Joseph Steinberg

JUNE 8, 2023

The second edition of Cybersecurity For Dummies , Joseph Steinberg’s best-selling introductory-level book about cybersecurity, is now available in French. The book is the down-to-earth guide you need to secure your own data (and your company’s, too).

Cybersecurity

Joseph Steinberg

JULY 21, 2022

The second edition of Cybersecurity For Dummies , Joseph Steinberg’s best-selling introductory-level book about cybersecurity, is now available. The book is the down-to-earth guide you need to secure your own data (and your company’s, too). Topics covered in the book include: ? The who and why of cybersecurity threats. ?

Cybersecurity

Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2021

. “Western Digital has determined that some My Book Live and My Book Live Duo devices are being compromised through exploitation of a remote command execution vulnerability,” the company said in a statement June 24. The My Book Live and My Book Live Duo devices received its final firmware update in 2015. .”

Internet

Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 26, 2024

The Polish version of the second edition of Cybersecurity For Dummies , Joseph Steinberg’s best-selling introductory-level book about cybersecurity, is now available. The book provides readers of the Polish language with a down-to-earth guide to help them to secure their data (and the data belonging to their employers).

Cybersecurity

Adam Shostack

JANUARY 2, 2025

An unexpected book review. I hate reviewing books by people I know, because I am a picky reader, and if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all. I also tend to hate management books, because they often substitute jargon for crisp thinking. It is not a book for the CSO. Part II is what to do.

CSO

Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 22, 2024

Hacking et Cybersécurité Mégapoche pour les Nuls , a single-volume book containing French versions of the latest editions of both the best selling CyberSecurity for Dummies by Joseph Steinberg, and Hacking For Dummies by Kevin Beaver, is now available to the public.

Hacking

Adam Shostack

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

I hate reviewing books by people I know, because I am a picky reader, and if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all. I also tend to hate management books, because they often substitute jargon for crisp thinking. It is not a book for the CSO. The book is organized into two major parts.

CSO

Graham Cluley

JUNE 25, 2021

Storage drive maker Western Digital is telling owners of its WD My Book Live device to disconnect it from the internet, after reports that some have had their data erased by malicious software. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

Internet

Zero Day

JUNE 22, 2025

  Also: Google just spilled its airfare secrets: here's the cheapest day to book your next flight I've settled on seven must-have items that don't leave my backpack, and I hope these will help you, too. Plus, I'm scarred by my past when I lost 500GB of footage because I didn't have a backup.

Password Management

Krebs on Security

JULY 14, 2020

Some of the more eyebrow-raising critical bugs addressed this month include CVE-2020-1410 , which according to Recorded Future concerns the Windows Address Book and could be exploited via a malicious vcard file. Thankfully, I was able to restore from a recent backup. So do yourself a favor and backup before installing any patches.

DNS

Malwarebytes

MARCH 31, 2023

Happy World Backup Day everyone! What, you didn't know it was World Backup Day? If there was an award for "most overlooked really important thing in computing", backups would win. So let's put that right this year and spend a minute or two of World Backup Day thinking about backups. Backups are great!

Backups

Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The activity significantly disrupted IHG's booking channels and other applications. Booking system. The unavailability of the online booking system must be a major pain for IHG. directly to make, amend or cancel a booking. In addition, experts from outside of IHG are being brought in to help with the investigation.

Ransomware

SC Magazine

JUNE 25, 2021

Western Digital is asking customers to disconnect My Book Live hard drives from the internet to prevent malware from wiping them of data. “Western Digital has determined that some My Book Live and My Book Live Duo devices are being compromised through exploitation of a remote command execution vulnerability. .

Firmware

Tech Republic Security

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Your virtual machines are the backbone of your business and are essential to running your workloads, from mission-critical backup applications to test and development environments. The VMware Backup For Dummies e-book shows how to ensure seamless recovery of critical workloads with an agentless backup solution.

Backups

Tech Republic Security

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Your virtual machines are the backbone of your business and are essential to running your workloads, from mission-critical backup applications to test and development environments. The VMware Backup For Dummies e-book shows how to ensure seamless recovery of critical workloads with an agentless backup solution.

Backups

Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Microsoft does provide a native backup and recovery utility, but it falls short of providing complete protection against AD disasters. The post 5 key features any Active Directory solution must have [E-book] appeared first on ManageEngine Blog. Active Directory disasters come in many forms.

Backups

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Leaked data includes 14 folders and 53,555 files divided into the following categories: Passport scans Flight bookings Hotel bookings Email communications between Airlink International Group employees and customers Insurance policy for international travel. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Insurance

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 2, 2022

You have the disaster recovery (DR) site, backups, and storage area network (SAN) snapshots. As you try each one, that pit in your stomach grows as you experience the worst feeling in IT: the realization you have no backup for recovery. Your backups, the backup server, and all the backup storage — all encrypted by ransomware.

Architecture

Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 21, 2021

E-book] appeared first on ManageEngine Blog. E-book] appeared first on Security Boulevard. The post Microsoft’s shared responsibility model: Who should back up Azure AD and Microsoft 365 data? [E-book] The post Microsoft’s shared responsibility model: Who should back up Azure AD and Microsoft 365 data? [E-book]

Backups

CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Crypto Locker Virus is suspected to be behind the incident and almost all booking systems were hit by a ransom demanding malware. The company is, however, not interested in bowing down to the demands of hackers and is interested in recovering their data from backups, as they already have a proactive data continuity plan in place.

Cyber Attacks

Spinone

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

This article describes several ways to backup Outlook account settings in great detail. How do I backup my Outlook rules? Overview of the Ways to Back up Outlook Account Settings The legend has it that early versions of Outlook contained special functionality that enabled you to backup your account settings. Neither do we.

Backups

Schneier on Security

APRIL 20, 2018

Organizers collected 25 pieces of voting equipment, including voting machines and electronic poll books. Multiple, unchangeable backups are essential. Some of their attacks could be implemented by a single individual with no greater access than a normal poll worker; others could be done remotely.

Computers and Electronics

SecureWorld News

AUGUST 3, 2021

The Italian region Lazio was recently hit with a cyberattack that affected the computer systems used in booking vaccination appointments. However, the Lazio Region had proper security measures in place, allowing immediate backups of all encrypted data, rendering the attack on personal information useless.

Backups

Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Search Warrant: Can render backups of a target device; if target uses iCloud backup, the encryption keys should also be provided with content return. Search warrant: Provides address book contacts and WhatsApp users who have the target in their address book contacts. Subpoena: Can render basic subscriber information.

Encryption

Spinone

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Essentials for Google Account Backup Innovation and leadership have been two of the main keys to their success. A manual written contact book? Having Google accounts backup could be a lifesaver, if you ever find yourself in one of the situations, mentioned above. Google Account Backup for G Suite Domain Administrator.

Backups

SecureList

JUNE 23, 2022

The attack patterns revealed are not accidental because this class of attack requires the hackers to go through certain stages, such as penetrating the corporate network or victim’s computer, delivering malware, further discovery, account hijacking, deleting shadow copies, removing backups and, finally, achieving their objectives.

Ransomware

Daniel Miessler

OCTOBER 4, 2020

If they have good backups, or don’t need the data, they threaten to release that data to the public, and if that doesn’t work they now seem to be pivoting to a threat to take the business offline using a DDoS attack. So they start by asking if people want their data back.

DDOS

CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 11, 2022

Information is out that the incident took place in February and affected backup systems deeply. However, the spokesperson from Wightlink cleared the air that none of its ferry related services or booking systems and website were affected by the data breach. The company that ferries about 4.6

Cyber Attacks

Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

We made a full backup of [his/her] disk. (We We have all [his/her] address book, social media, history of viewing sites, dating apps, all files, phone numbers, and addresses of all [his/her] contacts) and are willing to give you a full access to this data. Here is proof.

Scams

Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2024

Patch it now!

Data breaches

CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Because of this attack, customers going for a purchase at the physical premises of the store located across Netherlands, Belgium and Germany were asked to come again for returns or picking up their packages booked online.

Ransomware

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The attacks were documented by the Citizen Lab research team from the University of Toronto, the infections took place while the journalist was wording on a book about Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The device was compromised two times, in July 2020 and June 2021. ” reported Citizen Lab.

Spyware

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal. Hacker deleted all data from VFEmail Servers, including backups. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. 20% discount. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy.

Antivirus

Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Whether ALPHV’s troubles are caused by tight-lipped law enforcement, an ironic lack of disaster recovery planning, or some other sleight of hand, any disruption to the ransomware ecosystem is a welcome early Christmas present in our book. Create offsite, offline backups. How to avoid ransomware Block common forms of entry.

Ransomware

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

As detailed in my 2014 book, Spam Nation , Spamdot was home to crooks controlling some of the world’s nastiest botnets, global malware contagions that went by exotic names like Rustock , Cutwail , Mega-D , Festi , Waledac , and Grum. .

Cybercrime

Webroot

MARCH 24, 2021

Download our Lockdown Lessons e-book today. By partnering with Webroot and Carbonite , you can offer a customizable set of solutions including endpoint protection, ongoing end user training, threat intelligence, and backup and recovery. Learn how your business can stay a step ahead of cybercriminals.

Cybersecurity

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Backup files for Lion Air and parent airlines exposed and exchanged on forums. Magecart attackers target mobile users of hotel chain booking websites. MobiHok RAT, a new Android malware based on old SpyNote RAT. Tor Projects Bug Smash Fund raises $86K in August. Experts warn of the exposure of thousands of Google Calendars online.

Adware