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Cyber Security Roundup for April 2021

Security Boulevard

implement offline storage and tape-based backup. At the start of March 2021, Microsoft rushed out patches for a critical zero-day Vulnerability in Exchange Server (2010, 2013, 2016, and 2019). Microsoft Antivirus Now Automatically Mitigates Exchange Server Vulnerability. conduct employee phishing tests. All very sound advice.

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How Did Authorities Identify the Alleged Lockbit Boss?

Krebs on Security

According to Constella, this email address was used in 2010 to register an account for a Dmitry Yurievich Khoroshev from Voronezh, Russia at the hosting provider firstvds.ru. “Cryptolockers made a lot of noise in the press, but lazy system administrators don’t make backups after that. DomainTools reports that stairwell.ru

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6 Dangerous Microsoft Office 365 Security Concerns for Business

Spinone

To ensure that your data is safe, get a backup for Office 365. Using Outdated Software – companies pay about $36 295 to return their data from hacker By “software” we mean using old versions of Office like Office 2007 / 2010 / 2013 and not checking for the system updates and patches in Office 365.

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Top Database Security Solutions for 2021

eSecurity Planet

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. McAfee is widely known for bringing the first antivirus software to market. Through acquisitions in the 2000s, SAP launched their database platform, HANA, in 2010.

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Top 6 Rootkit Threats and How to Protect Yourself

eSecurity Planet

Any bugs or glitches in its programming leaves noticeable trails for antivirus software to track. First discovered in 2010, Stuxnet was used to severely disrupt Iran’s nuclear facilities, apparently in an effort to halt the nation’s development of an atomic bomb. Looking for More About Malware?

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Weathering Russian Winter: The Current State of Russian APTs

Security Boulevard

Though APTs were regularly seen from then on inside the industry, the term didn’t gain public consciousness until an attack on Google servers in 2010 , the fault of which was assigned to Chinese APTs. Antivirus companies like McAfee jumped on the opportunity to provide anti-APT products. Offline backups. What Is An APT?