Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2022

UPnP is an insecure protocol, it uses network UDP multicasts, and doesn’t support encryption and authentication. “It is recommended that your QNAP NAS stay behind your router and firewall without a public IP address. Only use encrypted HTTPS or other types of secure connections (SSH, etc.). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 11, 2021

We looked at REvil, also known as Sodinokibi or Sodin, earlier in the year in a Threat Trends blog on DNS Security. For information on the methodology behind this chart, please see the end of the Threat Trends blog.). Figure 2-A desktop that has been encrypted by REvil/Sodinokibi. Deleting backups. Creating a mutex.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Cybercriminals are constantly crawling the web for targets, and they’ll often go after websites you might not expect, such as a vegan cooking blog. An SSL Certificate is used to establish a secure encrypted connection between a web browser and a web server. Joe’s Vegan Blog Cooks Up Comment Spam.

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Webroot

JUNE 21, 2021

It may be as simple as the deployment of antivirus plus backup and recovery applications for your end users, or a more complex approach with security operations center (SOC) tools or managed response solutions coupled with network security tools such as DNS and Web filtering, network and endpoint firewalls, VPNs, backup and recovery and others.

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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

AUGUST 20, 2018

Related: Why identities are the new firewall. Ensure you have comprehensive backups. It is best to have multiple backups, especially of business-critical data that is essential for day-to-day operations, on both cloud and on-premises servers. Encrypt your data. Finally, it is good practice to encrypt your data.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2022

In early versions of the ransomware, file encryption utilized a hardcoded 1,024-bit RSA public key along with a 128-bit AES key that was derived from a file retrieved from a command and control server. This new variant introduced many additional features and updated the file encryption algorithms. Introduction. Initialization.

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DoublePulsar

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Even Wordpress backups, as apparently people build CRMs on Wordpress nowadays (I’m old). So even if you firewall off all incoming network traffic, if outgoing traffic is allowed they can still reach back to the server. They will do light recon on the network for things like backup systems. They dump data on Telegram.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Always encrypt the data using strong algorithms, and ensure your website application uses hashing for stored passwords. Keep a backup of the stored data separate from your website’s server. Fortunately, SiteLock can help – our WAF (web application firewall) blocks attacks and our website scanner automatically finds threats.

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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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Cytelligence

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Here is a blog about the dark web I had written. Once a hacker has control of a person’s computer, they can steal sensitive information, use the computer to launch attacks on other systems, or even encrypt files and demand a ransom for the decryption key.

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Cisco Security

APRIL 29, 2021

Basically, it took months of planning and execution which included ordering circuits, getting connectivity up and spending hours, and sometimes days, deploying complex configurations to secure the connectivity by establishing encrypted tunnels and steering the right traffic across them. Obviously, all this work was manual.

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 9, 2022

Together these practices — which include multi-factor authentication (MFA), restricting administrative privileges and daily backups — provide a clear framework for businesses anywhere that are looking to improve their foundational security footing , as we’ve previously noted on the Duo Blog.

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Herjavec Group

JULY 20, 2021

From the HG Playbook is a blog series where our diverse, specialized thought leaders will discuss all things cybersecurity. Ransomware” is a weaponized type of malware and viruses specially crafted by cybercriminals that uses encryption to lock up an organization’s critical information assets and sensitive data.

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Cisco Security

APRIL 29, 2021

Basically, it took months of planning and execution which included ordering circuits, getting connectivity up and spending hours, and sometimes days, deploying complex configurations to secure the connectivity by establishing encrypted tunnels and steering the right traffic across them. Obviously, all this work was manual.

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Pentester Academy

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

It targeted Microsoft Windows operating system by encrypting the data on the victim’s machine and seeking ransom in exchange for a promise to decrypt all the encrypted files and potentially undo the damage, but that’s far from the truth, as we discuss further! We need to unzip the archive to access the executable.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 4, 2022

27, a Ukrainian cybersecurity researcher who is currently in Ukraine leaked almost two years’ worth of internal chat records from Conti, which had just posted a press release to its victim shaming blog saying it fully supported Russia’s invasion of his country. You can see your page in the our blog here [dark web link].

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SecureList

JUNE 15, 2022

Complex attacks almost invariably feature several phases, such as reconnaissance, initial access to the infrastructure, gaining access to target systems and/or privileges, and the actual malicious acts (data theft, destruction or encryption, etc.). are you the person who enters, checks nothing and encrypts the first random machines? $1k?

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

An SSL certificate to encrypt customer-entered data. A web application firewall (WAF) to keep hackers out. A solution that runs regular site backups and can restore website files and the database in case of a site crash. Start a store blog with how-to videos, interviews, gift guides and other content to attract customers.

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BH Consulting

JUNE 20, 2023

Similarly, a firewall, network access control, privileged identity management, SSL, TLS etc. For the purpose of this blog – we are going to use the term information security to mean both cyber and information security. How much do you know about journaling, roll-back and remediation, mirroring, hot sites, cold sites, backups etc.?

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Spinone

DECEMBER 28, 2018

API-based CASB solutions are a much more seamlessly integrated approach to CASB technology in the cloud as opposed to a firewall-based approach. p> Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery – Backups and Recovery One of the most often overlooked areas in security is business continuity and disaster recovery.

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Fox IT

JUNE 23, 2020

Of course, these choices will also be heavily influenced by what we may term their ‘business model’ – which also means they should be able to disable or disrupt backup applications and related infrastructure. WastedLocker aims to encrypt the files of the infected host. This is described in more detail in the String encryption section.

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Fox IT

JANUARY 12, 2021

This research project covers the fingerprinting of Cobalt Strike servers and is described in Fox-IT blog “ Identifying Cobalt Strike team servers in the wild ”. Besides using the Cobalt Strike beacon, the adversary also searches for VPN and firewall configs, possibly to function as a backup access into the network.

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