Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2021

FBI, CISA, NSA have published a joint advisory about the operation of the BlackMatter ransomware gang and provides defense recommendations. Like other ransomware operations, BlackMatter also set up its leak site where it publishes data exfiltrated from the victims before encrypting their system.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Among the chief concerns for enterprises this month is CVE-2020-16875 , which involves a critical flaw in the email software Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 and 2019. So do yourself a favor and backup before installing any patches.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

According to the Symantec experts, the group behind the SamSam ransomware has continued to launch attacks against organizations during 2018. The SamSam ransomware is an old threat, attacks were observed in 2015 and the list of victims is long, many of them belong to the healthcare industry. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued an alert to warn that the Mamba ransomware is abusing the DiskCryptor open source tool to encrypt entire drives. Mamba ransomware is one of the first malware that encrypted hard drives rather than files that was detected in public attacks. ” reads the alert published by the FBI.

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Elie

AUGUST 31, 2017

Over the last two years, ransomware has been all over the news. Hardly a week goes by without a report of a large ransomware outbreak or the emergence of a new ransomware family. Despite all this attention, very little is known about how profitable ransomware is and who the criminals are that benefit from it. final post.

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Elie

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

This is the second blog post in my series about ransomware economics. is dedicated to the methodology and techniques needed to trace ransomware payments end-to-end. deep-dives into the major ransomware players and analyzes what made them successful. Ransomware is a multi-million dollar business. The first post.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes’ ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on their Dark Web sites. This provides the best overall picture of ransomware activity, but the true number of attacks is far higher.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2022

Ransomware has now emerged as one of the key reasons to have a DR plan and DR technology in place. But it also requires software to orchestrate data movement, backup and restore technology to ensure a current copy of data is available, and the ability to recover systems and data rapidly. Disaster Recovery and Ransomware.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure and a surge in exploited vulnerabilities are getting the attention of U.S. BlackByte Ransomware Attack Methods, IoCs. The FBI-Secret Service warning came just ahead of news that the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers had also been hit by BlackByte ransomware. The FBI and U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get. Jump to: What is ransomware? How ransomware works. Preventing ransomware. Ransomware attacks and costs.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The Kremlin breaks with all tradition and announces that — at the request of the United States — it has arrested 14 people suspected of working for REvil , one of the more ruthless and profitable Russian ransomware groups. ” The employees who kept things running for RSOCKS, circa 2016. In 2016, while the U.S.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

AT&T Alien Labs™ is writing this report about recently created ransomware malware dubbed BlackCat which was used in a January 2022 campaign against two international oil companies headquartered in Germany, Oiltanking and Mabanaft. Key takeaways: The ransomware BlackCat is coded in Rust and was created in November 2021.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Apart from taking over bank accounts, TrickBot has been instrumental in spreading ransomware across multiple healthcare organizations, and critical infrastructure in the US, especially during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. How to avoid ransomware There is no doubt hospitals remain under a bullseye, and attackers can strike at any time.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 28, 2021

On the 14th of May, the Health Service Executive (HSE) , Ireland’s publicly funded healthcare system, fell victim to a Conti ransomware attack, forcing the organization to shut down more than 80,000 affected endpoints and plunging them back to the age of pen and paper. Threat profile: Conti ransomware.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Despite promises made by the BlackMatter ransomware gang about which organizations and business types they would avoid, multiple US critical infrastructure entities have been targeted. BlackMatter ransomware. How to avoid BlackMatter ransomware. Implement and enforce backup and restoration policies and procedures.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The BlackMatter ransomware gang has announced they are going to shut down their operation, citing pressure from local authorities. This could well be a reference to an announcement made by Europol last week, after it arrested 12 individuals “wreaking havoc across the world with ransomware attacks against critical infrastructure.”.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 24, 2019

” Experts recommend to have secure working backup procedures, in case of attack, victims could simply recover data from a backup. 2016 – Shamoon 2 spread in the wild. 2017 – anti-Israel & pro-Palestinian data wiper dubbed IsraBye that is spread as a ransomware. ” continues the statement.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The problem is that the vulnerability also affects ColdFusion 2016 and ColdFusion 11 installations, which have reached end-of-life (EOL) and are no longer supported with security patches. Use endpoint security software that can prevent exploits and malware used to deliver ransomware. Create offsite, offline backups.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 2, 2018

San Francisco, CA, December 03, 2018 – Spinbackup, a leading global cloud backup and cloud cybersecurity solutions provider for SaaS applications, announced today the general availability of Office 365 Backup & Recovery to a secure cloud storage on AWS and GCP with multiple storage locations.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Downtime: The Real Cost Of Ransomware. Ransoms are just one portion of the total cost of a ransomware attack. Recovery becomes costly as businesses suffer the majority of their losses through lost productivity, and backups don’t preclude expensive recovery. Since 2016, more than 4,000 ransomware attacks have happened daily.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2018

The attack affected only a limited number of servers in its infrastructure, Saipem said it is working to restore them using backups, a circumstance that could suggest that a ransomware hit the company. Main operating centers in Italy, France and Britain had not been affected.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2019

.” Xwo code is similar to that the MongoLock, a family of ransomware that hit MongoDB servers and wipe their content, then demands the payment a ransom to recover the data. The malicious code combines features from different families of malware such as ransomware, cryptocurrency miners, botnets, and worms. Www backup paths.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The worldwide cost of ransomware attacks is predicted to reach $20 billion by 2021. Ransomware targets everyone: individual users, small businesses, enterprise environments, and even government organizations. Ransomware strains get more and more evasive, which allows them to avoid getting detected by most antiviruses.

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Spinone

JANUARY 22, 2020

Although at the end of the 2018 ransomware seemed to be slowing its pace on the cyber threat arena, 2019 has shown that this slowdown wasn’t anything but “the calm before the storm” Ransomware statistics for 2019 vividly illustrated the rapid growth of high-profile ransomware attacks and new, more disrupting ransomware examples.

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SiteLock

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

First discovered in 2016, Petya ransomware is a family of encrypting malware that targets Microsoft Windows-based computer systems. The new variant of Petya ransomware that caused irreversible damage to Ukrainian businesses was given the name “NotPetya” to differentiate it from the original. And how does Petya ransomware spread?

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

With the launch of Office 365 backup and recovery solutions with multiple cloud storage options based on the world’s most trusted cloud storage providers such as AWS and GCP, Spinbackup furthers its mission to empowering enterprise and SMB organizations with intelligent data loss and leak protection in the cloud.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Like a terrible disease epidemic, ransomware infects and destroys any data in its path. Preventing a ransomware infection is much more desirable than having to recover from one. In this post, we will take a look at ransomware trends, costs, targets, and ransomware prevention software. What do these costs include?

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 8, 2022

There are dozens of Linux malware families out there today threatening SMBs with anything from ransomware to DDoS attacks. QNAPCrypt is ransomware that specifically targets Linux-based NAS (Network Attached Storage) servers. If so, you better watch out for Cheerscrypt, another Linux-based ransomware. Cloud Snooper. How it works.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Ransomware protection is ultimately important as it smart and advanced type of malware is on the rise, with cases increasing by a shocking 6,800% in 2017. When the virus infects a computer, Ransomware encrypts all files on it and those stored at cloud storages such as Google Drive , One Drive, Dropbox are not an exclusion.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Ransomware is one of the most concerning cybersecurity threats for individuals, SMBs, and enterprise environments alike. This year has ushered in a resurgence in ransomware activity. In this article, we’ll take a look at the biggest ransomware attacks of 2019 and the severe impact they have had.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 4, 2022

One common type of cybersecurity issue organizations face is ransomware. Leakware is a potent, dangerous form of ransomware that emerged in 2019. It's slightly different from a standard ransomware attack—encrypting a user's files is a secondary concern. Before leakware came doxware, which was popular in 2016 and 2017.

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Spinone

AUGUST 27, 2019

How to backup Office 365 emails if you have a vast number of messages from multiple accounts? However, native tools are not exactly a backup. Also, we’ll show you how to use professional backup software with advanced functionality. They all have their limitations since they are not designed initially as backup tools.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Ransomware is one of the most destructive cybersecurity threats that can unexpectedly disrupt the work of your team at any time. But what is ransomware, and how to protect yourself from this cybersecurity threat? What is Ransomware: Full Information What is ransomware? Ransomware infects files or the whole system.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2020

Experts recommended to have secure working backup procedures, in case of attack, victims could simply recover data from a backup. 2016 – Shamoon 2 spread in the wild. 2017 – anti-Israel & pro-Palestinian data wiper dubbed IsraBye that is spread as a ransomware. 2016 – Shamoon 2 spread in the wild.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

We are proud to announce that Spinbackup has released the most sophisticated fully automated 24/7 G Suite Ransomware Protection. Ransomware of any type (Petya, WannaCry, Locky, Cerber, etc.) Ransomware is considered a dominating threat in the security world. How to Protect G Suite against Ransomware?

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Responsible Cyber

APRIL 8, 2020

According to a 2016 survey conducted by Ponemon Institute, 22% of businesses blamed cyberattacks on insiders. If an employee is tricked by a malicious link in a phishing email, they might unleash a ransomware attack on their small business. Businesses must also ensure they have secure backups of their critical data.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2022

The NIST contest began in 2016, with the goal of improving general encryption and digital signatures. The third, SPHINCS+, is “somewhat larger and slower than the other two, but it is valuable as a backup for one chief reason: It is based on a different math approach than all three of NIST’s other selections,” the agency said.

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