eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 30, 2024

We’ll illustrate these concepts below with real-life examples of events highlighting vulnerabilities in cloud storage. Downtime limits incident response, increases the risk of data breaches, and can be used as leverage for DDoS attacks. Backup files: Regularly back-up public cloud resources.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 3, 2023

“Mandiant research indicates that threat actors are increasingly targeting backups to inhibit reconstitution after an attack. In addition, targeting, and in some cases creating, backups allows threat actors to engage in reconnaissance of affected organizations , escalate privileges, and gather intelligence. ” [A.C. — not

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Design robust server architecture to improve redundancy and capacity for resilience against failure or DDoS attacks. Implement rate limiting to harden against DDoS and DNS tunneling attacks. Relatively high frequency backups (daily or at least weekly). Local backups for quick access. Offline backups to prevent deletion.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Often threat actors are behind those firms that are involved in time sensitive monetary events such as merger or acquisition. Otherwise, it can affect their company’s stock prices in the event of a digital disaster like a ransomware attack or a Ddos attack to disrupt a computer network forever.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The report also discusses the criminal organizations behind cyberattacks and the influence of geopolitical events. The Russian conflict with Ukraine led to a significant boost in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against EU targets. Create offsite, offline backups. Don’t get attacked twice.

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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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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Here are our top 4 cybersecurity tips your business can deploy now to get proactive on preventing data breaches , site defacement, DDoS attacks and other threats that put your sites at risk. Why are DDoS attacks so important to prevent? Prepare for disaster recovery with Website Backup.

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Responsible Cyber

JULY 13, 2024

Introduction In today’s digital landscape, DDoS attacks (Distributed Denial of Service) pose a significant threat to business websites. Responsible Cyber , a leading provider of cybersecurity and risk management solutions, offers comprehensive platforms designed to protect organizations from external threats like DDoS attacks.

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Responsible Cyber

APRIL 8, 2020

Businesses must also ensure they have secure backups of their critical data. Hence, since ransomware locks down files permanently (unless businesses want to cough up the ransom) backups are a crucial safeguard to recover from the hack. DDoS Attacks. Lack of Cybersecurity Knowledge.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 14, 2022

In other words, 2022 has been an eventful year in the threat landscape, with malware continuing to take center stage. But this year also saw the onset of the triple extortion method – with this type of attack, hackers threaten to steal your data, leak it and then also execute DDoS attack if you don’t pay up. 2022 was no different.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 9, 2021

This dollar amount is scary enough, but we also need to add on the consequences of other incidents such as business email compromise (BEC) , distributed denial of service (DDoS) , or even something as mundane as severed internet access. We need to regularly update our documentation on a quarterly, annual, or event-driven schedule.

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IT Security Guru

JULY 4, 2024

Use Secure Hosting Services Choose a secure hosting provider with robust features like firewalls, regular backups, and intrusion detection systems. Additionally, use Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) to mitigate DDoS attacks. Start-ups should implement automated backup solutions and store backups in secure, offsite locations.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

He is the go-to guy when the church wants to post new announcements and events. Luckily Howard kept frequent backups of the church’s website. Website attacks can destroy site content, so backups are crucial to recovering damage. Cybercriminals used a DDoS attack to bring down Julia’s website. This is Howard.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Vendor reports note huge volume of attacks on local and public infrastructure, such as: CrowdStrike: Monitored hacktivist and nation-state distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks related to the Israli-Palestinian conflict, including against a US airport. 50,000 DDoS attacks on public domain name service (DNS) resolvers.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

DDoS Attacks How they occur: Distributed Denial of Service ( DDoS ) attacks overload cloud and network systems, interrupting access and triggering service disruptions. DDoS Attacks How they occur: With a greater cloud attack surface to defend, DDoS attacks can be harder to prevent.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 25, 2023

Incident Response is a systematic method for addressing and managing security incidents in organizations, focused on minimizing and investigating the impact of events and restoring normal operations. Confirmation of a security event: The criteria and method for confirming and validating the occurrence of a security event.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) prevention: Tools that protect the site from crashing under the strain of DDoS attacks. Website backup: Regular site backups allow for quick recovery after a disaster and protect one of the most important components of a website – the database.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 7, 2024

This watershed event underscored the vulnerability of critical infrastructure to sophisticated cyber weapons and the potential for significant disruption, even in the absence of physical conflict. DDoS attacks can overwhelm websites and disrupt services.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Firewalls are used to safeguard cloud resources from unauthorized access and possible dangers like Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) assaults. Security events and incidents are recorded and evaluated in order to discover and respond to potential security risks as soon as possible.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Backup Your Site Regularly. While the hope is you will never need it, having a clean backup of your site is helpful in the event anything does go wrong. It could mean that bad bots are flooding your website, and in the worst cases, it could mean that your website is experiencing a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Security services and tools include anti-DDoS , SOCaaS , web application firewalls (WAF), data encryption , and more. From a GUI enterprise manager to advanced logical replication, backup and recovery, and a migration toolkit, EDB is a go-to vendor for all Postgre database administrators. Read our in-depth review of IBM Guardium.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Having a solid incident response plan, performing regular backups, and utilizing disaster recovery solutions ensure that banks can quickly recover from an attack and continue providing uninterrupted customer services. These interruptions can be costly in terms of financial losses and the negative impact on customer experience.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 26, 2022

encryption in transit Tools for remote management , global dashboards, and geo IP tracking Access to 24×7 DevOps team for technical support and remediating active threats Logical secure access including role-based access control, 2FA , and SSO Automate configuration backup and recovery for resilient policies and controls.

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SecureList

JULY 28, 2022

They are designed to highlight the significant events and findings that we feel people should be aware of. This was the first time we had observed the technique of putting shellcode into Windows event logs, allowing the “fileless” last-stage Trojan to be hidden from the file system. Final thoughts.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 26, 2021

Breadcrumbs make application development easier by showing the trails of events that lead to the error(s). Query raw event data across the organization with Discover, Sentry’s query builder. When servers crash and security threats happen, an automatic backup service provides a secure and up-to-date version.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 12, 2024

This security approach protects against common threats like data breaches, DDoS assaults, viruses, hackers, and unauthorized access in cloud environments. Plan for backups and restoration. • DBA • Infrastructure Team • Setup backup and recovery software. Define the backup frequency. Follow the secure coding principles.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 19, 2023

across all network devices to streamline audits and reporting Integrates via RESTful API with security information and event management (SIEM) solutions Customizable risk policy based on the mode of access (wired, VPN), location, requested network device, etc.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Triple extortion: adding a threat to expose the victim’s internal infrastructure to DDoS attacks. The model became widespread after the LockBit gang got DDoS’ed , possibly by a victim. DDoS attacks in that case are not necessary. This is the most popular model among ransomware gangs today.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 7, 2024

Regularly test, review, and update this strategy to ensure it’s ready for successful event management and recovery. Click to download Common Cloud Security Strategy Vulnerabilities Vulnerabilities such as data breaches, misconfigurations, insider threats, and DDoS attacks all weaken the effectiveness of your cloud security approach.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

These include: Distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection: Detects and controls DDoS attacks on networks designed to overload systems and deny access to resources. Disaster recovery : Implements redundancy and data backups to improve resilience from inevitable device failures, cybersecurity attacks, or natural disasters.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

Monitoring Teams: Network traffic itself may not be recognized as malicious, but monitoring by a security incident and event management (SIEM), security operations center (SOC), Managed Detection and Response (MDR), or similar monitoring team may detect unusual connections.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 6, 2022

Ransomware has already been combined with distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks , and Manky notes that ransomware could see the addition of wiper malware, “which could not only wreck data but destroy systems and hardware. “A near-future event could cause a massive depopulation of internet-connected devices. .”

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Here are just some of the types of cybercrime that could jeopardize the safety of digital media assets: External attacks : Cybercriminals may attempt to breach company networks or systems to steal sensitive assets through phishing emails, brute force, or DDoS attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 24, 2024

Apply strong network security: Use firewalls , intrusion detection systems , and other security measures to prevent malware, DDoS attacks, and unauthorized network access. Protect Your Data To avoid unauthorized access and data loss, NIST encourages data protection measures, including encryption, backups, and secure storage methods.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2022

Designed for zero trust and SASE security frameworks Identity-based intrusion detection and prevention ( IDPS ) and access control Automated integrations with leading cloud-hosted security vendors Integrated threat defense for DDoS , phishing , and ransomware attacks Insights into client devices with AI-based discovery and profiling techniques.

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Centraleyes

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Impact: The event’s result and effect on the organization. Likelihood: The probability of the event occurring, is crucial for prioritizing remediation efforts. Outcome: Measures the effect on the organization post-event, helping leaders decide on necessary actions. Risk Level: A priority measure based on your risk matrix.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 22, 2025

After Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022, ThreatLabz identified a DanaBot instance that was used to issue commands to infected systems that pushed a distributed denial of service (DDoS) module targeting the Ukrainian Ministry of Defenses webmail server and later an IP address associated with information about Russian prisoners of war (POWs).

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