Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In the early afternoon of Friday 12 May 2017, the media broke the news of a global computer security attack carried out through a malicious code capable of encrypting data residing in information systems and demanding a ransom in cryptocurrency to restore them, the Wannacry ransomware. Unfortunately, contemporary events seem to confirm this.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In Q3 2017, SiteLock discovered alarming cybercrime trends that will likely affect websites for months to come. That’s not all: cybercriminals attempted to compromise more websites in Q3 2017 than in the previous quarter, increasing their attempted attacks by 16 percent. In Q2 2017, backdoors accounted for 23 percent of malware files.

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Hot for Security

MARCH 29, 2021

River City Media (RCM) is a US-based email marketing company that made headlines in March 2017 after exposing 1.4 billion individual records online due to an improperly configured backup. Who is River City Media, and what information was exposed in the breach? What should victims do?

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

ValidCC, circa 2017. “As a result, we lost the proxy and destination backup servers,” SPR explained. The proprietors of the popular store said their servers were seized as part of a coordinated law enforcement operation designed to disconnect and confiscate its infrastructure.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 10, 2022

Observed since: October 2017 Ransomware note: readme.txt Ransomware extension: dihlxbl Kill Chain: Being Distributed via Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome (Korean users) Sample hash: 06ea8f2b8b70b665cbecab797125733f75014052d710515c5ca2d908f3852349. Observed since: January 2021 Ransomware note: BackFiles_encoded01.txt Mitigations.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2020

These efforts are often enabled through common tactics like spear phishing, password spraying, and credential stuffing. ” In June 2019, US DHS CISA agency already warned of increased cyber-activity from Iran aimed at spreading data-wiping malware through password spraying , credential stuffing , and spear-phishing.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 15, 2021

Kacey Sensenich, chief technology officer at Rockingham County Schools (25 schools, 11,691 students in the 2019-2020 school year), ran up against an Emotet trojan infection in December 2017. 11 of 2017, Sensenich began observing signs of abnormal network behavior. 19 the network was taken offline for a full-fledged remediation.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 4, 2022

Before leakware came doxware, which was popular in 2016 and 2017. Email phishing attacks are a common method hackers use to execute leakware. Filtering and analyzing can prevent phishing emails from ever making their way into an employee or executive's inbox. Prioritize employee cybersecurity training.

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Google Security

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Phishing continues to be a huge attack vector, affecting everyone across different devices. The Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro introduce new anti-phishing protections. Since its launch in 2017, Google Play Protect has provided the ability to detect malicious applications even when the device is offline.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Ransomware Examples WannaCry was one of the major headliners in 2017. Petya was a reason behind many attacks during 2016 and 2017. Sodinokibi (or REvil) ransomware infects computers by exploiting a vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic and using phishing emails. In 2017, every 40 seconds someone got a ransomware infection.

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Pentester Academy

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Introduction In May 2017, a worldwide ransomware attack infamously known as WannaCry was set in motion. This ransomware made use of the EternalBlue , an exploit of Microsoft’s implementation of their SMB protocol, released by The Shadow Brokers hacker group in April 2017, to gain access to remote Windows machines in most cases.

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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. How Ransomware Infects Your Computer The most common method of spreading malware is currently through phishing emails. Cerber has been known to target Microsoft Office 365 users.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Of course, the CBR does not have anything to do with the phishing campaign – the hackers faked the sender’s address. A spear-phishing campaign set up to look like it was carried out by the Central Bank is a relatively widespread vector of attack among cyber criminals; it has been used by groups such as Buhtrap, Anunak , Cobalt , and Lurk.

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Spinone

JANUARY 22, 2020

WannaCry ransomware This ransomware first appeared in May 2017 and has left the major mark in the history of cyberattacks. How WannaCry spreads The first step is standard for ransomware infection: a user opens a phishing email and downloads malicious attachment through which malware infects the computer. WannaCry decryptor 2.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

With vulnerabilities rooted in unsuspecting users, the task of preventing these attacks means both staff training and a robust email and network security system that includes a strong backup program so you have a recent copy of your data that you can roll back to. Offline Backups. Screenshot example. Ransomware Types. Version restores.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Regardless of the implemented architecture, all organizations should implement the following additional DNS server protections: Backup DNS server information or implement disaster recovery solutions as one would for any other critical data: Use automation to avoid human error. Relatively high frequency backups (daily or at least weekly).

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Spinone

OCTOBER 13, 2020

As is often the case, the cost of restoring files from backups can amount to more than paying the ransom. National Security Agency tool that was leaked by the hacker group “Shadow Brokers” in 2017. Backups aren’t working. Ransomware today can actually look for backup files along with user data.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 23, 2022

Phishing & Watering Holes. The primary attack vector for most attacks, not just APTs, is to use phishing. Some APTs cast a wide net with general phishing attacks, but others use spear phishing attacks to target specific people and specific companies. See the Best Backup Solutions for Ransomware Protection.

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SiteLock

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Back in 2017, a ransomware outbreak paralyzed several organizations in Russia and Ukraine, with cases also occurring in Turkey, Germany, Bulgaria and Japan. Perform regular backups. What do animals have to do with ransomware? Here’s a hint: not much. Enforce strong password controls. Have updated antivirus software.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The phishing email contains a.zip file named “slavneft.zakaz.zip”, which means something like “slavneft order” in English, showing a direct reference to “Slavneft”. Once it gets in the websites, it uploads a copy of the executable code: using this approach the malware keeps creating backup copies to increase its resiliency to takeovers.

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Spinone

JUNE 21, 2018

Only one week has passed after a mass phishing attack hit the Gmail users, and the world came under attack by a new global cyber threat called WannaCry ransomware. It did not make a zero-day exploit , but used the vulnerability that had been discovered and fixed by Microsoft in March 2017. And you never know when it will occur.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In 2017, more than 300,000 WordPress websites were affected by a malicious plugin that allowed an attacker to place embedded hidden links on victim websites. Attackers often use botnets to send out spam or phishing campaigns to carry out distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Phishing and Social Engineering. RAM scraper.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Social engineering attacks , including phishing, spam, and viruses introduced via clickable links within e-mail affected 80% of the banking institutions in 2016. VoIP phishing and impersonation also victimized millions of corporate employees across the world , contributing to an even greater cyber threat.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

As you can see in the chart below from Statista, data breaches rose more than tenfold between 2005 and 2017. Taking a look at the Equifax breach discovered in July of 2017, initial reports showed that Social Security Numbers, birth dates, addresses, and driver’s license numbers were accessed. Cross-Site Scripting & SQL Injection.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The WannaCry and NotPetya outbreaks in May and June 2017, respectively, were the most devastating in history. The logic of the raid mainly comes down to using unsecured RDP ports or spear-phishing to infiltrate networks and gain a foothold in them. The first viable Mac ransomware called KeRanger was spotted in the spring of 2016.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 25, 2022

This attack framework was described in great depth in December 2017 by Mandiant in their report " Attackers Deploy New ICS Attack Framework 'Triton' and Cause Operational Disruption to Critical Infrastructure. malware was delivered via Spear-phishing attacks and Watering hole attacks targeting employees of such companies.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

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. Once they secretly enter your website, they can access your data, steal traffic, deploy phishing schemes, and more. Q: If I get hacked, can’t I just upload the backup of my site?

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

With a 250% increase compared to 2016, its global damages are predicted to exceed $5 billion in 2017. Several months ago, Spinbackup, along with other backup providers, emphatically suggested that backup is the only possible solution to protect your company from enormous data loss caused by ransomware.

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Spinone

JANUARY 20, 2020

The example – NotPetya cyberattack against Ukraine in 2017. Phishing Phishing is a fraudulent practice that tricks people into opening malicious emails and clicking on fake links that infect your computer with ransomware. There are two ways phishing scams operate: The email/SMS contains a link leading to a scam website.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Let’s take a phishing email that one of our colleagues got some time ago as an example to illustrate the most common signs: 1. One of the worst consequences that can happen via phishing emails is lateral movement. So you should be careful and look for other signs we list here. What is Lateral Movement?

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IT Security Guru

OCTOBER 3, 2022

For two months during 2017, the American credit bureau Equifax was subject to a massive data theft, where information relating to millions of customers was stolen. The attack was reportedly due to ransomware, thought to have been the result of phishing. Travelex reportedly paid around $2.3M

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 23, 2021

This decrease in demand-to-pay ratio is likely due to improved preparedness and resiliency on the part of policyholders and their backups, allowing for breach response professionals to handle ransomware situations more efficiently and get companies back online faster.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

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. In 2017, Thales extended its data security posture with the acquisition of Gemalto SafeNet for $5.6 Also Read: Top Cloud Security Companies & Tools.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 1, 2023

It exploits vulnerabilities in the software used by the target companies: mostly known issues, such as the combination of ProxyShell and ProxyLogon for attacking Exchange servers, and security holes in the Veeam data backup and recovery service. Instead, it tried to exploit the CVE-2017-0199 vulnerability.

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Spinone

JANUARY 27, 2019

This includes such critical capabilities as backing up mission critical data, controlling data locality of both production and backup data. One of the worst data breaches in history happened in 2017 with the Equifax data breach. This can certainly include the location of data backups.

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SecureList

JANUARY 13, 2022

We found they generally stick to CVE-2017-0199, using it again and again before trying something else. We assess that the BlueNoroff group’s interest in cryptocurrency theft started with the SnatchCrypto campaign that has been running since at least 2017. Malware infection. Infection chain #2. Weaponized Word document.

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Spinone

JULY 8, 2020

While it has stopped doing this circa 2017, there is nothing to prevent Google from doing this again in the future with a free G Suite plan. Backup G Suite – Backing up your G Suite environment containing protected health information (PHI) is critical to protecting PHI and other business-critical data from data loss.

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