Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2022

The Russian government fears the consequence of data breaches suffered by its organizations or possible interference by third-party nation state actors that could exploit the ongoing attacks to carry out covet cyber attacks. SecurityAffairs – hacking, DDoS). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2023

This recent exploitation expands their repertoire, highlighting their ability to hack and steal critical data through the MOVEit Transfer web applications with the LEMURLOOT web shell. Backup and Restoration: Keep offline backups of data and execute backup and restore on a regular basis.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

More commonly, that access is purchased from a cybercriminal broker who specializes in acquiring remote access credentials — such as usernames and passwords needed to remotely connect to the target’s network. Verified was hacked at least twice in the past five years, and its user database posted online.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 1, 2019

NormShield, the Vienna, VA-based, cybersecurity firm that supplies this service, recently ran scores for all of the 26 declared presidential candidates — and found the average cyber risk score to be B+. Denial-of-service attacks against election offices. Phishing campaigns directed at election officials. “We

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2020

As coronavirus-themed cyber attacks ramp up, consumers and companies must practice digital distancing to keep themselves protected. Sadly, coronavirus phishing and ransomware hacks already are in high gear. That, of course, presents the perfect environment for cybercrime that pivots off social engineering.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Turning off this kind of access when employees leave or no longer need it can shut down potential avenues for attack. Patching – routine updates pushed by vendors to their software can help to remove bugs from your IT infrastructure that could otherwise be exploited by cyber attackers.

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Security Affairs

MAY 25, 2021

Bose Corporation has announced it was the victim of a ransomware attack that took place earlier this year, on March 7. According to the breach notification letter filed by Bose, the company was hit by a sophisticated cyber attack, threat actors deployed ransomware within its infreastructure. ” continues the letter.

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Zigrin Security

OCTOBER 11, 2023

State-sponsored hacking is a growing concern, with governments using cyberattacks to gather intelligence, disrupt infrastructure, or compromise national security. Hacktivism and Ideological Motives Hacktivism refers to hacking activities undertaken for ideological or political reasons.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Bookstore giant Barnes & Noble has disclosed a cyber attack and that the threat actors have exposed the customers’ data. A series of messages published on Barnes & Noble’s Nook social media accounts state that it had suffered a system failure and is working to restore operations by restoring their server backups.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 9, 2021

President and Chief Executive Officer, Colonial Pipeline testifies during a hearing on the Hill to examine threats to critical infrastructure, focusing on the Colonial Pipeline cyber attack. “It’s the only way we’re going to learn that these attacks continue to change, [that] there’s variants of these attacks.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

“Maastricht University (UM) has been hit by a serious cyber attack. UM is investigating if the cyber attackers have had access to this data.”. It is unclear if the attackers have exfiltrated data from the systems before encrypting them. “Part of our technical infrastructure was affected during the attack.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 16, 2022

Cyber attackers, fraudsters, and hackers target both small-scale, midsized, and large online ecom enterprises. . . According to research, frauds and cyber attacks are among the top three threats weighing on the US business environment – with a weightage of 65%. . Create strong passwords. Authentication frauds.

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Hacker Combat

JUNE 2, 2022

Malicious hackers claim to have hacked into the network system of the Foxconn Baja factory in Mexico on June 11. ransomware to conduct the cyber-attack, the hackers threaten to expose stolen files unless the company pays a ransom. To detect attacks, scan all emails and conduct regular data backups.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

A penetration test , or pen test, is the simulation of a cyber attack. This critical IT security practice isn’t the same as a vulnerability assessment or vulnerability scanning, though, as pen testing involves an actual attack similar to what hackers would do in real-world conditions. Best Password Crackers.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Drone attacks hit two Saudi Arabia Aramco oil plants. A flaw in LastPass password manager leaks credentials from previous site. Australia is confident that China was behind attack on parliament, political parties. Backup files for Lion Air and parent airlines exposed and exchanged on forums.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

A roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, March 2021. How not to disclosure a Hack. UK fashion retailer FatFace angered customers in its handling of a customer data theft hack. review Active Directory password policy.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

Password Checkup Chrome extension warns users about compromised logins. 620 million accounts stolen from 16 hacked websites available for sale on the dark web. Hacker deleted all data from VFEmail Servers, including backups. Bank of Valletta shut down its operations after a cyber attack. Malicious PDF Analysis.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 11, 2021

We decided to stop and report this vulnerability once we were able to access PII that was exposed via Database backups that were in the private projects.” One of the offices that were hit by a sophisticated cyber attack is the U.N. According to the report, attackers did not access passwords.

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Spinone

JANUARY 27, 2015

All the news are full of caution not to be hacked, not to put easy passwords, and so on. Acknowledging one recent IBM study , researchers tracked the number of cyber attacks and data breaches during the busiest shopping days (Nov. So here it is. 5) of the holiday season.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 3, 2019

The same holds true for the cyber underground. Related: Leveraging botnets to scale attacks For a long while now, criminal hackers have relied on leveraging low-cost botnet services to blast out cyber attacks as far and wide as they could, indiscriminately. Over the past 18 months or so, a fresh trend has come into vogue.

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Spinone

JULY 3, 2015

Good reason to have a backup.Cloud services like Google has its own internal backup solutions. Cyber-attackers or a malware. Just imagine the situation: someone sees you typing your password, and later logs into your account just to delete everything you have. Of course, you will change your password after that.

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IT Security Guru

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Very few weeks go by without news of another cyber attack or data breach and a quick scan of the BBC news website shows that in most months, there is at least one story that makes the national news headlines. SolarWinds. Data was pulled out of the network over a long period of time so that no large data movements could be detected.

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Spinone

JULY 16, 2020

This role involves managing every aspect of users’ (but not admins’) accounts, like changing a user name, password, or security settings, deleting accounts, etc. With 2-step verification, you can protect an account using both password and a mobile phone. A password is required to log in. User Management Admin.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

As a G Suite domain administrator, have you ever thought how often password cracking attempts are made on your account at Google? They organized 19 attempts to crack the Google account password. Password cracking is a method of recovering passwords that are stored in encrypted format.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get. It can shut down your business – in the case of healthcare organizations that can be life-threatening for patients – damage your reputation with customers and employees, and invite further attacks as cybercriminals view your organization as an easy mark.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2023

Criminal hacking has become a major threat to today’s organizations. of polled executives report that their organizations' accounting and financial data were targeted by cyber adversaries.” Password Attacks Password attacks involve guessing or cracking passwords to gain access to systems.

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Responsible Cyber

APRIL 8, 2020

Small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly at risk of cyber-attacks, and often serve as a launch pad for larger threat campaigns, according to Cisco’s 2018 SMB Cybersecurity Report. Businesses must also ensure they have secure backups of their critical data. DDoS Attacks.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2020

A few days ago, Microsoft warned dozens of hospitals of the risks of ransomware attacks due to insecure VPN devices and gateways exposed online. Microsoft urges hospitals and health care organizations to implement security measures to protect public-facing devices to increase their resilience to cyber attacks.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The headlines are disturbing: Breach of patient records ; Surgeries and appointments cancelled due to IT outage ; and even, Death attributed to ransomware attack on hospital. Related: High-profile healthcare hacks in 2021. Many security programs focus on employee education (creating a strong password, being aware of phishing, etc.).

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2023

About 90% of cyber attacks begin with a phishing email, text or malicious link, so training users not to click on anything they’re not sure about could have the highest return on investment (ROI) of any prevention technique — if those training efforts are successful and reinforced.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Threat actors hacked the home computer of a DevOp engineer, they installed a keylogger as part of a sophisticated cyber attack. Then the attackers exploited a flaw in a third-party media software package to target the firm. ” reads the update published by the company. ” continues the update.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

It can be a password, a fingerprint, a face scan. Backup – a copy of physical or virtual data so in case they are being deleted or lost user could easily recover it. Identity check – a set of actions (a password, a fingerprint, or a face scan) designed for verification of someone’s identity.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

How to Defend: Empowerment Through Cyber-Threat Intelligence Executive boards and departments face a greater frequency of cyber-attacks and an increased number of vulnerability types across enterprise operations. What are the benefits of cyber security awareness trainings?

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Spinone

MAY 8, 2020

What Is a Cyber Attack? A cyber attack refers to a type of attack that is carried out by cybercriminals using a computer or group of computers to attack another computer, group of computers, or network. Cyber attacks target data in one way or another. Who are behind cyber attacks?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

5 Cyber Security Best Practices to Protect Your Business Data. Cyber attacks become more sophisticated every year. That’s why large, medium-sized, and small businesses need to become more proactive in their approach to cyber security. They should create cyber security policies and regularly update security programs. .

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2022

Like any other criminal hack. So it wasn't this story that we hear sometimes thrown around about Lightspeed net speed cyberattacks, you know it was human adversaries doing research on the environment, so the attack starts. It’s about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 16, 2022

Those tools used to mitigate risks include perimeter defense, firewalls, security software, backups, etc. My biggest push toward Cyber Security occurred when Verizon created a Security Operations Center in Tampa. Remote work and ever-evolving hacking have opened corporations up to increased cyber-attacks.

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