need to act in advance – and acting takes time.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 10, 2025

Regardless of your political views, we must all agree that equipping our government with best cybersecurity talent, technology, and resources is critical to protecting our national interests," said Bruce Jenkins, CISO at Black Duck. In other words, dependence on government services for cybersecurity should always have a backup plan.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 25, 2024

In information technology, brittleness also results from the fact that hundreds of companies, none of which you;ve heard of, each perform a small but essential role in keeping the internet running. We have built a society based on complex technology that we’re utterly dependent on, with no reliable way to manage that technology.

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Webroot

DECEMBER 9, 2024

By offering OpenText MDR to your MSP clients, you gain access to skilled security experts and advanced technology infrastructurewithout the complexity and cost of building it all in-house. You get the best of both worldscutting-edge technology and dedicated human oversight that augments your MSP team.

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Adam Levin

AUGUST 26, 2020

Consider researching the alternatives to Zoom to have a backup service in place if there’s another outage. Create backup lesson plans: It’s common practice for teachers to create backup lesson plans for students in the event of their absence. Competing services such as Skype and Google Meet offer free versions.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Taking an active role Your cybersecurity policy should address your employees and technology systems. Taurins It’s also essential your business evaluates its technology and keeps it regularly updated to the latest security standards. Security places a crucial role in your technology. Employee training is crucial.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 7, 2022

“This new approach protects against phishing and sign-in will be radically more secure when compared to passwords and legacy multi-factor technologies such as one-time passcodes sent over SMS,” the alliance wrote on May 5. But Bellovin said much depends on how securely such cloud systems are administered.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 8, 2024

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is leading efforts to create new standards to withstand quantum threats. SPHINCS+: Provides a backup option for digital signatures, using a different mathematical approach to enhance diversity and ensure long-term security.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 6, 2019

Do your best to disable the "secret questions" and other backup authentication mechanisms companies use when you forget your password­ -- those are invariably insecure. Once that happens, the market will step in and provide companies with the technologies they can use to secure your data.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2022

Ransomware has now emerged as one of the key reasons to have a DR plan and DR technology in place. But it also requires software to orchestrate data movement, backup and restore technology to ensure a current copy of data is available, and the ability to recover systems and data rapidly.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 9, 2020

that their information technology systems had been infiltrated by hackers who specialize in deploying ransomware. In late May, KrebsOnSecurity alerted numerous officials in Florence, Ala. Nevertheless, on Friday, June 5, the intruders sprang their attack, deploying ransomware and demanding nearly $300,000 worth of bitcoin. Image: Crowdstrike.

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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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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

If you see iCloud Backup is Turned Off , tap Turn On Backup to Transfer. Wait for the backup to complete. You have 21 days to restore your temporary backup to your new iPhone or iPad before your temporary iCloud storage expires and your backup is permanently deleted. Choose your most recent iCloud backup.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

In this episode, we discuss the UK governments demand for Apple to create a secret backdoor for accessing encrypted iCloud backups under the Investigatory Powers Act and its potential global implications on privacy.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 14, 2023

On the other hand, the technology needed to conduct a sneaky juice jacking attack has become far more miniaturized, accessible and cheap. “Since then, the technology and components have become much smaller and very easy to build, which puts this in the hands of less sophisticated threat actors,” Markus said.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 24, 2023

This problem, called ransomware , explains why keeping backups is so important. Hijackers’ demands lose power when you can just recover your operations from backups. Cyberattacks can also lead to a loss of productivity. Quite simply, investing in cybersecurity is a standard cost of doing business today.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 2, 2021

On average, 80 percent of organizations are using up to 10 separate cybersecurity solutions, primarily anti-virus and anti-spam on devices and on-premise backup tools. Today’s technology and security strategies are falling short at keeping a company’s most critical asset – data itself – safe. billion this year. He holds a Ph.D.

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