CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 18, 2022

Clearly, preventing fires is better than fighting them……” So, to what extent are we able to protect ourselves from Cybersecurity events? 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.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 26, 2022

Even the most advanced and sophisticated security tools are failing to protect against ransomware and data exfiltration, according to a new report from data encryption vendor Titaniam. Titaniam also highlighted the solutions that can help leaders respond to triple threat ransomware attack trends, data theft, and extortion.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

On Wednesday – just Wednesday – news stories emerged about an airplane maker, information technology giant and computer game company all having operations disrupted by ransomware. In the past, the government would not step in because ransomware was not a national security issue. But few solutions have been formally put onto the table.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Network security architecture is a strategy that provides formal processes to design robust and secure networks. This article explores network security architecture components, goals, best practices, frameworks, implementation, and benefits as well as where you can learn more about network security architecture.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Backup has in some sense always been about the security of data. In the event of a data loss or disaster, you could turn to your backup to retrieve the data. But these days, backup must do much more. “Or worse, what if your multiple copies or backups are also all bad?” Key Features of Ransomware Backup.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 29, 2023

Planning for disaster recovery and routine data backup: Healthcare businesses may suffer severe consequences due to data loss or system malfunctions. It’s essential to regularly back up data kept in healthcare data warehouses to reduce the danger of system failures, ransomware attacks, or natural disasters.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

In our examples, the clothing brand secures a segregated design team with physical locks on the doors, extra computer security to prevent digital theft, and a backup solution for their marketing data. Respond to Events When monitoring detects a risk event (device failure, potential attack, exposed vulnerability, etc.),

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

A common misconception among many when considering moving to the public cloud is the security concerns such as Ransomware that can have significant impacts with on-prem environments do not apply to public cloud. As is obviously the case, public cloud architecture is vastly different from on-prem enterprise datacenters.

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SC Magazine

JULY 1, 2021

This creates a major gap in security awareness, considering the 65,000 ransomware attacks deployed in the U.S. in the last year and the continued rise in cyber events. But the threat landscape in recent years has forced providers to consider the impact security events will have on business operations and patient care.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 10, 2023

The constant evolution of the digital world has not only presented an abundance of opportunities, but also raised an equal amount of security challenges, ransomware being one of the most sinister. The underlying problem we sought to address was the ability to automatically recover hosts from a ransomware attack.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 16, 2023

These safeguards, when combined with adherence to security best practices and standards, establish a strong security architecture for public cloud environments. Security events and incidents are recorded and evaluated in order to discover and respond to potential security risks as soon as possible.

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SecureList

MAY 11, 2022

Ahead of the Anti-Ransomware Day, we summarized the tendencies that characterize ransomware landscape in 2022. This year, ransomware is no less active than before: cybercriminals continue to threaten nationwide retailers and enterprises , old variants of malware return while the new ones develop.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 13, 2022

Ransomware has given security professionals a headache for the better part of a decade. Germany, the UK, and Italy also registered high ransomware tallies. To understand how we got here, let’s first take a closer look at recent statistics on the top ransomware variants, countries and industries attacked. Top ransomware variants.

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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: If a ransomware attack is in your system(s), can the attack get to all your data?

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Spinone

JANUARY 3, 2019

This G Suite Backup and G Suite Security Guide covers 9 burning-hot cloud security topics. The following articles will provide insights into practical cybersecurity, each is a simple step-by-step walkthrough to solve common problems using G Suite backup and G Suite security best practices.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Backup and disaster recovery procedures ensure that data is always available. Backup and Disaster Recovery: Data backup and disaster recovery plans assure data availability and business continuity in the event of data loss or service failures. Here are some examples of hybrid cloud security architectures.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 25, 2023

Incident Response is a systematic method for addressing and managing security incidents in organizations, focused on minimizing and investigating the impact of events and restoring normal operations. Architecture model: A diagram or description of the network and system architecture used to understand possible attack surfaces.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 4, 2022

We get a few questions about ransomware protection and how our Endpoint Detection and Response software can protect you from ransomware. In this post, our security experts answer some of your most frequently asked questions about ransomware and how our EDR can help—let’s get started.

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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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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 4, 2022

We get a few questions about ransomware protection and how our Endpoint Detection and Response software can protect you from ransomware. In this post, our security experts answer some of your most frequently asked questions about ransomware and how our EDR can help—let’s get started.

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Fox IT

JUNE 23, 2020

WastedLocker is a new ransomware locker we’ve detected being used since May 2020. Evil Corp were previously associated to the Dridex malware and BitPaymer ransomware, the latter came to prominence in the first half of 2017. The new WastedLocker ransomware appeared in May 2020 (a technical description is included below).

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ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 2, 2021

So you’ve been hit with ransomware and, for whatever reason, you paid the bitcoin but now the decryptor doesn’t work. To be good at digital forensics, to be a digital Sherlock Holmes, you need to understand systems architecture. Who are you going to call for help? Even if you think you’re erasing your tracks.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 13, 2022

All data-centric events collected are reported up to the Analytics & Reporting Cloud (ARC). This web-based console, powered by AWS, correlates and analyzes system, user, and data events from endpoint agents and network appliances to provide the visibility and context to identify and remediate insider and outsider threats.

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Spinone

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

However, this year in 2019, many IT professionals and business leaders alike have had to deal with the very real and alarming scenario of a ransomware attack. As many businesses move their data to the cloud, the idea among many is once their data lands in the cloud, it is safe from ransomware. Is cloud storage safe from ransomware?

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) : In today’s ransomware-riddled environment, two-factor authentication should also be considered a minimum requirement for all forms of remote access. Email Security: Many attacks escape network security detection through malicious emails, such as phishing , business email compromise (BEC), and ransomware.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Ransomware has arguably been the most commonly talked about topic in the security world regarding risks to organizations and their data. There has been somewhat of a misnomer when it comes to thinking that you can “ protect against Ransomware with public cloud storage.”

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

We’ll get into specifics below, but here are five steps to prevent ransomware attacks, along with links to jump ahead: Harden against attacks : Patch, update, and change settings to harden resources against attacks. Anti-DDoS Architecture. Fortunately, many DDoS attacks can be prevented through advanced preparation.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 9, 2024

This framework guarantees that appropriate authentication measures, encryption techniques, data retention policies, and backup procedures are in place. Security infrastructure and redundancy: Check the vendor’s data centers, network architecture, backup and disaster recovery plans, and uptime assurances.

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Duo's Security Blog

JULY 6, 2021

The eight areas are: Application Control Patch Applications Configure Microsoft Office Macro Settings User Application Hardening Restrict Administrative Privileges Patch Operating Systems Multi Factor Authentication Daily Backups Each area comes with guidance to improve maturity of the area. Watch this space — there’s more to come!

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Spinone

DECEMBER 22, 2018

However, one very important distinction for organizations to make about Google Vault is that it is not a “backup” mechanism. Let’s see why Vault should not be considered as an effective backup solution for Google G Suite environments. Google Vault – Backup for G Suite? How to Use Google Gault?

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

A denial-of-service (DoS) event or attack can occur between a small number of devices such as a pair of servers. These events can occur accidentally and even within a corporate network; however, intentional attacks on internet-facing resources are far more common. Steps to take in the event of a DDoS. Preventing DDoS Attacks.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 30, 2023

Even "voguish" and very expensive Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems have their own limitations and disadvantages. Finally, DCAP can also help you quickly recover data from backups in case of ransomware. Depending on the adopted security policies, there are many events to which DCAP can react.

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McAfee

AUGUST 24, 2021

An architecture diagram below helps demonstrates the system layout and design when a pump is present in the docking station. Figure 2: System Architecture. If we look at recent events, in May of 2021, Colonial Pipeline paid hackers 4.4 million dollars to get their oil pipeline running again from ransomware attacks.

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Spinone

JULY 8, 2020

End users can set calendar entries to Private for any event related to PHI. These include: Security keys Google prompt Google Authenticator Backup codes A text message or phone call Enabling two-factor authentication is certainly a recommended best practice to improve the overall security of your G Suite environment.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

A single cybersecurity event can render extensive damage both financially as well as in brand reputation and customer confidence. When looking at such high-profile events as the Sony Pictures hack in 2014 or the Equifax breach last year that exposed the personally identifiable information of millions of U.S.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

This section covers key findings around the top five types of cloud threats, including misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, compromised accounts, supply chain attacks, and ransomware. Serverless architecture enables organizations to build and run applications and services while AWS provides the overhead of managing the server infrastructure.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Cybersecurity risk is a negative outcome that an organization may endure in the event of a cyber incident occurrence in its digital ecosystem. Highly probable, e.g., a ransomware attack. Harmful, e.g., the deletion of files in the absence of data backup. Architectural. What is cybersecurity risk? By area of impact: 1.

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