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News Alert: Asigra highlights 5 data backup and recovery challenges associated with SaaS data

The Last Watchdog

a leader in ultra-secure backup and recovery, is tackling the pressing data protection and security challenges faced by organizations utilizing the thousands of Software as a Service (SaaS) applications on the market today. Implementing a backup strategy with high-frequency, incremental backups is crucial to minimize data loss.

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Dridex malware, the banking trojan

CyberSecurity Insiders

The malware is primarily used to steal sensitive information, such as login credentials and financial information, from victims. Dridex is known for its ability to evade detection by using dynamic configuration files and hiding its servers behind proxy layers.

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GUEST ESSAY: Too many SMBs continue to pay ransomware crooks — exacerbating the problem

The Last Watchdog

Well-placed malware can cause crippling losses – especially for small and mid-sized businesses. Related: Threat detection for SMBs improves Not only do cyberattacks cost SMBs money, but the damage to a brand’s reputation can also hurt growth and trigger the loss of current customers. Teach them to keep a full backup of all data.

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Recapping Cisco Secure at Black Hat USA 2021

Cisco Security

Backups… Let’s Get This Out of the Way. A challenge with outsourcing backup responsibilities is that companies often have no say in how often or the level at which third parties back up their information. “With ransomware being as big as it is right now, one of the first answers that everyone goes to is backups.”

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Threat Protection: The REvil Ransomware

Cisco Security

It’s worth noting that in the case of the campaign that leveraged the Kaseya VSA vulnerability, the threat actors behind REvil disabled the command and control (C2) functionality, among other features, opting to rely on the Kaseya software to deploy and manage the ransomware. Deleting backups. Disabling Windows recovery tools.

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Bad Luck: BlackCat Ransomware Bulletin

Security Boulevard

Malware Traits of Blackcat Ransomware. This can provide some better reliability, and it can make subverting detection mechanisms and targeting multiple operating systems easier, as Rust is cross-platform. This malware, after successfully gaining access to the target machine, beacons back data on the victim machine (host UUID).

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When It comes to Cybersecurity – An ounce of prevention

CyberSecurity Insiders

The same symptoms will occur in your IT environment as the malware spreads downloading data and expanding across your global network corrupting backups and leaving little options. Backups of data and applications are necessary to restoring your operations in the event of a ransomware or other intrusions.