eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Tape vendors have been promoting themselves as a solution to the ransomware problem because of their ability to provide air-gapped data backup, but trying to recover terabytes of data from a tape drive can be a little like, well, running into red tape. Q: Can you air gap a disk backup system? Tape vs. Disk: The Ransomware Issues.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 4, 2025

While the company emphasized that no financial data or passwords were exposed, the incident raises concerns about the potential for highly targeted phishing and social engineering , particularly given the brand's clientele of high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs). Follow SecureWorld News for more stories related to cybersecurity.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

This blog series was written jointly with Amine Besson, Principal Cyber Engineer, Behemoth CyberDefence and one more anonymous collaborator. Operating Model 1: CTI Feeds SOC / Detection Engineering Some organizations have a clearly defined and separate CTI team, which supplies information to different teams, functions and recipients.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 18, 2022

The same symptoms will occur in your IT environment as the malware spreads downloading data and expanding across your global network corrupting backups and leaving little options. Social engineering. Social engineering is the most prevalent way threat actors find their way into your environment. Network design and architecture.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Focus on implementing robust backup and disaster recovery plans, user training, and the sharing of threat intelligence. Implementing a Zero Trust architecture involves verifying every attempt to access the system. Moving ahead, it’s crucial for SMBs, municipalities and healthcare institutions to prioritize.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 4, 2022

Robert Zamani, Regional Vice President, Americans Solutions Engineering at Malwarebytes: “Ransomware stems from the exploitation of trust. Robert Zamani, Regional Vice President, Americans Solutions Engineering at Malwarebytes: “Other than efficacy, you need to look also at integration—the EDR must become part of your system.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2022

“The APT actors’ tools have a modular architecture and enable cyber actors to conduct highly automated exploits against targeted devices. . “The APT actors’ tools have a modular architecture and enable cyber actors to conduct highly automated exploits against targeted devices.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 12, 2024

Sample zero trust navigation dashboard from Cloudflare Implement the 3-2-1 Backup Rule When applying the 3-2-1 backup rule, make sure you have three copies of your data: one primary and two backups. Keep these copies on two separate types of media: hard disks, cloud storage , and tape backups. No user data was lost.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Implement Zero-Trust Architecture. Distracted workers are particularly vulnerable to social engineering attacks, but thorough training can mitigate these risks. Response plans should include communication protocols, backups, business continuity measures and containment strategies.

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Google Security

OCTOBER 27, 2021

TrustZone is a key part of our security architecture for general secure processing, but the security improvements included in Google Tensor go beyond TrustZone. Capping off this combined hardware and software security system, is the Titan Backup Architecture, which gives your Pixel a secure foot in the cloud.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 23, 2023

Specifically, the agency added: Recommendations for preventing common initial infection vectors Updated recommendations to address cloud backups and zero trust architecture (ZTA). Create policies to include cybersecurity awareness training about advanced forms of social engineering for personnel that have access to your network.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Why It Matters Network segmentation is a powerful approach for mitigating potential threats and ensuring a safe, well-organized network architecture. Prioritize testing updates in a controlled environment to confirm compatibility and backup configurations before deploying.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 8, 2022

For users who enable this feature, there will be 23 data categories protected using end-to-end encryption, including passwords in iCloud Keychain, Health data, iCloud Backup, Notes, Photos, and many more.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 13, 2018

The heart of data protection, both in the enterprise and in the cloud, is backups. Backups allow organizations to protect their most valuable asset against all types of events or disaster recovery scenarios. In this post, we will take a look at the various aspects of engineering backup solutions in various environments.

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SecureList

JUNE 22, 2023

According to the Kaspersky Threat Attribution Engine (KTAE), LockBit incorporates 25% of Conti code. Binary diffing across the two families Multi-platform LockBit We recently stumbled on a ZIP file, uploaded to a multiscanner, that contained LockBit samples for multiple architectures, such as Apple M1, ARM v6, ARM v7, FreeBSD and many others.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Further knowledge and skills you will acquire fall in the operations and security architecture as well as risk management subsectors. Security+ by CompTIA: Another highly useful certification for beginners, Security+ focuses on the key principles required to achieve network security. Additionally, the cost of this course in the US is $404.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 13, 2022

Fidelis provides a flexible and customizable policy engine. Clumio Protect & Discover offers backup and recovery for AWS, VMC, and Microsoft 365. Ransomware protection is offered with air-gap backups that are immutable and end-to-end encrypted. Lifecycle management rules allow users to automate and streamline backup plans.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 18, 2022

Not long ago, it was revealed that T-Mobile had been breached by bad actors who convinced employees to switch their SIM cards to let them bypass two-factor identification — reminding us how effective social engineering can still be. When malware first breaches a network, it doesn’t make its presence known right away.

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Cisco Security

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Further enhancements to Cisco’s Encrypted Visibility Engine (EVE), first launched a year ago in 7.1, It is the default protocol for popular sites such as Google and Facebook, almost 10% of sites today now support transport over the QUIC protocol. allows for the fingerprinting of traffic that is using the QUIC Protocol in Secure Firewall 7.3.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 30, 2024

Limited Control & Visibility Insufficient visibility into the cloud architecture causes delays in threat responses, increasing the risk of data breaches. Backup files: Regularly back-up public cloud resources. Back up data: Establish comprehensive backups for speedy recovery in the event of a security incident or data loss.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 4, 2022

” Robert Zamani, Regional Vice President, Americans Solutions Engineering at Malwarebytes: “Ransomware stems from the exploitation of trust. It features a dedicated real-time detection engine that does not use signatures, and doesn't require updates. David Pier, Senior Sales Engineer at Malwarebytes: “Yes!

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2022

The first traditional cybersecurity vendor featured is Barracuda Networks, with consistent recognition for its email security , next-generation firewalls ( NGFW ), web application security , and backups. Features: Cato Edge SD-WAN and SASE. Features: Juniper Session Smart Routers and SASE. Features: Open Systems Secure SD-WAN and SASE.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Attackers exploit the geopolitical environment and use AI-powered tools to create convincing deepfakes, disinformation campaigns, and social engineering attacks. But the new model, social engineering, is also emerging, an approach that consists of deceiving victims in the physical world.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 2, 2021

Given the enormously wide variety of technologies, architectures, and approaches to deploying and managing technology within the cloud landscape, visibility is a constant issue. For instance, many systems take on hyper-hybrid approaches that involve creative architectures to maximize confidentiality and availability.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 19, 2023

But from the very first days of ChatGPT’s massive initial release, the tinkerers among us anticipated the inevitable question: What’s an engineer going to do when they get their hands on this? I urge everyone who conducts workforce security training to share this anecdote along with phishing and social-engineering cautionary tales.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 28, 2023

This will not only help better test the architectures that need to be prioritized, but it will provide all sides with a clear understanding of what is being tested and how it will be tested. Social engineering tests Social engineering is a technique used by cyber criminals to trick users into giving away credentials or sensitive information.

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Pen Test Partners

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Container ships A large container ship has one huge main engine for propulsion. For this main engine to run, it needs support by ancillaries, mainly pumps, which are powered by electricity. This is unlike many smaller engines, where pumps and cooling are run directly from the engine. But what happens if this doesn’t work?

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Veracode Security

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Generic to entire Java Cryptography Architecture (JCA). Looking at what we discussed in How to Get Started Using Java Cryptography Securely post, the central theme of Java Cryptography Architecture (JCA) [11] ??defining would be broken and the worst world won't even have a fully vetted backup plan. This would mean the??internet

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Cisco Security

APRIL 29, 2021

20 years ago, I used to work as a network engineer for a fast-growing company that had multiple data centers and many remote offices, and I remember all the work required to simply onboard a remote site. Although there were some challenges, this model worked out pretty well for some time. The rise of Cloud Computing. The need for SD-WAN.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 8, 2023

The variant, targeting macOS arm64 architecture, first appeared on VirusTotal in November and December 2022 but went unnoticed until late April when it was discovered by MalwareHunterTeam. Grixba checks for antivirus programs, EDR suites, backup tools to help them plan the next steps of the attack. Create offsite, offline backups.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 10, 2023

In response to this growing threat, our team of Principal engineers at Cisco (including myself under the guidance of our project sponsors from Cisco’s Security Business Group and Cisco IT), embarked on a journey towards automating ransomware recovery not just for our own enterprise, but for everyone.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Mimecast uses multi-layered detection engines to identify and neutralize threats, stopping malware, spam and targeted attacks before they reach the network. The Mimecast Email Security service is delivered as a single cloud solution with all functions integrated and engineered to work together. The Best Secure Email Gateways.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 31, 2024

Regular backups and a disaster recovery plan are essential to minimize data loss and ensure the security and integrity of training data, safeguarding AI models from potential risks and threats. Model encryption should be employed to protect against unauthorized access, tampering, or reverse engineering. Model Security.

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Digital Shadows

MARCH 5, 2025

Agentic AI refers to an advanced artificial intelligence architecture designed to perform tasks autonomously. Threat Containment and Remediation Actions One of the standout benefits of an agentic AI architecture is its ability to rapidly and autonomously initiate containment and remediation actions. What Is Agentic AI?

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

Backups: Although more commonly applied to endpoints and data, networks also benefit from periodic backups of settings and configurations. In the event of device failure, backups can reduce the risk of business disruption by accelerating recovery.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 15, 2023

DevOps engineers: KMaaS can benefit developers by providing a simple and secure way to integrate encryption into their applications. Encryption: Encryption is an important part of KMaaS architecture. Overall, the KMaaS architecture allows the platform to be highly scalable, secure, and simple to use.

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Cisco Security

APRIL 29, 2021

20 years ago, I used to work as a network engineer for a fast-growing company that had multiple data centers and many remote offices, and I remember all the work required to simply onboard a remote site. Although there were some challenges, this model worked out pretty well for some time. The rise of Cloud Computing. The need for SDWAN.

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