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Don’t Wanna Pay Ransom Gangs? Test Your Backups.

Krebs on Security

Browse the comments on virtually any story about a ransomware attack and you will almost surely encounter the view that the victim organization could have avoided paying their extortionists if only they’d had proper data backups. “It can be [that they] have 50 petabytes of backups … but it’s in a … facility 30 miles away.…

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Sonatype Lifecycle best practices: Reference policies, backup and restore

Security Boulevard

Fortifying your software development processes against security threats and compliance issues is not just necessary — it's imperative to maintain resilience in today's unpredictable cyber environment. Managing software dependencies effectively is crucial in this context, as they can be a significant source of vulnerabilities.

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News Alert: Asigra highlights 5 data backup and recovery challenges associated with SaaS data

The Last Watchdog

a leader in ultra-secure backup and recovery, is tackling the pressing data protection and security challenges faced by organizations utilizing the thousands of Software as a Service (SaaS) applications on the market today. Implementing a backup strategy with high-frequency, incremental backups is crucial to minimize data loss.

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Catalogic Software adds newer detection and backup capabilities

CSO Magazine

Catalogic Software has announced the latest version of its DPX enterprise data protection software, DPX 4.8.1, which now includes GuardMode for early detection of ransomware, and DPX vPlus, cloud backup support for Microsoft 365 and other open virtualization platforms. To read this article in full, please click here

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Critical flaws affect Veeam Data Backup software

Security Affairs

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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Top 5 best backup practices

Tech Republic Security

Give yourself peace of mind by implementing a new backup strategy with our tips. The post Top 5 best backup practices appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Now ransomware hackers targeting backups for ransom pay assurance

CyberSecurity Insiders

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. Interestingly, Veeam software also sheds light on the ransom payments made for cyber-attacks.

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