Spinone

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Phishing attacks are one of the main cyber threats involving mistakes by workers. Infosec Infosec offers more than 700 training resources to help your organization to prepare for phishing and other cyber threats. Backup Demo The post Phishing Awareness Training: Best Providers 2020 first appeared on SpinOne.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

As we move towards the end of 2022, now is the time to take a look back at the major trends from the last eleven months and identify what might happen from a cyber threat perspective in 2023. It also gives incident responders less chance to respond to the attack, in attempting to restore files via backups.

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Cisco Security

JULY 11, 2022

67 individual ransomware attacks on schools and colleges–a 19 percent decrease from 2020 (83) . 954 separate schools and colleges were potentially affected–a 46 percent decrease from 2020 (1,753) . 950,129 individual students could have been impacted–a 31 percent decrease from 2020 . In 2021: . Hackers demanded up to $52.3

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Also noted were plans to block all outbound and inbound internet, email and network traffic to foreign countries, and upgrading infrastructure to improve backup and recovery services. Mortgage loan servicing company SN Servicing Corporation notified at least two states in recent weeks of a ransomware attack on its systems.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Malware has been around for nearly 40 years, longer even than the World Wide Web, but ransomware is a different kind of threat, capable of crippling a company and damaging or destroying its critical data. And the threat is growing. Data backup. Detection to stop sophisticated cyber threats. BeforeCrypt.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2021

In March 2021, cyber actors used an unknown ransomware variant against a Nevada-based WWS facility. The ransomware affected the victim’s SCADA system and backup systems. The SCADA system provides visibility and monitoring but is not a full industrial control system (ICS). ” concludes the advisory.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Recent research by Positive Technologies looked at the cyber threat landscape during Q2 2021 and found that ransomware attacks reached “stratospheric” levels, accounting for 69% of all malware attacks, a huge jump from 39% in Q2 2020. Automatic, secure 50 GB cloud backup. Best Ransomware Removal Tools.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 18, 2022

In the aftermath of a new emerging threat, CISOs rush to protect their assets from whatever vulnerability is being exploited and hope that they won’t be one of the first targets when a fresh exploit is discovered and the next inevitable round of attacks occur. This reactive approach simply isn’t sufficient.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 25, 2021

This specific ransomware variant is attempting to propagate using a variety of recently discovered Microsoft Exchange server vulnerabilities, such as CVE-2020-1472 , CVE-2021-26855 , CVE-2021-27065 to drop ransomware on the affected hosts. This includes the use of zero-knowledge online backup of crucial information.

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2023

Google TAG researchers focus on identifying and countering advanced and persistent threats. The primary task of the Google TAG is to investigate and mitigate targeted and sophisticated cyber threats, including state-sponsored hacking and hacking groups involved in coordinated attacks.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 8, 2022

A 2020 LokiBot variant was disguised as a launcher for the Fortnite multiplayer video game. TrickBot is developed and operated by a sophisticated group of malicious cyber actors and has evolved into a highly modular, multi-stage malware. physically disconnected) backups of data. Enforce MFA. Maintain offline (i.e.,

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Endpoint security – mobile device management (MDM) policies, antivirus (AV) solutions, URL filtering and blocking are all considered good cyber hygiene to block the most basic cyber threats. Backup and recovery – according to FEMA , 40% of small businesses never reopen after a disaster.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 23, 2022

This is certainly an option for organizations with well-defined backup and remediation processes. The alert detailed cyber threats which can lead to ransomware, data theft and disruption of healthcare services. In the same month, BlackMatter attacked NEW Cooperative , an Iowa-based food distributor. Healthcare sector.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Ransomware is one of the fastest-growing and most destructive cyber threats today. 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.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

OCTOBER 16, 2020

link] — Shannon Vavra (@shanvav) June 24, 2020 So ACT today! The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), a division of DHS, released this information guide on preventing and recovering from ransomware (in addition to who you should contact if you do get infected).

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

No matter if you are a business owner or work in any other sector like healthcare, education, or finance – in 2020, ransomware is officially after your cloud data. Moreover, this type of ransomware is able to infect cloud backup as well. one of the biggest cloud threats of 2020. This is what makes this ransomware 2.0

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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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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Also read: Best Backup Solutions for Ransomware Protection. Threats Evolve Too. Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network said that in the first half of the year, more than $590 million in ransoms were paid, more than the $416 million paid during all of 2020.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2022

That attack was 140 percent larger than a 1 Tbps attack in 2020 and larger than any similar event ever detected on the Azure public cloud, they said. DDoS attacks remain a persistent, malicious technique regularly used by countless threat actors,” Stefano De Blasi, cyber threat intelligence analyst at Digital Shadows, told eSecurity Planet.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2024

May 22, 2024 Veeam Addresses Vulnerabilities in Backup & Replication Update Type of vulnerability: Authentication bypass, privilege escalation, NTLM relay attack, and more. The fix: Veeam released Backup Enterprise Manager version 12.1.2.172 and Backup & Replication version 12.1.2 to address the vulnerabilities.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

billion in reported losses, up from 2020’s 791,790 complaints and $4.2 In 2020 alone, 79 ransomware attacks were conducted against government entities in the U.S., When a scenario like that occurs, it’s important to have triage and backup procedures in place to minimize the overall damage a cyber attack can deal to your business.

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Vipre

JANUARY 25, 2021

According to the independent institute AV-TEST , the number of total new malware in 2020 increased by 13% compared to the last year, and malware for macOS by 1200% for the same period. Thus, an antivirus is the most important security tool that everyone must have to protect themselves from viruses, malware, trojans, and similar cyber threats.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Nonprofit partners : Local governments involved with the Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) get free resources for cyber threat prevention, protection, response, and recovery. A 2020 survey of 165 municipalities found 50.9% 24/7 monitoring of cyber threats.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 23, 2021

The report provides an inside look at the insights and tools used by risk managers, IT departments, security researchers, and solution providers to hone their offerings and approaches to keeping organizations safe from evolving cyber threats. “By

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Jane Frankland

APRIL 28, 2022

McKinsey & Company raised the alarm in 2020. With an enormous attack surface, cyber threats have scaled and are bringing businesses, economies, and communities to a halt. Given these findings, companies with more gender diversity should be more cyber resilient. Could it get any worse? Sadly, yes.

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SiteLock

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The statistics below help illustrate not only the magnitude of the threat landscape, but the opportunity the cybersecurity market presents to today’s channel partners: The average website experiences around 94 attacks daily. Every 40 seconds, new cyber-attacks are launched with hackers attacking more than 30,000 websites daily.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 27, 2021

In today's connected environment, there are a large number of evolving cyber threats putting your organization at risk. And there is something else: there is always something new to learn about cyber threats. At the same time, seemingly endless scams can financially impact your end-users and even your personal life.

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Fox IT

JUNE 2, 2020

Publicly discovered in late April 2020, the Team9 malware family (also known as ‘Bazar [ 1 ]’) appears to be a new malware being developed by the group behind Trickbot. To ensure that our managed services remain effective against the latest threats, NCC Group operates a Global Fusion Center with Fox-IT at its core. Introduction.

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Fox IT

JUNE 23, 2020

To ensure that our managed services remain effective against the latest threats, NCC Group operates a Global Fusion Center with Fox-IT at its core. This multidisciplinary team converts our leading cyber threat intelligence into powerful detection strategies. Introduction. WastedLocker.

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Centraleyes

JUNE 11, 2024

Encrypt and securely store backups offsite to protect critical data from unauthorized access or tampering. Emphasize defense-in-depth principles by combining traditional intrusion detection mechanisms with advanced threat detection technologies to effectively identify and mitigate sophisticated cyber threats.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Precisely speaking, it a new cyber threat that targets infrastructure that is essential for a living like power sector, aviation, banks, fuel supply, transport services, emergency responses like 911 servers, water utilities and food supply chain. Also removing legacy systems that lack basic security measures makes complete sense.

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Daniel Miessler

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Since 2007 the InfoSec industry has been talking about TheBigOne™—the event that would change cyber threats from annoyances to existential concerns. They called it Cyber Pearl Harbor. DanielMiessler) September 19, 2020. Google Trends Data for the term Cyber Peal Harbor.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 1, 2021

2020 was a year of immense change. In our 2020 Webroot Threat Report , our security experts made a series of predictions related to the threat landscape. In the 2021 Webroot BrightCloud® Threat Report , we illustrate how securing and protecting your business doesn’t have to be overwhelming. The list goes on.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2020

Learn how @INTERPOL_Cyber is helping #police and organizations deal with this threat: [link] — INTERPOL (@INTERPOL_HQ) April 4, 2020. The INTERPOL recommends hospitals and healthcare organizations keep their systems and software up to date, and to implement an efficient backup policy.

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Webroot

APRIL 21, 2021

Although cybercriminal activity throughout 2020 was as innovative as ever, some of the most noteworthy threat activity we saw came from the old familiar players, namely ransomware, business email compromise (BEC) and phishing. By September 2020, the average ransom payment peaked at $233,817. “In

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

So, ACSC is asking companies to raise their defense-line against all future cyber threats that are and will exist in near future.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 10, 2021

business cont plan (how long to restore backups? We do have backups? With ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure up by 566% between 2018 and 2020, the security of these resources was already receiving significant attention. Also Read: Beyond the Backup: Defending Against Ransomware. What do we do in the meantime?).

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