Webroot

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Lock down Remote Desktop Protocols (RDP) Educate end users Install reputable cybersecurity software Set up a strong backup and disaster recovery plan. The post Discover 2022’s Nastiest Malware appeared first on Webroot Blog. Strategies for individuals.

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BH Consulting

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In this blog, we’ll look at how you can minimise the impact of your personal mobile being compromised. To save space in your cloud backups, print photos that give you joy and delete ones that don’t. Change your mobile phone password/PIN. Re-install AV and set up cloud backups. How would you know? What do you do?

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

2, 2019, this blog reported that the company — which had chosen not to pay the ransom and instead restore everything from backups — was still struggling to bring its systems back online. On Christmas Eve 2018, cloud data hosting firm Dataresolution.net was hit with the Ryuk strain of ransomware.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 6, 2022

REvil now seems to have returned to the fray with new payloads, and a new leak blog displaying a mixture of new victims and old victims known to have been attacked by REvil. Implement regular backups of all data to be stored as air-gapped, password-protected copies offline. New gangs emerge. Ransomware mitigations. Source: IC3.gov.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2023

In this blog post, we'll explore common techniques used to penetrate systems and how organizations can defend against each type of attack. Common Types of Cyber Attacks Common techniques that criminal hackers use to penetrate systems include social engineering, password attacks, malware, and exploitation of software vulnerabilities.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 25, 2022

This blog will highlight the most recent changes to the ransomware and how Conti improved file encryption, introduced techniques to better evade security software, and streamlined the ransom payment process. Encryption mode local (disks) or net (network shares); the all and backups options were removed. disablesafeboot.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

This blog was jointly written with Santiago Cortes. According to these blogs, at least 10 companies may have been impacted by these ransomware campaigns in the first two weeks of February. Blog BotenaGo. ‘psexec.exe -accepteula {Target} -u {user} -p {password} -s -d -f -c {payload}.exe Executive summary. Conclusion.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, March 2021. review Active Directory password policy. implement offline storage and tape-based backup. Microsoft Antivirus Now Automatically Mitigates Exchange Server Vulnerability.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 17, 2024

This blog post describes methods that SpecterOps consultants have researched to successfully circumvent this technology during offensive assessments. Antivirus Inspection Not all RBI products will prioritize this time factor. Other RBI solutions are set to a fail-closed state that blocks the download of a file if it cannot scan it.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

was used to register at least six domains, including a Russian business registered in Khoroshev’s name called tkaner.com , which is a blog about clothing and fabrics. used the password 225948. “Cryptolockers made a lot of noise in the press, but lazy system administrators don’t make backups after that.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2022

In this blog, for brevity, the Go-based BlackByte variant 1 will be referred to as BlackByte v1 and the second variant will be referred to as BlackByte v2. Similar to other ransomware families, BlackByte deletes shadow copies to prevent a victim from easily recovering files from backups. Initialization. Delete Shadow Copies.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. He is also looking for opportunities to collect additional access parameters (usernames and passwords), elevate privileges, or use already existing compromised accounts for unauthorized access to systems, applications, and data. Most cyberattacks originate outside the organization.

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 9, 2022

Together these practices — which include multi-factor authentication (MFA), restricting administrative privileges and daily backups — provide a clear framework for businesses anywhere that are looking to improve their foundational security footing , as we’ve previously noted on the Duo Blog.

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SecureList

APRIL 24, 2023

In this blog post, we’re excited to share what we now know of Tomiris with the broader community, and discuss further evidence of a possible connection to Turla. The following table lists all Tomiris malware families we are aware of: Name Type Language Comments Tomiris Downloader Downloader C Mentioned in our original blog post.

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Fox IT

MAY 4, 2021

But if you would like to understand the rather tortured history of this particular malware a little better, the research and blog posts on the subject by Check Point are a good starting point. 20 – SEND_ID_CRASH 21 Crash dump SEND_ID_HTTP 22 Send HTTP Logs SEND_ID_ACC 23 Send credentials SEND_ID_ANTIVIRUS 24 Send Antivirus info.

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