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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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MITRE ResilienCyCon: You Will Be Breached So Be Ready

eSecurity Planet

The answer, based on a couple of presentations at the conference, is that patching is incredibly difficult to get right, requiring way more attention than most companies can afford to give it. Google’s cloud security is well regarded (and the company has shared some documentation of its security architecture and practices too).

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Multiple Brocade SANnav SAN Management SW flaws allow device compromise

Security Affairs

then) and confirmed that all the previously rejected vulnerabilities were still present in the version 2.2.2 The following vulnerabilities, discovered by the security researcher Pierre Barre , impact all versions up to 2.3.0 “Luckily, I was able to get access to the latest version of SANnav in May 2023 (the latest version was 2.2.2

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Securing data at rest and data in motion

InfoWorld on Security

It includes everything from the application’s database, to log files, to system configuration files, to backups and archives. Also on InfoWorld: Why you should use a microservice architecture ]. Also on InfoWorld: Why you should use a microservice architecture ]. Data in motion. To read this article in full, please click here

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Securing the Supply Chain During Shipping Challenges

CyberSecurity Insiders

Supply chain challenges have always been present, but they’re growing increasingly common and severe. Implement Zero-Trust Architecture. Response plans should include communication protocols, backups, business continuity measures and containment strategies. Thankfully, this is not an issue without a solution.

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Top 10 web application vulnerabilities in 2021–2023

SecureList

More than a third (39%) used the microservice architecture. Compared to Broken Access Control, Sensitive Data Exposure contained a greater number of low-risk vulnerabilities, but high-risk ones were present as well. Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) The popularity of the cloud and microservice architectures is on the rise.

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A Reactive Cybersecurity Strategy Is No Strategy at All

CyberSecurity Insiders

Instead, it gathers information about the network and attempts to infect key specific locations — current malware can even target backup data to hamper recovery after the attack. However, this reconnaissance or dwell period also presents an opportunity to stop the malware before it has activated.

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