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Black Basta ransomware operators leverage QBot for lateral movements

Security Affairs

QBot, aka Qakbot and Pinkslipbot , has been active since 2008, it is used by threat actors for collecting browsing data and banking credentials and other financial information from the victims. Black Basta has been active since April 2022, like other ransomware operations, it implements a double-extortion attack model. .

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Top Database Security Solutions for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Security services and tools include anti-DDoS , SOCaaS , web application firewalls (WAF), data encryption , and more. Also Read: Top Web Application Firewall (WAF) Vendors. Out of Palo Alto, California, Cloudera started in 2008 by alumni of Google, Yahoo!, Amazon Web Services (AWS). Facebook, and Oracle.

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APT Attacks & Prevention

eSecurity Planet

The DazzleSpy backdoor software had interesting features to foil detection, including end-to-end encryption to avoid firewall inspection as well as a feature that cut off communication if a TLS-inspection proxy was detected. Use web application firewalls to protect exposed web apps. See the Top Secure Email Gateway Solutions.

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Types of Malware & Best Malware Protection Practices

eSecurity Planet

Experts say the best defense is a multi-pronged network security strategy that includes a firewall, anti-malware software, network monitoring, intrusion detection and prevention (IDPS), and data protection. In 2008, the Kraken botnet with 495,000 bots infected 10% of the Fortune 500 companies. How to Defend Against a Backdoor.

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What is Malware? Definition, Purpose & Common Protections

eSecurity Planet

Since 2008, antivirus and cybersecurity software testers AV-TEST have kept track of the number of newly-developed malware worldwide, totaling at nearly 1 billion as of September 2022. To apply more pressure, the attacker might also encrypt backup files to render them inaccessible. An August 2022 Statista report counted 2.8

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Why Do I Need Website Security?

SiteLock

SiteLock was founded in 2008 with one mission: to protect every website on the internet. A web application firewall (WAF). Additionally, you might have to rebuild some or all of your website from scratch if you don’t have a clean, recent backup to restore your site. Q: If I get hacked, can’t I just upload the backup of my site?

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Best Network Monitoring Tools for 2022

eSecurity Planet

encryption in transit Tools for remote management , global dashboards, and geo IP tracking Access to 24×7 DevOps team for technical support and remediating active threats Logical secure access including role-based access control, 2FA , and SSO Automate configuration backup and recovery for resilient policies and controls. Catchpoint.

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