Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Hacker compromised third-party NodeJS module “Event-Stream” introducing a malicious code aimed at stealing funds in Bitcoin wallet apps. The Event-Stream library is a very popular NodeJS module used to allow developers the management of data streams, it has nearly 2 million downloads a week. .” ” wrote Tarr.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

First spotted in mid-August 2022 , Venus is known for hacking into victims’ publicly-exposed Remote Desktop services to encrypt Windows devices. Tripwire’s tips for all organizations on avoiding ransomware attacks include: Making secure offsite backups. healthcare organizations. “They are targeting a lot of U.S.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Why would cybercriminals be interested in hacking a vegan food blog? 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. This is Howard.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Related: High-profile healthcare hacks in 2021. The risks are real, and the impact of cybersecurity events continues to grow. Those data categories are necessary to protect but most likely not sufficient to keep your organization running smoothly in the event of an outage or cybersecurity crisis. Scheduling?

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Security Affairs

JUNE 1, 2023

Due to the difficulty of inspecting modern iOS devices internally, the researchers created offline backups of the devices to analyze. Then they used the Mobile Verification Toolkit’s mvt-ios to scrutinize the backups and ultimately collected evidence indicating traces of compromise.

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Spinone

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

That’s why there is Office 365 backup and recovery policy. Let’s have a look at where Microsoft’s responsibilities regarding backup and recovery end. Office 365 Backup Policy Microsoft recovery tools can help you restore your emails, yet they are quite different from a backup. Imagine the amount of data.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Attackers posted details about the Dolly.com hack on a notorious Russian-language forum, typically employed by ransomware operators and stolen data traders. Moreover, all 95 AWS S3 bucket names that were hacked and belonged to Dolly.com, including backups, were attached within the post.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 25, 2021

“We are creating an independent organization to build that level of capability, comfort and seat at the table with regards to our CISO,” said Ramakrishna during a March 25 virtual event. The post SolarWinds chief details changes in the boardroom, build process in wake of hack appeared first on SC Media.

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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. Hunt and destroy or encrypt backups hosted in local and cloud networks as well as virtual machine snapshots. Protect your backup systems.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 11, 2021

Cisco Security was honored to be a sponsor of the 24th Black Hat USA 2021 Conference – the internationally recognized cybersecurity event series providing the security community with the latest cutting-edge research, developments and training. Backups… Let’s Get This Out of the Way. ” -Wendy Nather. .

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2023

Unit42 researchers were able to recover the script from the Windows Event Log (WEL). The script identifies any mounted drives on the target system by using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) , then iterates through the identified drives to prepare data exfiltration via HTTP POST events using the object’s.UploadFile method.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

There are many types of cyberattacks , with top trends for 2022 including mobile attacks, ransomware, COVID-related scams and hacks, zero-click attacks , malicious QR codes , phishing , cryptojacking , and IoT malware attacks, among others. Backup and encryption. So keeping backups offline is of paramount importance. Ransomware.

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Security Affairs

JULY 5, 2021

“These attacks have become more common, especially in recent weeks, and WSSC Water has prepared for this type of event,”. The company uses air-gapped networks and was able to restore encrypted files from backups. SecurityAffairs – hacking, water facility). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 14, 2022

Can you hack an airplane? Vamosi: Maybe you remember this: In 2014, researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek succeeded in hacking a Jeep Cherokee while a reporter was driving it on a freeway during rush hour in St Louis, Missouri. So, given that we can now hack into cars remotely, could we hack into other systems as well?

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Heimadal Security

JULY 2, 2021

Initially, it looked like the breach was a VPN backup database leak, but it’s now clear that the LimeVPN website was attacked and this event was a full-blown website breach. The LimeVPN website was taken down by a hacker, and over 69.400 user records were stolen with the entire contents of the LimeVPN’s website server, […].

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2022

Like any other criminal hack. It’s about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living. Think of a room in a larger conference where people of like interests gather to hear speakers, see demonstrations and participate in themed Capture the Flag events. The hack was on that pipeline.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 26, 2022

Is hacking a crime? Bryan McAninch (Aph3x) talks about his organization, Hacking Is Not A Crime , and the ethical line it draws on various hacking activities. I used to hack the phone company quite a bit. The 33 year old from suffer faced charges from US prosecutors as hacking into computers at various American agencies.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2022

We are still working to evaluate the nature and scope of the event and don’t have any additional information to share at this time.”. “However we have a backup and it’s safe from scum! We are not hacked by a competitors groups or any sorts.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, NVIDIA). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2022

check that backups and restore mechanisms are working;? The good news is that the UK cybersecurity agency is not aware of any current specific threats to UK organisations linked to the events in Ukraine. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Russia). implement an effective incident response plan;? Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

All our businesses are implementing our Crisis Management Protocol to resume “business as usual” post haste, inclusive of our Manual Backup Program if needed.” “Please bear with us as we navigate our way and hopefully we will minimize this event. ” reads the notice.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 22, 2022

The logs indicate LAPSUS$ had exactly zero problems buying, stealing or sweet-talking their way into employee accounts at companies they wanted to hack. The LAPSUS$ group had a laugh at this screenshot posted by their leader, White, which shows him reading a T-Mobile news alert about their hack into Samsung.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 26, 2022

73% had backup and recovery systems. Also read: Best Backup Solutions for Ransomware Protection. Arti Arora Raman, founder and CEO of Titaniam, told eSecurity Planet that data exfiltration attacks are not typically executed by attackers hacking into networks but rather by attackers simply logging in using stolen credentials.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The malware has also the ability to clear Windows Event Logs, delete backups, kill processes, and change users’ passwords. random sequence] in Indra’s case), suggests that the attackers behind the IRIB hack may have been inspired by previous attacks happened in Iran.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, IRIB).

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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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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 30, 2024

We’ll illustrate these concepts below with real-life examples of events highlighting vulnerabilities in cloud storage. Use solutions such as Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) to reduce risks and speed up response times in the event of a breach. Backup files: Regularly back-up public cloud resources.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Featured Partners: Cloud Backup & Storage Software Learn more Why Cloud Security Is Important Robust cloud security safeguards sensitive information and enables secure access for authorized users. Backup and Recovery: Regular data backups are a fundamental part of data security. What Are Challenges to Cloud Security?

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 1, 2019

What this tells me is that the presidential candidates, at least, actually appear to be heeding lessons learned from the hacking John Podesta’s email account – and all of the havoc Russia was able to foment in our 2016 elections. Kudos to Reitnger — and to philanthropist Craig Newmark, the founder of Craigslist.com.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 14, 2021

It's about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living. How do we continue to accommodate those diverse voices that don’t often get heard or even included in the large corporate events? Vamosi: And those upcoming events that Jack and I talked about? And there have been over 50 Besides events.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The threat actor claimed to have hacked into T-Mobile’s production, staging, and development services two weeks prior to the event, including an Oracle database server containing customer data, sources told the Bleeping Computer. In order to remain ahead of adversaries, enterprises need to have the SOC fully functional and advanced.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 9, 2021

“I encourage all CEOs who have been hacked and subject to a cyber attack to be very transparent about it,” he said, noting that Colonial had taken less than twenty-four hours to begin incident response, contain malware by shutting down the pipeline and escalate the issue through the FBI to the White House.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

In this episode, Jack Cable talks about hacking the Qlocker ransomware and briefly interrupting its payment system. He also talks about his infosec journey hacking cryptocurrencies, joining the Digital Defense Service and CISA, and helping secure the 2020 presidential election… all before the age of 22. Would you use it?

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

In this episode, Jack Cable talks about hacking the Qlocker ransomware and briefly interrupting its payment system. He also talks about his infosec journey hacking cryptocurrencies, joining the Digital Defense Service and CISA, and helping secure the 2020 presidential election… all before the age of 22. Would you use it?

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The crooks running the Trickbot botnet typically use these config files to pass new instructions to their fleet of infected PCs, such as the Internet address where hacked systems should download new updates to the malware. The close timing of both events suggested an intentional disruption of Trickbot botnet operations.”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2019

The total size is uncertain, but the researcher downloaded a sample of about a terabyte in size, including 750 gigabytes of compressed email backups.” The chain of events leading to the exposure of that data provides a useful lesson in the ecology of a data leak scenario. ” reads the post published by Upguard.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Italy was also marginally affected by the attack and the case was dealt with by the Computer Crime Operations Centre of the Postal Police (CNAIPIC ) [link] , which promptly issued an alert [link] on the very day of the event, recommending some useful actions also to prevent further possible propagation. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Wannacry).

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 9, 2020

That last effort prompted a gracious return call the following day from a system administrator for the city, who thanked me for the heads up and said he and his colleagues had isolated the computer and Windows network account Hold Security flagged as hacked. ”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Backup and recovery – according to FEMA , 40% of small businesses never reopen after a disaster. This isn’t just things like fire and floods, but catastrophic IT events such as data loss and cyberattacks. These include hardware failure, data breaches and defacement of data, ransomware and other malware outbreaks.

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