Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2025

The Medusa ransomware operation hit over 300 organizations in critical infrastructure sectors in the United States until February 2025. The FBI, CISA, and MS-ISAC have issued a joint advisory detailing Medusa ransomware tactics, techniques, and indicators of compromise (IOCs) based on FBI investigations as recent as February 2025.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 16, 2025

Oracle addresses 171 CVEs in its second quarterly update of 2025 with 378 patches, including 40 critical updates. Background On April 15, Oracle released its Critical Patch Update (CPU) for April 2025 , the second quarterly update of the year. Please refer to the April 2025 advisory for full details.

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The Hacker News

MARCH 20, 2025

Veeam has released security updates to address a critical security flaw impacting its Backup & Replication software that could lead to remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-23120, carries a CVSS score of 9.9 A vulnerability allowing remote code execution (RCE) by authenticated domain users," the

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Centraleyes

APRIL 24, 2025

Below, we explore some standout cyber resilience solutions, including a closer look at Centraleyesa platform that redefines governance, risk and compliance management in 2025. Solutions That Are Driving Cyber Resilience in 2025 1. Identity & Access Management (IAM) with Adaptive Authentication (e.g., Breaches are inevitable.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 28, 2025

In early May 2025, two of the United Kingdom's best-known grocers, Marks & Spencer (M&S) and the Co-op, as well as luxury retailer Harrods, were struck by sophisticated social-engineering attacks that tricked IT teams into resetting critical passwords and deploying ransomware across their networks.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 1, 2025

In 2024, Malwarebytes found more than 22,800 phishing apps on Android, according to the recent 2025 State of Malware report.Disguised as apps such as TikTok, Spotify, and WhatsApp, these Android apps can trick victims into handing over their associated usernames and passwords when asking them to login. Create offsite, offline backups.

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Zero Day

JUNE 19, 2025

Written by Lance Whitney, Contributor June 19, 2025 at 12:30 a.m. PT NurPhoto / Contributor/Getty For all of us who hate passwords, passkeys represent a simpler and safer way of authenticating online accounts. But adoption has been slow, with many companies and websites still relying on passwords.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

custody in exchange for Marc Fogel North Korea-linked APT Emerald Sleet is using a new tactic U.S.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Several key provisions of the amended regulations will take effect on November 1, 2024, with additional measures rolling out in 2025. Update the incident response plan to include procedures such as the internal process for responding to cybersecurity events, recovery from backups, and conducting a root cause analysis after an event.

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Jane Frankland

MAY 3, 2025

While details remain sparse, reports suggest social engineering tactics like phishing, SIM swapping, and multi-factor authentication (MFA) fatigue attacks may have been used to infiltrate systems. These backups must be secured against unauthorised access and tested frequently to ensure they function as intended.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2025

Hackers are no longer just emailing theyre calling your office, too The FBI notes in its advisory that as of March 2025, SRG actors have started calling employees at law firms and pretending to be from the companys IT department. Enable two-factor authentication across all systems. Maintain regular backups of sensitive data.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The Rise of Non-Ransomware Attacks on AWS S3 Data madhav Thu, 02/13/2025 - 04:39 A sophisticated ransomware gang, Codefinger, has a cunning new technique for encrypting data stored in AWS S3 buckets without traditional ransomware tools. Instilling a Sense of Urgency As a result, the company loses access to its data unless it has a backup.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 13, 2025

Backup and Disaster Recovery Strategies All data protection regulations will require organizations to have backup and disaster recovery strategies to be resilient against security incidents such as ransomware attacks.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 14, 2025

Backup and Disaster Recovery Strategies All data protection regulations will require organizations to have backup and disaster recovery strategies to be resilient against security incidents such as ransomware attacks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 6, 2021

To those who go for more premium plans, a site backup plan of up to 200GB keeps the data continuity intact at the time of disasters. If possible, turn on 2-factor authentication for important online services. About World Password Day- Every year, the first Thursday in May is being promoted as the World Password Day.

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IT Security Guru

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

trillion in annual costs in 2025), operations disruptions, regulatory fines, and reputational damage. By gathering specific information, they craft a meticulously personalised message that appears legitimate, making it exceedingly difficult to distinguish from authentic communication, given their increasing sophistication.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

Data Security & Recovery Measures Reliable CSPs provide high-level security and backup services; in the event of data loss, recovery is possible. Users have direct control over data security but are also responsible for backup procedures and permanently lost data in the event of device damage or loss.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

However, basic cybersecurity tools and practices, like patching , strong passwords , and multi-factor authentication (MFA), “can prevent 80 to 90% of cyberattacks,” said Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies, during a White House press conference in Sept. Backup and encryption.

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Digital Shadows

JANUARY 14, 2025

To gain access to internal networks, Akira targeted local accounts with disabled multifactor authentication (MFA) and SonicOS firmware versions vulnerable to exploitation, often exposed to the internet for virtual private network (VPN) access.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Firstbrook said in a press briefing at the conference that by 2025, 45% of organizations worldwide will have experienced attacks on their software supply chains, a three-fold increase from 2021. He listed nine supply chain attack methods and some of their victims: Authenticated partner compromise (Target, Stuxnet ).

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 18, 2025

I once assumed our cloud backup vendor's SOC 2 covered mobile access; it didn't. A report might say, "Password policy in place with no deviations," but that doesn't mean the policy meets your standards, like requiring 12-character minimums or multifactor authentication. Never assume the report covers everything the vendor provides.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Several key provisions of the amended regulations will take effect on November 1, 2024, with additional measures rolling out in 2025. Update the incident response plan to include procedures such as the internal process for responding to cybersecurity events, recovery from backups, and conducting a root cause analysis after an event.

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SecureList

APRIL 25, 2025

In March 2025, our research highlighted the Triada Trojan’s evolved tactics to overcome Android’s enhanced privilege restrictions. If errors occur, it uses durl2 and durl3 as backup links. The diagram below shows the TOP 10 countries with the highest numbers of users attacked between March 13 and April 15, 2025.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Least privilege access is at its core, requiring every single connection within a network to be authenticated and authorized before they are granted access to a system. It doesn’t have break glass capabilities and advises file copy backups for DR scenarios. Another 22% plan on adopting SAM practices by 2023 or 2025.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Customers will be fully responsible for securing the storage, transfer, and backup of data to their cloud environment. Data backup. Customers that accidentally delete or allow attackers to corrupt their data may find the SaaS provider backup does not roll back sufficiently to recover the data. Access security controls.

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Duo's Security Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Tech Wire Asia cites that premiums could be expected to reach anywhere between US$500 million and US$1 billion by 2025. What are you doing about backups? There are of course some measures that SMBs in particular can — and really should — employ that can protect themselves: 1. How are you protecting your endpoints?

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SiteLock

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

According to the International Data Corporation, by 2025 nearly 56 billion devices will be connected to the internet throughout the world. Website Backup: Website backups help customers encrypt a snapshot of their website’s important files, folders, and databases. million in 2018 to 15.4 million in 2023.

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IT Security Guru

JULY 28, 2023

trillion in 2025 – to disrupted operations and reputational damage. Access Controls and Authentication : Implementing strict access controls and multi-factor authentication (MFA) mechanisms can significantly reduce the risk of unauthorised data access.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The market surpassed $100 billion in revenue, and it’s revenue for the 2025 projections tell us that it will hit $1.5 If such processes lack proper authentication steps, they could work as gateways for bigger problems. Before the device applies the update, it sends a backup to the servers.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 19, 2022

This may include firewall, password protection, security training, username and password authentication, data backup, business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) solutions and so on. In most cases, these backups occur autonomously and frequently, resulting in maximum data protection. Data backup and recovery.

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Centraleyes

JANUARY 21, 2024

Entity Classification List Deadline: Member states must establish a comprehensive list of essential entities, including those providing domain name registration services, by April 17, 2025. This list will undergo regular review, with updates occurring at least every two years after that.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The Rise of Non-Ransomware Attacks on AWS S3 Data madhav Thu, 02/13/2025 - 04:39 A sophisticated ransomware gang, Codefinger, has a cunning new technique for encrypting data stored in AWS S3 buckets without traditional ransomware tools. Instilling a Sense of Urgency As a result, the company loses access to its data unless it has a backup.

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Webroot

MAY 28, 2025

In fact, the 2025 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report found 81% of data breaches were caused by compromised passwords. Enable multi-factor authentication on all critical accounts. Chances are their Roblox passwords arent as tough to hack as they should be. If theres one weak link in most peoples security, its their passwords.

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

trillion annually by 2025, up from $3 trillion in 2015. It serves as a warning to regularly backup company data and train every employee on how to identify phishing and social engineering attacks. Additionally, regular backups must be made and stored in a secure location. The global cost of cybercrime is projected to reach $10.5

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 27, 2024

Gartner anticipates a major shift in IT investment to the public cloud by 2025, up from 41% in 2022, highlighting the scalability and agility of cloud solutions to protect businesses against the rising data loss threats. The effectiveness of cloud data security is heavily dependent on the skills and efforts of these security teams.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

By year-end, total IoT device installations will surpass 35 billion and extend to 55 billion by 2025. Internet of Things (IoT) devices are the smart consumer and business systems powering the homes, factories, and enterprise processes of tomorrow. In 2016, $91 million was spent on IoT endpoint security solutions.

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Centraleyes

JANUARY 3, 2024

Creating a plan for business continuity during and after a security incident, including the maintenance of up-to-date backups and ensuring access to IT systems and their functions.

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