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Ransomware Bites Dental Data Backup Firm

Krebs on Security

PerCSoft , a Wisconsin-based company that manages a remote data backup service relied upon by hundreds of dental offices across the country, is struggling to restore access to client systems after falling victim to a ransomware attack. Cloud data and backup services are a prime target of cybercriminals who deploy ransomware.

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Patch Tuesday, July 2018 Edition

Krebs on Security

Windows has some built-in tools that can help recover from bad patches, but restoring the system to a backup image taken just before installing updates is often much less hassle and an added piece of mind while you’re sitting there praying for the machine to reboot successfully after patching.

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A Cryptomining botnet abuses Bitcoin blockchain transactions as C2 backup mechanism

Security Affairs

Crooks are exploiting BTC blockchain transactions to hide backup command-and-control (C2) server addresses for a cryptomining botnet. Security experts from Akamai have spotted a new botnet used for illicit cryptocurrency mining activities that are abusing Bitcoin (BTC) transactions to implement a backup mechanism for C2.

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Patch Tuesday, August 2018 Edition

Krebs on Security

According to security firm Ivanti , the first of the two zero-day flaws ( CVE-2018-8373 ) is a critical flaw in Internet Explorer that attackers could use to foist malware on IE users who browse to hacked or booby-trapped sites. One nifty little bug fixed in this patch batch is CVE-2018-8345. Microsoft’s analysis is here.

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MyBook Users Urged to Unplug Devices from Internet

Krebs on Security

” Western Digital’s brief advisory includes a link to an entry in the National Vulnerability Database for CVE-2018-18472. Examine the CVE attached to this flaw and you’ll notice it was issued in 2018. We are actively investigating the issue and will provide an updated advisory when we have more information.”

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Cloud Backup and Recovery: What to Expect in 2018

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Many IT specialists are predicting that 2018 will be “the year of the cloud”, as companies increasingly have to deal with the backup needs of massive amounts of data, connect more and more devices to the Internet of Things , and start to appreciate the benefits that a cloud-based IT strategy can offer.

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Top Ransomware Attacks in the Cloud in 2018

Spinone

The past year in 2018, ransomware remained an ever-growing threat. Top Ransomware Attacks in 2018 – What was Learned? Data is irreversibly encrypted and cannot be retried without either paying the ransom, or restoring backups of the data prior to the ransomware encryption.