Adam Levin

JUNE 4, 2021

You would think that ExaGrid, a backup appliance and anti-ransomware service might know how to avoid ransomware, but it was hit. . The attackers claimed to have exfiltrated highly sensitive data including the personal information of employees and clients, tax forms, non-disclosure agreements and contracts.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

AT&T recommends Linux endpoint and IoT device managers keep security patches installed, keep EDR software up to date and make regular backups of essential systems. Another article. Bottom line: Shikitega is a nasty piece of code. Slashdot thread.

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Graham Cluley

APRIL 4, 2024

New research has found that ransomware remediation costs can explode when backups have been compromised by malicious hackers - with overall recovery costs eight times higher than for those whose backups are not impacted. Read more in my article on th Exponential-e blog.

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CSO Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Apple today introduced several new security features focused on fending off threats to user data in the cloud, including end-to-end encryption for backups for iCloud users. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

JULY 12, 2022

which now includes GuardMode for early detection of ransomware, and DPX vPlus, cloud backup support for Microsoft 365 and other open virtualization platforms. Catalogic DPX is a proprietary data protection platform that offers the capability to backup data and applications from virtualized machines.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

In any case, you know what Google Drive backup is, and that backup files on Google Drive should be backed up as well. As an expert in data backup and recovery solutions, we will tell you about five main methods that will surely save your data from disaster. Double-sided backup. Go to your Google Drive documents.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 21, 2020

Since your smartphone often serves as a security measure or backup verification system, this allows the fraudster to take over other accounts of yours. Sometimes this involves people inside the phone companies.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 26, 2022

The threat actor was also able to copy a backup of customer vault data from the encrypted storage container which is stored in a proprietary binary format that contains both unencrypted data, such as website URLs, as well as fully-encrypted sensitive fields such as website usernames and passwords, secure notes, and form-filled data.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 24, 2020

The Motherboard article also quotes forensic experts on the report: A mobile forensic expert told Motherboard that the investigation as depicted in the report is significantly incomplete and would only have provided the investigators with about 50 percent of what they needed, especially if this is a nation-state attack.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 16, 2025

This article delves deeper into the challenges faced by the oil and gas industry, highlighting practical strategies to safeguard critical infrastructure through cybersecurity, data analytics, and regulatory compliance. Develop backup and recovery plans: Data recovery plans are essential to mitigate the impact of cyber incidents.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 26, 2024

The Veeam security flaw is present in its Backup & Replication software and can lead to severe consequences if exploited. In this article, we’ll dive into the vulnerability and focus on how it […] The post Veeam Backup Software Being Exploited By New Ransomware Group appeared first on TuxCare.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 24, 2022

Written by CISOs, for CISOs This article provides highlights from our ‘CISO Point of View: The ever-changing role of data, and the implications for data protection. The post New Data Protection Methods and the Impact on Securing Storage & Backup appeared first on Continuity™.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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InfoWorld on Security

MAY 30, 2023

First, there is no current backup copy of the data. The backups you expected your cloud provider to perform on your behalf only include the provider’s core system backups. To read this article in full, please click here It gets worse. That means it’s functionally unusable.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 14, 2018

To create these exfiltration channels, the attacker first needs access to the encrypted emails, for example, by eavesdropping on network traffic, compromising email accounts, email servers, backup systems or client computers. EDITED TO ADD (5/14): News articles. The emails could even have been collected years ago. Slashdot thread.

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 4, 2023

Password management products are more secure, but they have vulnerabilities as shown by the recent LastPass breach that exposed an encrypted backup of a database of saved passwords. To read this article in full, please click here

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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: Can you air gap a disk backup system? Tape vs. Disk: The Ransomware Issues.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 8, 2024

This article explores these threats, expected timelines, and steps organizations can take to prepare for a future where quantum decryption becomes a reality. SPHINCS+: Provides a backup option for digital signatures, using a different mathematical approach to enhance diversity and ensure long-term security. What is quantum computing?

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 17, 2022

In May, backup appliance supplier ExaGrid paid a $2.6 To read this article in full, please click here Colonial Pipeline paid $4.43 million to its ransomware attackers in May 2021, although in a subsequent operation, the U.S Department of Justice (DOJ) seized $2.3 million of that amount.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 10, 2021

As part of this, many organizations use two or more clouds to meet business needs such as disaster recovery, data backup, application resiliency, and global coverage. To read this article in full, please click here In fact, 76% of organizations are using two or more cloud providers.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Every second, even while you are reading this article, a hacker is trying to hack a site. Regula pen testing provides the opportunity to update that plan, identify your backup and assure your ability to restore capacity. This came to the news because Sony is one of the biggest names on the planet. Data protection.

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CSO Magazine

JULY 27, 2022

Doing so requires multiple backups, cloud resources, and tested backup and recovery processes. To read this article in full, please click here Whenever I am dealing with cloud services or remote consultants, the one thing that gives me the greatest pause is keeping track of and protecting credentials. Then disaster strikes.

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CSO Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2021

While this is a severe blow to the botnet, whose estimated size is over 2 million computers, it's unlikely to be its demise because Glupteba has a backup command-and-control (C&C) mechanism that relies on the Bitcoin blockchain. To read this article in full, please click here

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 18, 2023

And WordPress sites are vulnerable to code injection through plugin Backup Migration. Orca Security’s research group released an article covering this vulnerability. The Orca team said that at the time of writing this article, Google hadn’t fixed the flaw, only identifying it as an Abuse Risk.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Last month, we wrote an article about what to do when upgrading your iPhone. Select Google And then Backup. Tip: If this is your first time, turn on Backup by Google One and follow the on-screen instructions. Please keep in mind that your Google One backup can take up to 24 hours. Open your device's Settings app.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 4, 2022

Back up your data frequently and check that your backup data can be restored. Backup to an external device and disconnect it when the backup is complete. Never connect the backup drive to a computer if you suspect that the computer is infected with malware. Backup your data [link]. Use privacy-first software.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 16, 2022

Researchers warn that documents hosted in the cloud might not be out of reach for ransomware actors and that while they're harder to permanently encrypt due to the automated backup features of cloud service, there are still ways to make life hard for organizations. To read this article in full, please click here

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

It isn’t anyone’s fault, necessarily, since news articles about ransomware attacks often focus on the attack, the suspected threat actors, the ransomware type, and, well, not much else. Your backups may not work. After all, Kacaroski said, his school district had implemented proper backups. Or so he thought. “We

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CSO Magazine

MAY 4, 2022

Have a backup plan and tested recovery process. Some might argue that multi-factor authentication (MFA) is the best way to protect a firm, but I’d argue that having a tested backup and recovery process would be better. Too often businesses overlook having a backup and a tested recovery process.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 15, 2022

Smart infrastructure vendor Nebulon today announced that its latest offerings provide newly hardened backups for configuration and snapshots, in an effort to add a new tool to the antiransomware arsenal for Linux systems. To read this article in full, please click here

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Data that appears to have been deleted is often still recoverable, and in many cases, people make mistakes, such as forgetting a second backup exists somewhere else, or forgetting to verify that a destruction has been successfully and completely deployed. Read our full article on this important topic.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 29, 2021

It is highly recommended that you backup to an external device such as a USB drive for all of your essential data, and do not keep the backup drive connected to the system all the time. It should only be connected to do the backup, and then once the backup has been completed, disconnected. Backup your data [link].

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 6, 2020

We havent [sic] seen any Media articles on this and as such you should be the first to report it, we are sure they are just keeping it under wraps.” . “We were bitten with releasing evidence before hence we have stopped this even in our ransoms,” the anonymous person wrote. You may confirm this with them.

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InfoWorld on Security

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

It helps ensure that data on the hard drive as well as files on backup are encrypted, the company said in a blog post, adding that most enterprises use TDE for compliance issues. To read this article in full, please click here

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