eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

They’re known for their credit card malware and phishing campaigns. They targeted specific profiles such as system administrators who know how to map corporate networks, locate backups and identify users within a system, which are critical steps in ransomware attacks. practice assignments and job interviews.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

Canadian police last week raided the residence of a Toronto software developer behind “ Orcus RAT ,” a product that’s been marketed on underground forums and used in countless malware attacks since its creation in 2015. An advertisement for Orcus RAT. In an “official press release” posted to pastebin.com on Mar.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Once the hackers gain an inside entry in an organisation’s IT systems, they deploy a file-encrypting malware known as ransomware. Since almost all enterprises have well established backup and restoration processes in place, their primary worry is around the leakage of sensitive data in the public domain.

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SiteLock

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

In this article, we will explore a malware encoding mechanism that hides the payload in RGB color codes. Encoding Malware. Why Is Malware Encoded? Malware authors encode their software for the simple reason that, if they didn’t, people would know that the software is bad and wouldn’t use it. How Color Codes Work.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Backup solutions companies have contributed to this misconception by alluding to keeping your data safe by storing it in the cloud. Let us take a look at top cloud storage solutions in themselves and the features they offer that may prove useful in fighting malware.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2022

This cloud-centric model offers administrators granular network management opportunities while leveraging the bandwidth and reducing the cost of service delivery. SD-WAN segmentation capabilities allow administrators to separate traffic according to application characteristics and network policies.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 21, 2022

Identify and create offline backups for critical assets. Automatically update antivirus and anti- malware solutions and conduct regular virus and malware scans. System administrators can schedule scans to spot unauthorized system modifications or unwanted additional SSH accesses. Vigilance is Required.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

With lateral movement across a victim’s IT infrastructure, threat actors can escalate privileges, spread malware , extract data , and disrupt IT services as with ransomware attacks. SamSam Ransomware: Malware Specializing in RDP. A few days later, IT systems started malfunctioning with ransom messages following.

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SecureList

MARCH 12, 2024

Mitigation: do not store files containing sensitive data, such as passwords or backups, in web application publish directories. During one of the projects, an SQL injection into an application that was open to signup by any internet user let us obtain the credentials of an internal system administrator.

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Spinone

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

These are words that no system administrator or business leader wants to hear from anyone using a computer on their network. It makes sense then that the bad guys are taking notice of the trends in enterprise data storage and developing malware, including ransomware, that will target your cloud environments.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Always keep your eyes open to control-rights of the senior IT managers or systems administrators with the authority to configure servers, firewalls, cloud storage, and file-sharing (or another network privilege). You will create cyber awareness among your staff, as well as users, partners, customers.

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