IT Security Guru

JULY 4, 2023

Educational institutions own many sensitive data, such as personnel and financial information, as well as intellectual property. In this blog post, we’ll look at the factors that make schools susceptible to cyberattacks and discuss why it’s crucial to have robust cybersecurity measures to safeguard the academic community.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Backup, backup, backup. To guard against data loss, it’s crucial to regularly create backups of your Bitcoin wallet. Wallet backups provide a safety net in the event that your device breaks down, is misplaced, or is stolen. Secure your network, device. Use multisignature wallets.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 16, 2023

The Vice Society ransomware gang is back and making some unfortunate waves in the education sector. “Large parts” of the servers were encrypted, alongside the usual ransom demands. Bleeping Computer says it found “financial documents, research papers, student spreadsheets”, and also backup documents.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 31, 2024

They are used in healthcare, finance, transportation, and education, significantly impacting society. Encrypting data during transmissionwill prevent unauthorized access. Storing training data in encrypted containers or secure databases adds a further layer of security. Data security. Model Security.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2023

“The department had reverted to its backup system, radio, to dispatch officers in response to 911 calls instead of its computer assisted dispatch system. FBI and CISA believe this variant, which uses its own custom-made file encryption program, evolved from earlier iterations that used “Zeon” as a loader.” reads the alert.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2023

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. billion rubles.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

19, Apex was alerted that its systems had been infected with a destructive strain of ransomware that encrypts computer files and demands payment for a digital key needed to unscramble the data. “When they encrypt the data, that happens really fast,” he said. Roswell, Ga. on Tuesday, Feb. More than a week later on Jan.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 24, 2021

As #RansomwareWeek draws to a close here on the (ISC)² blog, we turn our attention to how organizations can defend themselves. Data Backup. Back up all data as well as “every nonstandard application and its supporting IT infrastructure,” and test the backup and recovery to ensure they can handle an attack. Least Privilege.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 30, 2021

The education sector’s cybersecurity problem has compounded in the last few months. Mespinoza originally used the.locked extension on encrypted files, and then shifted to using.pysa. PYSA is capable of exfiltrating data from its victims before encrypting the files to be ransomed. Leaks of exfiltrated data landed on PYSA’s blog.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

This increases the stakes, primarily if entities did not engage in proper backup protocols before the attack. However, companies can teach employees proper backup techniques, and IT departments can institute rules for an ideal recovery time objective (RTO). Analysts must take the time to educate themselves about new and upcoming risks.

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Zigrin Security

OCTOBER 11, 2023

For a detailed threat actor description do not forget to check out our blog article about selecting between black-box, white-box, and grey-box penetration tests and also you would know which pentest you need against a specific threat actor. Implement a robust backup strategy that includes both onsite and offsite backups.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 5, 2022

Let’s walk through some practical steps organizations can take today, implementing zero trust and remote access strategies to help reduce ransomware risks: •Obvious, but difficult – get end users to stop clicking unknown links and visiting random websites that they know little about, an educational challenge.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 31, 2019

How to survive – Rather than walking down that dark alley assuming they’ll be fine, businesses need to educate themselves on the threats out there and start taking a security first approach. This means implementing simple, but robust security protocols such as encryption and two-factor authentication. What Lies Beneath.

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Herjavec Group

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

T1083 File and Directory Discovery BlackMatter uses native functions to enumerate files and directories searching for targets to encrypt. . T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact BlackMatter encrypts files using a custom Salsa20 algorithm and RSA. . . Educate users on strong passwords and the re-use of old passwords. .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

This blog was jointly written with Santiago Cortes. According to these blogs, at least 10 companies may have been impacted by these ransomware campaigns in the first two weeks of February. Blog BotenaGo. Executive summary. The BlackCat malware has code very similar to its predecessors.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The year’s most successful ransomware group Introduced the triple extortion method – encryption + data leak + DDOS attack Accept payments in two untraceable cryptocurrencies Monero and Zcash as well as Bitcoin. The post Discover 2022’s Nastiest Malware appeared first on Webroot Blog. Strategies for individuals.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 22, 2021

VPN works by initiating a secure connection over the internet through data encryption. However, education is critical to maintaining a business’ security posture, especially when it comes to ransomware. The post Resilience lies with security: Securing remote access for your business appeared first on Webroot Blog.

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SiteLock

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

REvil ransomware is a file-blocking virus that encrypts files after infection and shares a ransom request message. If REvil’s demands aren’t met, they threaten to release the stolen data by auctioning it off on its website “The Happy Blog”. It also deletes Windows copies of files and other backups to prevent file recovery.

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

This blog aims to dissect the nuances of cloud security risks , shedding light on the challenges commonly faced when securing digital assets in the cloud. Lack of Encryption Cloud computing involves data transmission over networks and storage in shared infrastructures. Who’s Responsible for Security in the Cloud?

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Preventing Compromise by detecting and blocking malicious activity: Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA) inspects all internet traffic—whether encrypted or unencrypted—for indicators of compromise. Backup and recovery. Please refer to our technical analysis blog to get more up-to-date information including IOC details.

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Centraleyes

JANUARY 21, 2024

Educate and Raise Awareness: Board Education and Employee Engagement Make cybersecurity a priority on the management board agenda. Action Steps: Provide cybersecurity education to the management board. Ensure timely reporting and response to identified risks. Implement awareness programs for employees.

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SiteLock

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Over 60 organizations—mainly in healthcare, emergency services, and education industries—have been compromised to date. Emotet kickstarts other malicious software that encrypts files or drives on the network and changes passwords to lock users out of the system. on our blog. SiteLock can help you detect , remove , and restore.

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Webroot

JANUARY 13, 2021

So, they didn’t just steal and encrypt your files like other ransomware; they threatened to expose the data for all to see or even sell it at auction. Businesses that big are likely to have decent backups, so just taking the data and holding it for ransom isn’t much of an incentive. appeared first on Webroot Blog.

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Notice Bored

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Discrete batch-mode data transfers ( e.g. sending backup or archival tapes to a safe store, or updating secret keys in distributed hardware security modules), routine/regular/frequent transfers ( e.g. strings of network packets), sporadic/exceptional/one-off transfers ( e.g. subject access requests for personal information) or whatever.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 9, 2023

Last month also witnessed a record number of 556 reported ransomware victims, the unusual emergence of Italy and Russia as major targets, and a significant rise in attacks on the education sector. Increased ransomware attacks on Education The increase in ransomware attacks on the education sector in May is particularly concerning.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Ransomware has a public/private key encryption to make your data unreadable. In theory, ransomware may encrypt a file of any type. However, some files on your computer are encrypted more often than others. Ransomcloud is a special ransom malware, designed to encrypt cloud emails and attachments. How Does Ransomware Work?

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Ransomware as a service (RaaS) is an increasingly popular business model among malicious actors where interested parties can buy ransomware “products” – malicious code meant to encrypt a target’s files – from a developer online. Educate end users – The next common method of compromise is phishing attacks, independent of company size.

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Cisco Security

JULY 14, 2021

And once they’ve found their way into your business and encrypted your data and files, ransomware operators will demand substantial sums of money to restore them. For example, they will compromise backup systems so that administrators cannot use them to restore data. Store backups offline so they cannot be found by cyber intruders.

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Spinone

JULY 8, 2020

When thinking about making Gmail email compliant with HIPAA, organizations need to use end-to-end encryption for email communications. Google does offer S/MIME email encryption. However, S/MIME encryption relies on your organization using the G Suite Enterprise plan as documented in Google’s S/MIME administration guide.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 13, 2022

Services—a catch-all term encompassing service-providing sectors such as transportation, travel, finance, health, education, information, government, and a myriad of other industries—was targeted the most by cybercriminals. In education, several colleges and K–12 districts were crippled by ransomware. Noteworthy May attacks.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Crypto ransomware encrypts the data on your computer or in the cloud. However, you can not use encrypted data. Encrypting ransomware is much harder to deal with, as you can not get access to your data simply by switching devices or finding a way to pass a screen lock. Backup is a copy of your data stored separately.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Vamosi: You’ve undoubtedly seen Kim Crawly’s work; her byline appears on a number of blogs from a number of different outlets. Unlike other malware, ransom not only infected machines, it encrypted all the data, then asked for a ransom to decrypt them. She is an impressive force within the infosec world.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Vamosi: You’ve undoubtedly seen Kim Crawly’s work; her byline appears on a number of blogs from a number of different outlets. Unlike other malware, ransom not only infected machines, it encrypted all the data, then asked for a ransom to decrypt them. She is an impressive force within the infosec world.

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SecureList

MAY 12, 2021

To ensure that their ability to restore encrypted files would never be questioned, they cultivated an online presence, wrote press releases and generally made sure their name would be known to all potential victims. The malware sample has an encrypted configuration block with many fields, which allow attackers to fine-tune the payload.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 25, 2022

If you work there, skip this blog and go read their report first! Organizations should report anomalous cyber activity and/or cyber incidents 24/7 to report@cisa.gov or (888) 282-0870. Second "Bottom Line Up Front" BLUF point: CISA has released TTP's of Russian threat actors known to attack US Critical Infrastructure.

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Duo's Security Blog

JANUARY 27, 2022

We provide a high-availability service split across multiple geographic regions, providers and power grids for seamless failover, and our multiple offsite backups of customer data are encrypted. Duo provides fast deployment without complicated applications to roll-out or educate end users to use.”

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 11, 2023

In this blog post, we'll explore what CaaS is and how it has impacted the contemporary threat landscape. Some common examples of Cybercrime-as-a-Service offerings include: Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS): Cybercriminals offer ransomware packages that other individuals or groups can use to infect and encrypt their targets' data.

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