Schneier on Security

JUNE 8, 2021

When Israel in 2007 bombed a Syrian nuclear reactor, the raid was preceded by what is believed to have been a cyber attack on Syrian air defenses that resulted in radar screens showing no threat as bombers zoomed overhead. And militaries need to have well-developed backup plans, for when systems are subverted.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Bookstore giant Barnes & Noble has disclosed a cyber attack and that the threat actors have exposed the customers’ data. 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.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 3, 2022

Healthcare providers are opting to pay a ransom in the event of ransomware attacks, instead of recovering it from data backups. An increase in cyber attacks in volume on businesses operating in the healthcare sector was also observed between 2020-2021.

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Spinone

MAY 8, 2020

The threat landscape for businesses today is filled with many different security threats and attack vectors used by hackers and other malicious individuals. On the world scene, 2020 has already been a challenging year for businesses across the board with COVID-19. What Is a Cyber Attack? Who are behind cyber attacks?

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Security Boulevard

MAY 7, 2021

Ransomware continues to plague companies as the remote and hybrid workforce models leave new attack vectors. Research notes a 715% year-over-year increase in ransomware during 2020. The post What is File Sanitization?

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2021

If this is true, then it does not answer the question as to why many of the largest and best protected global corporations and Governments institutions worldwide have been victims of major Cyber-attacks despite deploying the most expensive defence solutions in the market. 30 th November 2020 – Embrear ( www.embrear.com ).

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 1, 2019

NormShield found that all of the 2020 presidential hopefuls, thus far, are making sure their campaigns are current on software patching, as well as Domain Name System (DNS) security; and several are doing much more. “We

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2020

Cyber attacks can happen to anyone or any government no matter how good the defense is. Government (@KnoxGov) June 11, 2020. COO David Brace pointed out that no personal information was accessed during the attack. The City will use backup to resume operations, the good news is that backup servers were not affected.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The epidemic went truly mainstream with the release of CryptoLocker back in 2013, and it has since transformed into a major dark web economy spawning the likes of Sodinokibi, Ryuk, and Maze lineages that are targeting the enterprise on a huge scale in 2020. In early 2020, several cybercriminals groups followed suit. Time will tell.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2020

On Sunday, the computer systems in the city of Torrance suffered a cyber attack that interrupted access to email accounts and server functions. pic.twitter.com/vJ1qXBPTAO — Under the Breach (@underthebreach) April 21, 2020. The group posted files from the breach as proof.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 13, 2023

The Phishing email attack took place in the year 2021 and the Museum of Gloucester that identified the unauthorized intrusion is still being affected by the cyber incident. Acronis, the backup software developer and supplier, has downplayed the twitter speculations that its servers were compromised by a cyber-attack.

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Spinone

JANUARY 24, 2021

So, should you backup your Office 365 data? Such risks are one of the key concerns expressed by our customers when considering our backup. For example, the Microsoft outages in September and October 2020 heavily affected many European regions by causing massive downtime for companies. This article was updated in January 2021.

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Cytelligence

JANUARY 27, 2020

As these attacks increase in their frequency, threat actors have had to evolve their strategies due to the following reasons: Competition from other threat actors vying for the same “pie”. Lessons learned” from attacks that did not generate a pay-out. Effectiveness of data backup strategies. Ransomware in 2020 .

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2022

sys “) by triggering the CVE-2020-15368 flaw to execute malicious code in the Windows kernel. ” Mandiant, which tack the toolkit as INCONTROLLER, also published a detailed analysis warning of its dangerous cyber attack capability. ” reads the analysis published by Mandiant.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 16, 2020

In some sense, 2020 was special—the coronavirus pandemic and the global shift to remote working became significant factors affecting the cybersecurity landscape. Cybersecurity Statistics 2020 By the end of the year, worldwide spending on cybersecurity is going to reach $123 billion. How exactly? Let’s find out.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

CD PROJEKT RED, the game developer behind Cyberpunk 2077, announced earlier on Twitter that it has fallen victim to a targeted ransomware attack. The company says it has backups for the affected systems and does not intend to pay the ransom. Although some devices in our network have been encrypted, our backups remain intact.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 28, 2021

When a company is hit with ransomware, they’re often faced with three choices: pay up, lean on backups or rebuild the entire IT network. In fact, many companies that buy cyber insurance tend to view it as a tool for resilience against cyber attacks rather than a risk mitigation tool.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

2020 has been a year of great change and constant adaptation to new circumstances. Trends of cyber insurance claims for 2020. Coalition, a cyber insurance company, recently released a report detailing the categories of cyber attacks as well as the cause behind the attacks for the first half of 2020.

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Hacker Combat

JUNE 2, 2022

ransomware to conduct the cyber-attack, the hackers threaten to expose stolen files unless the company pays a ransom. Unfortunately, this isn’t the first time the company has experienced such an attack. To detect attacks, scan all emails and conduct regular data backups. using the LockBit 2.0

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SecureWorld News

JULY 28, 2020

NASDAQ: GRMN), today announced it was the victim of a cyber attack that encrypted some of our systems on July 23, 2020.”. Data and screenshots reveal that ransomware strain WastedLocker is behind the attack. Did the company restore from backups? The company still refuses to say, or type, the word “ransomware.”

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Herjavec Group

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Cyber Predictions for the C-Suite t o Keep Top of Mind Next Year . – Robert Herjavec . 16, 2020 . As we close out 2020, it’s no secret that this year has had more than its fair share of challenges. Sadly, in 2020, we saw the first instance of human loss as a direct result of cybercrime – ransomware to be exact.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 25, 2022

“Throughout most of 2020 Maze was the leader of the double extortion tactic among ransomware groups, accounting for 30% of the 94 reported cases of double extortion between April and December of 2020,” the researchers wrote. Read next: Best Backup Solutions for Ransomware Protection.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get. It can shut down your business – in the case of healthcare organizations that can be life-threatening for patients – damage your reputation with customers and employees, and invite further attacks as cybercriminals view your organization as an easy mark.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 11, 2021

We decided to stop and report this vulnerability once we were able to access PII that was exposed via Database backups that were in the private projects.” One of the offices that were hit by a sophisticated cyber attack is the U.N. According to the report, attackers did not access passwords.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

billion in reported losses, up from 2020’s 791,790 complaints and $4.2 According to the 2021 IBM Threat Force Intelligence Index , Manufacturing was the industry most likely to be attacked last year, comprising 23.2% of cyber attacks IBM handled. In 2021 alone, IC3 received 847,376 complaints which amounted to $6.9

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SC Magazine

JUNE 9, 2021

President and Chief Executive Officer, Colonial Pipeline testifies during a hearing on the Hill to examine threats to critical infrastructure, focusing on the Colonial Pipeline cyber attack. “It’s the only way we’re going to learn that these attacks continue to change, [that] there’s variants of these attacks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Turning off this kind of access when employees leave or no longer need it can shut down potential avenues for attack. Patching – routine updates pushed by vendors to their software can help to remove bugs from your IT infrastructure that could otherwise be exploited by cyber attackers.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

A recent Positive Technologies report found that 69% of all malware attacks now involve ransomware, and with the sums involved, it’s easy to see why malicious actors would eschew less lucrative cyber attack methods. You can see this preference in the types of organizations ransomware attacks have targeted recently.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The FBI, CISA, and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) recently revealed that the number of ransomware incidents against K-12 districts increased dramatically at the beginning of fall 2020 classes. K-12 districts now top ransomware target. Scan for open or listening ports and mediate those that are not needed.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 2, 2020

We have already worked with our cyber insurance provider to make a payment to the ransomware attacker, as a proactive and preventive step to ensure that the information obtained by the attacker from our systems will not be released on the Internet or otherwise disclosed.". Can we restore from these backups?

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IT Security Guru

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Very few weeks go by without news of another cyber attack or data breach and a quick scan of the BBC news website shows that in most months, there is at least one story that makes the national news headlines. In February 2020, the U.S. SolarWinds. Edward Snowden – the inside job. government spying apparatus.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The FIFA World Cup 2022 has brought with it a spike in cyber attacks targeting football fans through fake streaming sites and lottery scams, leveraging the rush and excitement around these uncommon events to infect users with malware. Similar templates for fake streaming sites appeared in 2020 during the Tokyo Olympics.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Cyber criminal threat actors exploit network vulnerabilities to exfiltrate data and encrypt systems in a sector that is increasingly reliant on smart technologies, industrial control systems, and internet-based automation systems.". 5 specific ransomware attacks on food supply chain. The company's administrative systems were impacted.

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Vipre

JANUARY 25, 2021

Cyber-attacks are on the rise and are becoming more potent with each day. Whether you use your computer for personal or professional purposes, cyber-attacks are an imminent threat to your privacy and personal or professional information. Backup and Recovery Tools. Identity Theft Protection Tools. Ad Blockers.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Ransomware attacks have become much more dangerous and have evolved beyond basic security defenses and business continuity techniques like next-gen antivirus and backups. As part of double extortion attacks, tactics often include the threat of DDoS attacks. What is Double Extortion Ransomware?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Ransomware has quickly become a dominant force in cyber risk, but its proliferation and the range in demands across various industries has continued to fluctuate. Ransomware claims resulting in a ransom payment shrank from 44% in Q3 2020 to just 12% by Q3 2021.

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McAfee

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Following a recent Incident Response, McAfee Enterprise‘s Advanced Threat Research (ATR) team worked with its Professional Services IR team to support a case that initially started as a malware incident but ultimately turned out to be a long-term cyber-attack. We represent that in the following graphic: Figure 10 Attack flow.

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