CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 13, 2023

Stay informed about the latest cyber threats, such as phishing, malware, ransomware, and social engineering attacks. Maintain Regular Backups: Regularly back up your important data to an external hard drive or a cloud-based service. Utilize a password manager to securely store and generate strong passwords.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

Data Security & Recovery Measures Reliable CSPs provide high-level security and backup services; in the event of data loss, recovery is possible. Users have direct control over data security but are also responsible for backup procedures and permanently lost data in the event of device damage or loss.

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Webroot

MARCH 5, 2021

The attack likely began as a malicious email using social engineering to trick users into clicking links. These contained sensitive information that could be used to launch further social engineering attacks, endangering the identities of thousands of clients. Third party exposes decade of Malaysia Airlines customer data.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 7, 2023

A report reveals various cyber-attacks that often target small businesses, such as malware, phishing, data breaches, and ransomware attacks. Also, small businesses are vulnerable to malware, brute-force attacks, ransomware, and social attacks and may not survive one incident. trillion by 2025.

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Spinone

MARCH 18, 2019

In recent years, there has been an explosion of almost unbelievable data breaches making news headlines that have resulted in anything but a positive outcome for the organizations involved. As the world we live in has become much more digital in nature, information and data volumes are increasing exponentially.

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Spinone

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

About 25% of all data breaches are caused by human error. Here’s an example of how a phishing email can spread ransomware through your network: The cost of a data breach can be very high, and preventing phishing attacks helps your business to avoid financial and reputational damages.

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Spinone

APRIL 13, 2020

Recent research shows that 86% of business executives agreed that data breaches are more likely to occur when employees are working out of office. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that remote work is a serious challenge, and the inability to face it correctly leaves your data vulnerable. And not without a reason.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The disaster recovery (DR) term refers to the collection of plans, measures, and workflows for an organization to restore operation and data after major disruptions. Ensuring tight RPOs means running more frequent backup workflows and increasing backup storage space.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

It might be the worst-kept secret in all of cybersecurity: the FBI says don't pay ransomware gangs. But corporations do it all the time, sending millions every year in Bitcoin to recover data that's been taken "hostage." corporations report being attacked by ransomware last year. That's what Art Ehuan does.

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Spinone

MARCH 25, 2020

Phishing is one of the hacker’s trickeries, often used to infect Office 365 (or other cloud services) with ransomware. Phishing is a cyberattack that utilizes various social engineering methods to trick users into disclosing sensitive information, clicking a malicious link, or downloading a malicious attachment.

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Zigrin Security

OCTOBER 11, 2023

In today’s digital age, the threat of data breaches is a constant concern. Therefore, it is crucial to understand what hackers are planning to do with your data and take proactive measures to protect it. Ransomware on the other hand encrypts victims’ data and demands a ransom in exchange for the decryption key.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 16, 2023

Latest email security trends Phishing and spear-phishing attacks: Phishing is a type of social engineering attack where cybercriminals use deceptive emails to trick recipients into divulging sensitive information or downloading malware. These attacks often rely on social engineering tactics and email spoofing.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 30, 2024

Ransomware attacks and data breaches make headlines when they shut down huge connected healthcare providers such as Ascension Healthcare or Change Healthcare. Examining the available details of these breaches will help you learn key lessons from their pain to avoid suffering the same humiliating and expensive situations.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

In this article we will take a look at major cybersecurity risks and best practices how to reduce or avoid corporate data leakage. The Hacker had discovered Zuckerberg’s password in a 2012 LinkedIn data breach and he had used the same password across several accounts.

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Pen Test

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The Surge of Double Extortion Ransomware Attack s Ransomware attacks have become an increasingly severe threat to organizations around the world. The Evolution of Ransomware into Double Extortion Tactics The Basics of Ransomware Ransomware itself has been around for years.

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Spinone

AUGUST 12, 2020

Businesses have long been worried about the threat of ransomware. However, a new breed of ransomware poses a threat to the next infrastructure landscape of your business – the cloud. “Ransomware 2.0” What is ransomware 2.0? W hy is ransomware so successful? What is Ransomware 2.0?

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 24, 2022

On March 22, Microsoft confirmed a substantial breach by the LAPSUS$ hacking group. In a blog post detailing its efforts to track and contain the breach, Microsoft described LAPSUS$ as a “large scale social engineering and extortion campaign.” Mid-March, popular game developer Ubisoft reported a data breach.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The Kremlin breaks with all tradition and announces that — at the request of the United States — it has arrested 14 people suspected of working for REvil , one of the more ruthless and profitable Russian ransomware groups. Tank, seen here performing as a DJ in Ukraine in an undated photo from social media.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 25, 2023

Organizations must practice incident response if they want to stop data breaches and cyberattacks. Ransomware attacks: Ransomware is malware extortion attack that encrypts a victim’s files, demanding a ransom payment in exchange for the decryption key. In either case, preparation is critical.

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Spinone

MAY 8, 2020

Coupled with the current pandemic and the cybersecurity threats that have been very prevalent and growing in recent years such as ransomware, there are many different cyber risk types n 2020 that your business needs to prepare for. A great example of this is ransomware. Ransomware is popular because it works.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 13, 2023

Latest email security trends Phishing and spear-phishing attacks: Phishing is a type of social engineering attack where cybercriminals use deceptive emails to trick recipients into divulging sensitive information or downloading malware. These attacks often rely on social engineering tactics and email spoofing.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 9, 2024

This framework guarantees that appropriate authentication measures, encryption techniques, data retention policies, and backup procedures are in place. Common threats include misconfigurations, cross-site scripting attacks, and data breaches. Internal actors also play a substantial role in cybersecurity breaches.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 16, 2019

O ver six million data records get lost or stolen every single day. The Cost of a Data Breach Study concluded that businesses pay $148 per one lost or stolen data record. Usually, the cost of lost or stolen data items reaches hundreds or even thousands of dollars per company. You can do the math.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Lockbit will continue to lead the pack Lockbit are currently the world’s most prolific ransomware group, which can be determined by looking at the activity levels on various groups’ data leak sites. Some cybercriminal groups have likely taken notice of this impact, moving to solely use data exfiltration as a medium for extortion.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Vamosi: WannaCry and NotPetya were ransomware campaigns in 2017. Unlike other malware, ransom not only infected machines, it encrypted all the data, then asked for a ransom to decrypt them. And you have to look through all of that data that you've gathered over the course of the pen test. And now you got to write reports.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Vamosi: WannaCry and NotPetya were ransomware campaigns in 2017. Unlike other malware, ransom not only infected machines, it encrypted all the data, then asked for a ransom to decrypt them. And you have to look through all of that data that you've gathered over the course of the pen test. And now you got to write reports.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Simply because that infrastructure is resilient doesn’t prevent attackers from stealing or compromising data that is located in a public cloud datacenter or an employee from deleting business-critical data. While public cloud vendors provide rudimentary backups, getting access to those backups is not an easy process.

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Cytelligence

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Cybersecurity refers to the set of technologies, processes, and practices designed to protect digital devices, networks, and data from cyber threats. With the increase in the number of cyber-attacks and data breaches, it has become essential to take cybersecurity seriously. It includes viruses, worms, and Trojans.

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Spinone

MARCH 5, 2019

They may scrape the relevant information for C-Level employees from various social media channels to make the request seem as legitimate as possible. Thus, the attacker can combine the various techniques found in spear phishing and social engineering in this highly effective form of specialized phishing attack.

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