CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 11, 2021

Molson Coors, IT staff say that they are working 24×7 to bring back the systems to life though data backups and are also taking adequate measures to improve their security posture to thwart such attacks in near future.

Cyber Attacks 122

Cyber Attacks Ransomware Backups Cryptocurrency 122

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

From January 2005 to April 2013, there were two primary administrators of the cybercrime forum Spamdot (a.k.a From one of his ads in 2005: Domains For Projects Advertised By Spam I can register bulletproof domains for sites and projects advertised by spam(of course they must be legal). w s, icamis[.]ru ru , and icamis[.]biz.

Cybercrime 281

Cybercrime Banking Computers and Electronics DDOS 281

Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2018

The hacker accessed user data, email addresses, and a 2007 backup database containing hashed passwords managed by the platform. “A hacker broke into a few of Reddit’s systems and managed to access some user data, including some current email addresses and a 2007 database backup containing old salted and hashed passwords.

Data breaches 80

Data breaches Backups Passwords Authentication 80

Security Boulevard

JULY 21, 2022

Since 2005, SHA-1 has been regarded as unsafe against well-funded adversaries. Dustin Moody, a mathematician and project lead at NIST, explains , "We wanted to ensure that we had a backup strategy in the event that someone discovers a breakthrough and an attack on lattices.". What SHA-1 history can teach us?

Encryption 114

Encryption Authentication Backups Architecture 114

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

As you can see in the chart below from Statista, data breaches rose more than tenfold between 2005 and 2017. This is yet another example of an attack that allows an attacker to gain admin access to the site, resulting in unauthorized access to any content or backup options available directly from the admin dashboard.

Backups 98

Backups Passwords Malware Identity Theft 98

eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2022

The first traditional cybersecurity vendor featured is Barracuda Networks, with consistent recognition for its email security , next-generation firewalls ( NGFW ), web application security , and backups. Founded in 2005, Palo Alto Networks is a leading network security provider whose reputation extends to its SD-WAN capabilities.

Firewall 121

Firewall Architecture Encryption Network Security 121

SecureList

APRIL 24, 2023

Roopy then creates its working directory (%AppData%/Microsoft/OneDrive) where it stores the list of already uploaded files (as upload.dat) and a copy of documents waiting to be uploaded (in the backup subfolder). Then, every 40-80 minutes, Roopy crawls C:Users and all other drives (D:, E:, …), looks for all documents (.doc,docx,xls,xlsx,txt,pdf)

Malware 133

Malware DNS Government Software 133