2019 Backups Passwords VPN 
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
A destructive cyberattack hit the email provider VFEmail, a hacker wiped its servers in the United States, including the backup systems. An unknown attacker has launched a destructive cyber attack against the email provider VFEmail, he erased information on its server including backups, 18 years’ worth of customer emails were lost. “We
DoublePulsar
JANUARY 4, 2020
A security vulnerability in a popular enterprise remote access product is being used to deliver ransomware into organisations , with targeted delivery to also delete backups and disable endpoint security controls. On 14th August 2019 somebody posted an exploit for the issue on my forum, OpenSecurity.global.
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Security Affairs
JUNE 8, 2022
After identifying a critical Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) server, the cyber actors gained credentials to access the underlying Structured Query Language (SQL) database [ T1078 ] and utilized SQL commands to dump the credentials [ T1555 ], which contained both cleartext and hashed passwords for user and administrative accounts.”
Approachable Cyber Threats
OCTOBER 16, 2020
During the COVID-19 pandemic for example, you may use a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to connect to your organization’s network as if you’re sitting in the office, or you might use Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to connect to your computer that’s now collecting dust on your office desk. VPNs continue to be problematic as well.
Hot for Security
MARCH 29, 2021
In February 2019, cybersecurity researchers stumbled upon an unsecured public-facing database that exposed over 800 million email addresses and associated personally identifiable information (PII), including names, gender, dates of birth, phone numbers, IP addresses, job titles and employers. In short, Verifications.io
Security Affairs
JUNE 29, 2020
” Unfortunately, most organizations often neglect the protection of RDP accesses and workers use easy-to-guess passwords and with no additional layers of authentication or protection. Between December 2019 and until February 2020, the experts observed a number of attacks between 70,000 and 40,000 on a daily basis.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 15, 2020
A series of messages published on Barnes & Noble’s Nook social media accounts state that it had suffered a system failure and is working to restore operations by restoring their server backups. We are continuing to experience a systems failure that is interrupting NOOK content. 1/2 — NOOK (@nookBN) October 14, 2020. (2/2)
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