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Preparing for Ransomware: Are Backups Enough?

eSecurity Planet

In a year where ransomware has raised the alert levels everywhere, the go-to answer from many is redundancy through offline, remote backups – but are they enough? Backups are a critical component of any enterprise cybersecurity posture, but they are not an airtight strategy. Why Are Backups Critical? The Argument for Backups.

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Sophos blocked attacks exploiting XG Firewall zero-day to deploy Ransomware

Security Affairs

Hackers attempted to exploit a zero-day flaw in the Sophos XG firewall to distribute ransomware to Windows machines, but the attack was blocked. It was designed to download payloads intended to exfiltrate XG Firewall-resident data. Sophos was informed of the attacks exploiting the zero-day issue by one of its customers on April 22.

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BrandPost: Securing Hybrid Clouds and Multi-Cloud with Virtualized Network Firewalls

CSO Magazine

As part of this, many organizations use two or more clouds to meet business needs such as disaster recovery, data backup, application resiliency, and global coverage. 2 And according to the Flexera 2020 State of the Cloud Report , “93 percent of enterprises have a multi-cloud strategy” while “87 percent have a hybrid cloud strategy.”

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Researchers Quietly Cracked Zeppelin Ransomware Keys

Krebs on Security

Peter is an IT manager for a technology manufacturer that got hit with a Russian ransomware strain called “ Zeppelin ” in May 2020. He’d been on the job less than six months, and because of the way his predecessor architected things, the company’s data backups also were encrypted by Zeppelin.

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7 Ransomware Protection Tips to Help You Secure Data in 2022

Hacker Combat

increase on 2020 levels. Ransomware cost businesses and individuals $18 billion in 2020, with the average sum paid totaling $220,298 in the first quarter of 2021. 2 Backup your data. 5 Make use of windows firewall. Ensure that your windows firewall is working by configuring it regularly. 6 Use strong spam filters.

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DHS says to update your Emergency Alert Systems immediately

Malwarebytes

Protect devices with a firewall. In 2020, an individual using the handle Virtrux claimed there were "thousands of open access methods to both the US and Canadian Emergency Alert Systems". In November, 2020, virtrux tweeted images which appeared to show they had access to a system that allowed them to generate an EAS message.

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CISA updates ransomware guidance

Malwarebytes

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has updated its #StopRansomware guide to account for the fact that ransomware actors have accelerated their tactics and techniques since the original guide was released in September of 2020. For example, if a new firewall rule is created that allows open traffic (0.0.0.0/0),