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 facts. Recent attacks.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

620 million accounts stolen from 16 hacked websites available for sale on the dark web. Hacker deleted all data from VFEmail Servers, including backups. Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for February 2019 fixes IE Zero-Day. Astaroth Trojan relies on legitimate os and antivirus processes to steal data.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

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. NeroWolfe seems to have abandoned all of his forum accounts sometime in 2016. DomainTools reports that stairwell.ru Image: Shutterstock. Image: Ke-la.com.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 10, 2019

DarkReading Twitter account has more than 200k followers, a very solid number for the cybersecurity industry. The range of topics highlighted is wide: ransomware protection, antivirus software, blockchain technologies in security, and much more. Antivirus Software 2019 The primary focus of this blog is antivirus software.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 3, 2019

We met at Black Hat 2019. Once they were inside, they would turn off your antivirus software and the software responsible for online backups. British antimalware and network security vendor Sophos refers to this new tactic as “automated, active attacks.” Sophos Senior Security Advisor John Shier broke it down for me.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

implement offline storage and tape-based backup. PA Unit 42 found that the average ransom paid by organisations nearly tripled over the past year, from $115,123 in 2019 to $312,493. Between 2015 and 2019, the largest-known individual ransom demand was $15 million. conduct employee phishing tests. conduct penetration testing.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

You just knew 2022 was going to be The Year of Crypto Grift when two of the world’s most popular antivirus makers — Norton and Avira — kicked things off by installing cryptocurrency mining programs on customer computers. banks are stiffing account takeover victims. A single bitcoin is trading at around $45,000.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

” ― Stephane Nappo The amount of compromised data in August 2019 composed 114,686,290 breached records. In case you want to train your employees, you may need to use a company account to be able to set scheduled lessons for your staff. to $199 for business accounts. But it works only for individual users.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 6, 2020

Organizations in the throes of cleaning up after a ransomware outbreak typically will change passwords for all user accounts that have access to any email systems, servers and desktop workstations within their network. In mid-November 2019, Wisconsin-based Virtual Care Provider Inc. Shipping and postage accounts.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Install an antivirus solution that includes anti-adware capabilities. If your antivirus software fails to notice a new strain, you can reinstall the browser. By obtaining sensitive authentication access, attackers can break into the vendor network or user account. How to Defend Against Adware. How to Defend Against a Keylogger.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Their backups worked, Tipton said, but the process itself happened slower than expected. A disaster recovery plan is only as useful as it is accessible, and an inaccessible password vault could slow down literally every single part of a data recovery effort if administrators simply cannot access their accounts.

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SiteLock

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

First spotted in 2019 , Zeppelin ransomware, or Buran V, primarily targeted large tech and healthcare companies in Europe and the United States. At the time of the first attack, almost 30% of antivirus software couldn't detect this ransomware threat. Create backups in different locations. This can help you recover your accounts.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 13, 2020

In 2019, Trend Micro found a 77% surge in ransomware attacks during the first half of 2019 from the previous year. As is often the case, the cost of restoring files from backups can amount to more than paying the ransom. Maze ransomware was first seen in the wild since May 2019 and is becoming increasingly active.

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Spinone

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

However, this year in 2019, many IT professionals and business leaders alike have had to deal with the very real and alarming scenario of a ransomware attack. According to HostingTribunal.com Cloud Adoption Statistics for 2019 the following figures show the tremendous growth and trending of cloud adoption. billion in 2019 worldwide.

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Spinone

JANUARY 20, 2020

Some estimates of the damages exceed one billion dollars, taking into account data loss, service outages, disrupted operations, and recovery. In 2019 the game has changed: general ransomware activity has dropped, but the number of attacks targeting enterprises has increased by 12%. But how does ransomware work?

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 19, 2023

Other antivirus , endpoint detection and response (EDR), or extended detection and response (XDR) tools may offer similar capabilities. Most Windows settings allow for Command Line or Command Prompt to be blocked for non-admin accounts.

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Fox IT

MAY 4, 2021

Since September 2019, Fox-IT/NCC Group has intensified its research into known active Gozi variants. Looking back, 2019 seems to have been a golden age (at least from the malware operators’ perspective), with five operators active at the same time. Q3 2019 – Q2 2020, Classic fraud era.

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