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Demo: Your data has been encrypted! Stopping ransomware attacks with Malwarebytes EDR

Malwarebytes

Part 1: Your data has been encrypted! Part 1: Your data has been encrypted! As you can see, our files have in fact been encrypted by the ransomware across multiple directories with the “ encrypt ” extension. encrypted versions of the same file. . Watch the webinar !

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A history of ransomware: How did it get this far?

Malwarebytes

If we define ransomware as malware that encrypts files to extort the owner of the system, then the first malware that could be classified as ransomware is the 1989 AIDS Trojan. However, while it encrypted file(name)s and asked for a ransom, it was far from effective. Stop malicious encryption. Create offsite, offline backups.

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Three Easy Ways to Improve DevSecOps with Thales and Red Hat

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

To help DevOps Teams easily secure their Kubernetes clusters, Thales offers CipherTrust Transparent Encryption (“CTE”) to secure data in persistent volumes attached to pods running on Red Hat OpenShift , an enterprise-ready unified platform to build, modernize, and deploy applications at scale.

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Cloud Key Management Solution for Azure, Azure Stack and M365

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

CCKM manages all of your encryption keys across clouds and services with a single pane of glass from a trusted vendor. Giving customers lifecycle control, centralized management within and among clouds, and unparalleled visibility of cloud encryption keys reduces key management complexity and operational costs.

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Ransomware Prevention, Detection, and Simulation

NetSpi Executives

In addition to encrypting data and holding it hostage, ransomware attackers also upload valuable data to other systems on the internet. Rather than stealthily copying the data, ransomware attackers may upload the data quickly to a website via FTP using SSH encryption. Protect your backup systems.

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Passkeys vs. Passwords: The State of Passkeys on Cloud Platforms

Duo's Security Blog

Be sure to tune into our webinar, The State of Passkeys in the Enterprise , on September 7th at 9am PST | 12pm EST. Passkeys on Cloud Platforms Passkeys have growing support from significant vendors. Google Password Manager On Android, the Google Password Manager provides backup and syncs passkeys.

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: The value of cyber hygiene in protecting your business from potential ransomware

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

“If you look at the most major ransomware attacks that have occurred, basic cyber hygiene could have prevented the vast majority of them, so, killing their ability to move laterally,” Matthew Swenson, chief of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cyber Crime Unit at Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), said during a recent webinar.