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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, June 2020 Edition

Krebs on Security

A chief concern among the panoply of patches is a trio of vulnerabilities in the Windows file-sharing technology (a.k.a. So do yourself a favor and backup before installing any patches. Microsoft Server Message Block or “SMB” service).

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Top Database Security Solutions for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Out of Palo Alto, California, Cloudera started in 2008 by alumni of Google, Yahoo!, From a GUI enterprise manager to advanced logical replication, backup and recovery, and a migration toolkit, EDB is a go-to vendor for all Postgre database administrators. Also Read: Best Encryption Software & Tools for 2021. Facebook, and Oracle.

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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

2008, wherein he addresses forum members with the salutation, “Hello Gentlemen Scammers.” Interestingly, Icamis’s various email addresses are connected to websites for a vast network of phony technology companies that claimed they needed people with bank accounts to help pay their overseas employees.

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Feds Warn About Critical Infrastructure Ransomware Attacks, Vulnerabilities

eSecurity Planet

The agencies offered some sound cybersecurity advice for BlackByte that applies pretty generally: Conduct regular backups and store them as air-gapped, password-protected copies offline. Further reading: Best Backup Products for Ransomware and Best Ransomware Removal and Recovery Services . BlackByte Ransomware Protection Steps.

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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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APT Attacks & Prevention

eSecurity Planet

For example, the BlackTech cyber-espionage ATP group, suspected to be backed by the Chinese government, sent emails containing Excel files with malicious macros to Japanese and Taiwanese corporations in the defense technology, media, and communications sectors. See the Best Backup Solutions for Ransomware Protection. Lessons Learned.

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Weathering Russian Winter: The Current State of Russian APTs

Security Boulevard

Famously attributed to the SolarWinds and StellarParticle attack campaigns, this group has been operating since about 2008 and has targets ranging across most of the planet, including both the Democratic and Republican National Committees in the US. Offline backups. Among them are: Removal from network access. Monitoring.