Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The first step consists of recommending organizations to follow best practices to neutralize ransomware attack such as set up offline, off-site, encrypted backups. “In addition, educate your staff on the folly of using the same password on different platforms, and consider the many benefits of multifactor authentication.”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2024

Threat actors are wiping NAS and backup devices. The Akira ransomware has been active since March 2023, the threat actors behind the malware claim to have already hacked multiple organizations in multiple industries, including education, finance, and real estate.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Krebs on Security One of the best cybersecurity blogs offering unique insights. Their main focus is on cybercrime investigations. Threat Post Threat Post is a portal, with news about everything related to recurring cybersecurity themes: attacks, cloud security, malware and ransomware, vulnerabilities, and so on.

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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. . “We have learned the attack’s biggest impact is likely at the Dallas Police Department.” ” reported the website of Fox4News. reads the alert.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 26, 2021

Initially the municipal government in the town downplayed the incident, saying that attackers stole only a small amounts of data and that all the information had been restored from backup copies. ” The attack was orchestrated by the Vice Society ransomware group which hit Lake Geneva.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2023

The tool doesn’t target folders containing system files, backups, folders associated with web browsers, and folders used by security solutions from Symantec, ESET, and Sophos. The tool uses an inclusion/exclusion process based on keywords to select which directories to pass to the fill() function to exfiltrate.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

“Since the cyber attack on 23 December 2019, UM has been working hard: on the one hand, to repair the damage and, on the other hand, to make education and research p ossible again as soon as p ossible.” The backup of a limited number of systems was also affected.”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2022

The ransomware was involved in attacks aimed at technology and healthcare, defense contractors, educational institutions, manufacturers, companies across Europe, the United States, and Canada.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Local governments, small and medium-sized businesses, large international corporations, healthcare facilities, and educational institutions are the common targets. Forward outlook Ransomware is a dynamic and increasingly hybrid segment of cybercrime. Depending on the number of infected computers, ransoms can reach millions of dollars.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2023

The ransomware uses this technique to stop a predefined list of services, delete shadow volumes and backups, clear the following Windows event logs, and disable the Windows firewall.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2021

This group focuses on public school districts and other educational institutions, like other ransomware gangs it implements a double extortion model and publishes data stolen from the victims on a data leak site. The targeting of backups to prevent recovery following ransomware deployment.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, March 2021. implement offline storage and tape-based backup. Stay safe and secure. Reducing Human Error Security Threats with Remote Workforce. All very sound advice.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Then the city opted out to restore from backups. RYUK has been implicated in attacks on government, education, and private sector networks around the nation and the world.” ” “ The threat was quickly contained by the Management Information Systems (MIS) staff that isolated the infected systems from the network.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

5 Cyber Security Best Practices to Protect Your Business Data. Today, any company can fall victim to cybercrime, which has become a major problem around the world. That’s why large, medium-sized, and small businesses need to become more proactive in their approach to cyber security. Educate Your Employees.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Security awareness and how you talk about cybersecurity. Our guests included: Cindy Liebes, Chief Program Officer for the Cybercrime Support Network; Jake Wilson, Security Awareness Evangelist for Western Governors University; and Gretel Egan, Senior Security Awareness and Training Strategist for Proofpoint.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

At the end of the day, lack of education and human error are two of the largest contributors to data breaches. And, the system must be intuitive and convenient, so executives remain within its workflows and processes without straying to other systems and creating security gaps. Jon Clemenson, director of information security, TokenEx.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2023

An affiliate of the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang, tracked as UNC4466, was recently observed exploiting three vulnerabilities in the Veritas Backup solution to gain initial access to the target network. The ransom demands of the group range from a few tens of thousands of dollars up to tens of millions of dollars.

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SecureList

MAY 12, 2021

There is, of course, a documented porosity between the ransomware ecosystem and other cybercrime domains such as carding or point-of-sale (PoS) hacking. But it is worth pointing out that not all members of this ecosystem originate from the cybercrime underworld. Set up offline backups that intruders cannot tamper with.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 11, 2023

By Chinatu Uzuegbu, CISSP, CEO/Managing Cyber Security Consultant at RoseTech CyberCrime Solutions Ltd. The Identity and Access Management Security Steering Committee is a group of C-Suites leaders, also referred to as the respective Data and Asset Owners from the various Business Units of my organization.

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Spinone

JANUARY 9, 2019

Tried and true means to steal information What exactly is “phishing”? Security Settings found in Google Chrome for protecting against malware and dangerous sites Check our for G Suite backup practices to find out more about protecting your SaaS data. What are Phishing Scams?

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