Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Email provider VFEmail has suffered what the company is calling “catastrophic destruction” at the hands of an as-yet unknown intruder who trashed all of the company’s primary and backup data in the United States. Every file server is lost, every backup server is lost. Founded in 2001 and based in Milwaukee, Wisc.,

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 10, 2024

The hack appears to have been designed to take advantage of anticipation around an imminent annoncement by US regulators about Bitcoin Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). With this control they can intercept messages, two-factor authentication (2FA) codes, and eventually reset passwords of the account the number has control over.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

A destructive cyberattack hit the email provider VFEmail, a hacker wiped its servers in the United States, including the backup systems. An unknown attacker has launched a destructive cyber attack against the email provider VFEmail, he erased information on its server including backups, 18 years’ worth of customer emails were lost. “We

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2024

On October 27th, the Cybernews research team discovered a misconfigured web server with backups and development code references allegedly belonging to the fintech company Direct Trading Technologies. Source: Cybernews Users holding the company’s email addresses, potentially the employees, had their passwords exposed in plaintext.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Linus Larsson , the journalist who broke the story, says the hacked material was uploaded to a public server during the second half of September, and it is not known how many people may have gained access to it. ” It remains unclear whether the stolen RDP credentials were a factor in this incident.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 18, 2023

July 18, 2022 – Around 30,000 websites get hacked every day , with the majority of those cyberattacks due to human error. A new study by HostingAdvice, the premier authority on web hosting, found that 32% of Americans say they’ve gotten hacked from visiting a sketchy website and of those, 53% got a computer virus. Gainesville, Fla.,

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CSO Magazine

JULY 27, 2022

Doing so requires multiple backups, cloud resources, and tested backup and recovery processes. We have our normal password management processes, password storage tools, and encryption processes. Your servers are hit with ransomware or hacked. A device with critical passwords is stolen. Then disaster strikes.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

You fix your site through backups or SiteLock’s malware removal service , yet you still feel at unease. After Your Hacked WordPress Site Has Been Cleaned. Taking a few simple, post-compromise steps can help harden your hacked WordPress site from future attacks and possibly ease administration. Passwords and Logins.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 22, 2024

Microsoft disclosed that it recently fell victim to a cyberattack by Nobelium, the Russian state-sponsored hacking group infamously responsible for the 2020 SolarWinds supply chain attack. In this case, an old fashioned 'password spray attack' worked just fine to let attackers in to read management emails.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2023

The account was used to create database backups which were then downloaded and deleted. It also downloaded existing nightly full-backups of the database. The company pointed out that although MyBB stores passwords in an encrypted format they assumed all passwords are compromised.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2020

OGUsers, one of the most popular hacking forums, was hacked again, it is the second security breach it has suffered in a year. The popular hacking forum OGUsers was hacked again, it is the second security breach it has suffered in a year, the news was first reported by ZDNet. SecurityAffairs – OGUsers forum, hacking).

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BH Consulting

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

To save space in your cloud backups, print photos that give you joy and delete ones that don’t. What to do if you suspect a hack If you’re worried you may have lost control of your mobile, contact your network provider and ask them to block your SIM Card and send you a new one. Change your mobile phone password/PIN.

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Spinone

JANUARY 5, 2019

However, there are several factors with which Google cannot cope: Your Gmail could be hacked and all of your messages deleted. Self-hacking. Your password to your email is critically sensitive information. The backups mentioned above are always stored on your local computer, which can fail or be stolen.

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Hacker Combat

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

How to fix your hacked Joomla site is becoming one of the hot topics. If that gets hacked, you need to fix it as soon as possible, because it’s about your brand’s reputation. But just a hack can shatter it down in few seconds. Hence, here you can learn one of the best ways to fix your hacked Joomla site. Make a Backup.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 6, 2019

They obtained the data by hacking any one of the hundreds of companies you entrust with the data­ -- and you have no visibility into those companies' security practices, and no recourse when they lose your data. Don't reuse passwords for anything important -- ­and get a password manager to remember them all.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

An SSL can secure credit card transactions, usernames and passwords from being stolen by hackers. Why would cybercriminals be interested in hacking a vegan food blog? Luckily Howard kept frequent backups of the church’s website. Website attacks can destroy site content, so backups are crucial to recovering damage.

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Spinone

MARCH 29, 2019

Let’s take a look at 10 Best Google Drive hacks to make your life much easier. With this Google Drive hack you gonna be a true power user and a hacker like for your friends. This hack is a great way to audit changes and keep track of access and updates to Google Drive resources. Viewing Google Drive Keyboard Shortcuts 9.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

Here’s a detailed instruction on how to backup and recover Google photos. It’s not a question of ‘if’ It’s a question of ‘when’ Third would be the degradation of previously archived images, with tape backup as an example. How to Backup and Recover Google Photos. Run backup.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2019

The hacker that hacked and defaced Matrix.org decided to disclose the security issues discovered during the attack and offers advice. This week, the hacker behind the hack of Matrix.org decided to disclose the vulnerabilities discovered during the attack. “An attacker gained access to the servers hosting Matrix.org.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The experts warn that the decryptor consumes most of the processor’s computing power in order to retrieve the password, the cracking process may take up to tens of hours. “During password cracking, all your available processor cores will spend most of their computing power to find the decryption password. .

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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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eSecurity Planet

JULY 12, 2022

Backups Wiped Out But Tape, Snapshots Survive. As the backup account had been compromised and the backup server wiped out, online backups were useless. A detailed check revealed that no data had left the premises, although the criminals behind the hack had been stealing passwords. Lessons Learned.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 1, 2020

Last week a member of the Joomla Resources Directory (JRD) team left an unencrypted full backup of the JRD site ( resources.joomla.org ) on an unsecured Amazon Web Services S3 bucket operated by the company. “JRD full site backups (unencrypted) were stored in a third-party company Amazon Web Services S3 bucket.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The Archiveus Trojan from 2006 was the first one to use RSA cipher, but it was reminiscent of a proof of concept and used a static 30-digit decryption password that was shortly cracked. In many cases, the crooks hack managed service providers (MSPs) first and then use this access to compromise the partnering organizations.

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Tech Republic Security

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

A newly detected malware targeting macOS devices can steal passwords and capture iPhone backups. And it's coming from the same group believed to be responsible for the 2016 election hacks.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 24, 2020

firm Frost & Sullivan suffered a data breach, data from an unsecured backup that were exposed on the Internet was sold by a threat actor on a hacker forum. The employee database includes first and last names, login names, email addresses, and hashed passwords. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Frost & Sullivan).

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2022

Now the Microsoft-owned company provided an update on the incident, the attackers were able to escalate access to npm infrastructure and access the following files exfiltrated from npm cloud storage: A backup of skimdb.npmjs.com containing data from April 7, 2021, with the following information:An archive of user information from 2015.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 7, 2019

based Complete Technology Solutions (CTS), was hacked, allowing a potent strain of ransomware known as “Sodinokibi” or “rEvil” to be installed on computers at more than 100 dentistry businesses that rely on the company for a range of services — including network security, data backup and voice-over-IP phone service.

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Spinone

AUGUST 27, 2019

How to backup Office 365 emails if you have a vast number of messages from multiple accounts? However, native tools are not exactly a backup. Also, we’ll show you how to use professional backup software with advanced functionality. They all have their limitations since they are not designed initially as backup tools.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The tool also allows victims that know a valid password for decrypting files, but that are not able to use the decryptor supplied by Hades, to tick the box in the above UI provided by the tool. In case victims haven’t the password, they can use the Avast tool to crack it. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Hades ransomware).

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2024

Highlighting the risk landscape, Resecurity’s Dark Web analysis identified multiple compromised credentials belonging to network engineers that could grant threat actors access to gateways like: enterprise identity and access management (IAM), virtualization systems, various cloud providers, and backup and disaster recovery systems.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 6, 2021

Related: Poll confirms rise of Covid 19-related hacks. Use strong passwords. It is essential to ensure that all accounts are protected with strong passwords. Passwords for accounts should be unique for every account and should compromise a long string of distinct characters, lower and upper case letters, and numbers.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The data leak was first reported by experts from the security firm Under the Breach , the full SQL backup contains , emails, hashed passwords, and other information. Hacked due to exposed s3 AWS bucket. – Usernames, E-mails, Passwords and more. – Full SQL backup. Hacked due to exposed s3 AWS bucket.

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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

APRIL 5, 2019

Researchers at AT&T Alien Labs have spotted a malware called Xwo that is actively scanning the Internet for exposed web services and default passwords. Experts at AT&T Alien Labs discovered a new piece of malware called Xwo that is actively scanning the Internet for exposed web services and default passwords. Www backup paths.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

BackupBuddy is a plugin which offers backup solutions designed to combat “hacks, malware, user error, deleted files, and running bad commands” Unfortunately, running an older version of BackupBuddy could leave your site open to potential breaches. Backup to version 8.7.5 Traversing a WordPress installation.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Paying doesn’t guarantee your business won’t be hacked again. Some reasons include: •Lack of resources to clean up the hacked files. Teach them to keep a full backup of all data. A plan of action is vital in the case of any hack. It also spurs on the cybercriminals, showing them such attacks are profitable.

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