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

Security Boulevard

JULY 21, 2022

Since 2005, SHA-1 has been regarded as unsafe against well-funded adversaries. The same issues, or even worse, will be faced in the near future if businesses, organizations and agencies fail to be proactive in establishing concise and comprehensive policies and practices for migrating to a post-quantum encryption regime.

Encryption 114

Encryption Authentication Backups Architecture 114

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 120

Firewall Architecture Encryption Network Security 120

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. SSL Certificates.

Backups 98

Backups Passwords Malware Identity Theft 98

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In 2005, Sony BMG delivered millions of CDs with a rootkit that monitored listening habits and unintentionally left a backdoor to the device for cybercriminals. While this sensitive payment data is only available for milliseconds before passing the encrypted numbers to back-end systems, attackers can still access millions of records.

Malware 105

Malware Adware Spyware Antivirus 105

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 135

Malware DNS Government Software 135

ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 2, 2021

It was for UNIX systems and it was created by Dan Farmer and Wheat-say Vene-ma, who then co-authored a book in 2005 called Forensic Discovery. What would be valuable from their perspective to encrypt and then ask for the ransom. So even though they would recover from that backup then the data would not be complete.

Penetration Testing 52

Penetration Testing Encryption Ransomware Passwords 52