Spinone

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

However companies should avoid being an easy target by having strict security policies, investing in staff security training, installing appropriate antivirus software and firewalls, and ensuring that computer systems and software are always kept up to date. This including accounting and team management software and cloud backup services.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Adware, also known as malvertising , is a type of malware that downloads or displays advertisements to the user interface. Users sometimes unknowingly infect themselves with adware installed by default when they download and install other applications. Most users are familiar with adware in the form of unclosable browser pop-ups.

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NetSpi Executives

APRIL 27, 2024

Ransomware, a definition Ransomware is a set of malware technologies, hacking techniques, and social engineering tactics that cybercriminals use to cause harm, breach data, and render data unusable. Ransomware attackers get into a network in many ways: Social engineering. Protect your backup systems.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

The tools also depend upon physical controls that should also be implemented against malicious physical access to destroy or compromise networking equipment such as routers, cables, switches, firewalls, and other networking appliances. These physical controls do not rely upon IT technology and will be assumed to be in place.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Backup – a copy of physical or virtual data so in case they are being deleted or lost user could easily recover it. Firewall – a network security system that filters unsanctioned incoming and outgoing traffic. It can be a password, a fingerprint, a face scan. Works as a part of a data loss prevention plan.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Adware is often smuggled onto a device, either by users who don’t know what they’re downloading or by hiding it in an otherwise innocuous piece of software like a search engine toolbar plugin for your browser. To apply more pressure, the attacker might also encrypt backup files to render them inaccessible.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 9, 2024

Click the image below to download the full template. Click to download Once you’ve finalized your checklist, respond ‘Yes’ to each checklist item if the listed policy, feature, or functionality is available and properly set. Are firewalls configured and maintained to prevent unwanted access and data breaches?

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Spinone

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Many of these attacks prey upon human nature by using social engineering tactics to trick a user into inadvertently allowing ransomware onto their system, under the guise of something legitimate. Urge to take action (click or download) Hackers placed the large button and prompted us to click on it, rushing us to upgrade our system.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

These types of attacks can be used in combination with social engineering targeting, such as phishing emails, without having to rely on file-based payloads. And unfortunately, ransomware is extremely difficult to prevent – all it takes is one employee clicking on the wrong link in an email or downloading a malicious attachment.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2021

Using legitimate file-sharing tools like RClone and MegaCmdServer to mask activity, malicious actors can go undetected while downloading your network’s data. Prevent Rely solely on offline backups Disallow unnecessary file sharing. Old way New way. Detect Focus on encryption Assume exfiltration. Gateway Compromise.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

While public cloud vendors provide rudimentary backups, getting access to those backups is not an easy process. In addition, the backups that public cloud vendors provide are designed to protect against catastrophic failures as a result of infrastructure or an entire datacenter failure.

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