SecureWorld News

JANUARY 21, 2024

The costs of recovering from such incidents, especially for smaller organizations without cyber insurance, can be devastating. Having basic cyber hygiene Advanced technology is important, but basics like regular data backups, software updates, strong password policies, and multi-factor authentication are fundamental.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2022

The Daixin Team group gains initial access to victims through virtual private network (VPN) servers. In one successful attack, the attackers likely exploited an unpatched vulnerability in the organization’s VPN server. In another compromise, the group leveraged on compromised credentials to access a legacy VPN server.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 15, 2023

As we’ve seen recently, cyber insurance is no guarantee of avoiding a ransomware pitfall either with refusal of payout being decided in a court of law. Ensure your RDP points are locked down with a good password and multi-factor authentication. Backup your data. Make an emergency plan sooner, rather than later.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2021

US agencies warn that groups employed DarkSide ransomware in attacks aimed at organizations across various Critical Infrastructure sectors, including manufacturing, legal, insurance, healthcare, and energy. Require multi-factor authentication for remote access to OT and IT networks. other than VPN gateways, mail ports, web ports).

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 23, 2021

J Jaramillo Insurance . An insurance company in Puerto Rico. . lafand wbadmin to delete any backups . Enable multifactor authentication (MFA) for all user accounts if possible. Perform frequent backups and recovery tasks based on system criticality (daily, weekly, or monthly), and keep backups offline and encrypted.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 14, 2021

It actually almost matches up with maybe 70% or 80% of the clients that we’re supporting, who had almost identical attacks with an old credential, with a weak password on a VPN. Credential monitoring, password policy, [multi-factor authentication], are preventable problems. Sometimes they have the cyber insurance policy.

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NetSpi Executives

APRIL 27, 2024

Logins without multi-factor authentication. terminal services, virtual private networks (VPNs), and remote desktops—often use weak passwords and do not require MFA. Hunt and destroy or encrypt backups hosted in local and cloud networks as well as virtual machine snapshots. Enable multi-factor authentication.

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