Joseph Steinberg

JULY 20, 2022

Another important reason why we must address quantum-supremacy risks well in advance has to do with the nature of data. And, of course, the consequences of not fully locating and re-protecting old data can be catastrophic; a single long-forgotten laptop, ZIP disk, CD, or backup tape – or even an old floppy disk!

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 29, 2024

They say the only backup you ever regret is the one you didn’t make. iPhone backups can be used to easily move your apps and data to a new phone, to recover things you’ve lost, or to fix things that have failed. The most convenient way to backup your iPhone is to have it backup to iCloud. Next, tap iCloud.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 31, 2023

Backups are an organization's last line of defense against ransomware, because comprehensive, offline, offsite backups give you a chance to restore or rebuild your computers without paying a criminal for a decryption key. Unfortunately, many organizations don't realize how important it is to make backups until it's too late.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 30, 2024

Cloud storage risks involve potential external threats and vulnerabilities that jeopardize the security of stored data. Risks can lead to issues, but at the same time, you can prevent the risks by addressing these issues. Migration challenges result in incomplete transfers, which expose critical information to risk.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 30, 2022

A few months ago, a popular cybersecurity news organization posted an urgent notice on social media seeking help to recover their data after their blog was deleted. They announced that they had no backups and they were desperately trying to contact the site administrator to restore their blog collection.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

File backups are essential to the security of any site. With regular, tested website backups, you can recover your site easily from any of the following issues: hardware failures. If that happens, we contact the site owner to see if they or their developer can restore the site from a recent backup. accidental deletions.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 5, 2022

The media paid close attention to ransomware attacks last year, as they had a significant impact on Colonial Pipeline, the nation’s largest fuel distributor, and JBS, the nation’s largest meat distributor. Back up your data and secure your backups in an offline location. I think you may have heard of it, isn’t the news full of it?

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Notice Bored

OCTOBER 19, 2021

when I read the recommendation for a topic-specific policy on backup. If you already have a backup policy (or something with a vaguely similar title), I urge you to dig it out at this point and study it (again!) Is your backup policy exclusively about backing up computer data , most likely digital data from corporate IT systems?

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Ransomware Protection: A Modern Approach to Backup Solutions. Unfortunately, many organisations are relying on outdated technology and solutions, which may be putting their mission critical data at risk. Traditional backup solutions are living in the dark ages. Restoring from backups can often be slow. Sep 28, 2021.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 31, 2023

About Hornetsecurity: Hornetsecurity is a leading global provider of next-generation cloud-based security, compliance, backup, and security awareness solutions that help companies and organisations of all sizes around the world. Media contact: Please contact us on press@hornetsecurity.com.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 12, 2024

Industry-specific rules: Check relevant regulations on a regular basis to verify data security compliance , and use DLP to protect sensitive data and reduce regulatory risks. Potential threats: Conduct risk assessments, vulnerability scans, and penetration testing to evaluate potential threats and weaknesses.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 29, 2020

With business-critical data in the cloud, backups are extremely important. There are many different solutions on the market to backup cloud data. This includes both cloud-to-cloud backup solutions as well as services and products that can backup your cloud SaaS environment, on-premises.

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Spinone

JANUARY 24, 2021

So, should you backup your Office 365 data? Your company needs to keep its vital data secure to avoid financial and reputational risks. Such risks are one of the key concerns expressed by our customers when considering our backup. That’s why you’ll need an Office 365 email backup. Short answer: Yes.

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Security Affairs

JULY 16, 2019

Media File Jacking – Security researchers at Symantec demonstrated how to manipulate media files that can be received via WhatsApp and Telegram Android apps. “The security flaw, dubbed “Media File Jacking”, affects WhatsApp for Android by default, and Telegram for Android if certain features are enabled.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2024

Patients are facing significant disruptions, with many social media users complaining about their inability to access urgently needed diagnostic test results. If health information is stolen in the case of SYNLAB Italy, it would pose a serious risk to affected customers’ privacy and security. and social media channels.”

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Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 19, 2022

To begin with, all of today’s encrypted communications could potentially be at risk of being leaked and abused. Do you know, for example, where all of your backups are – even the ones made years ago? A single long-forgotten laptop, ZIP disk, CD, or backup tape – or even an old floppy disk!

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 20, 2023

To properly prepare before leaving town, the following five actions are highly recommended: •Opt for Mobile Data Plans or Use Secure WiFi : CybeReady experts warn against the dangers of freely available public WiFi, detailing the risk of man-in-the-middle attacks, rogue access points, and malware injections.

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Spinone

AUGUST 29, 2019

In 2020, some IT specialists consider Office 365 to be so secure that they don’t need a backup. Written for IT Admins who wish to protect their digital business assets, this guide will help you to consider the best Office 365 backup solutions. You will also find out: Does Office 365 backup your data?

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Spinone

DECEMBER 30, 2018

Organizations have traditionally protected data in on-premises environments in the typical fashion of rotating backups through a schedule of retention policies. Backup data then gets shifted to longer term storage for having on hand in case the need arises to access historic data. These are data backups and data archives.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 13, 2018

The heart of data protection, both in the enterprise and in the cloud, is backups. Backups allow organizations to protect their most valuable asset against all types of events or disaster recovery scenarios. In this post, we will take a look at the various aspects of engineering backup solutions in various environments.

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Spinone

MAY 14, 2020

The cost of a data breach is rising exponentially, especially since your data is at grave risk of exposure, corruption, and even deletion from any number of sources. Even with a single data breach or data loss event, the ROI of backup and cloud disaster recovery software proves to be well worth the cost.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

What is cybersecurity risk? Cybersecurity risk is a negative outcome that an organization may endure in the event of a cyber incident occurrence in its digital ecosystem. Types of cyber risks By probability: Unlikely, e.g., the infection with an old virus Likely, e.g., data breach through shadow IT. More about risk assessment.

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IT Security Guru

JUNE 6, 2023

With the proliferation of social engineering attacks, employees continue to be the biggest risk factor,” said Stu Sjouwerman, CEO, KnowBe4. However, according to IDC, less than 3% of IT spending is allocated to help secure the human layer.

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SC Magazine

MAY 10, 2021

demonstrating the unique cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities associated with geographically distributed networks. There could have been some points where the IT risk exposure could have cascaded into the OT side.”. You have to have the backups – and that’s where it really gets challenging,” said Cusimano.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 23, 2018

It is essential that businesses think not only about production data, but also about how this data is being backed up and where the backup data is getting stored as well. Cloud-to-cloud backup is a great option for organizations to protect production data that is housed in a public cloud environment. Backups are essential.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

In traditional on-site backup systems security is mainly a physical concern – ensuring data is backed up in more than one location in case of hardware loss or failure and restricting access to the physical backup media to only trusted employees. In cloud backup, security concerns are different.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 9, 2019

A great many iNSYNQ’s customers are accountants, and when the company took its network offline on July 16 in response to the ransomware outbreak, some of those customers took to social media to complain that iNSYNQ was stonewalling them. And that posed risks based on what we did say publicly while the ransom negotiations were going on.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 14, 2023

.” The FCC tweet also provided a link to the agency’s awareness page on juice jacking , which was originally published in advance of the Thanksgiving Holiday in 2019 but was updated in 2021 and then again shortly after the FBI’s tweet was picked up by the news media. This also goes for things that plug into your devices.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2020

. “People who are concerned about their information exposure can register on Cyble’s data breach monitoring and notification platform, AmiBreached.com , to ascertain the risks at no cost. Also, Android users ( Link ) and iOS users ( Link ) can gain full access to it just by downloading the mobile application.”

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Krebs on Security

MAY 12, 2020

“What is interesting and often overlooked is seven of the ten [fixes] at higher risk of exploit are only rated as Important,” Schell said. “Look to other risk metrics like Publicly Disclosed, Exploited (obviously), and Exploitability Assessment (Microsoft specific) to expand your prioritization process,” he advised.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 1, 2019

First, there’s a tool called the Rapid Cyber Risk Scorecard. NormShield, the Vienna, VA-based, cybersecurity firm that supplies this service, recently ran scores for all of the 26 declared presidential candidates — and found the average cyber risk score to be B+. Thousands local elections remain at high risk.

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Pen Test

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Double extortion introduces catastrophic risks of data breach and loss of customer trust if sensitive information gets leaked publicly. Sopra Steria - One of the Largest Reported Ransoms Europe's major IT services firm Sopra Steria was breached in October 2020 by the Ryuk gang, with extensive backups preventing major disruption.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Data backup. The first is high-integrity, air-gapped data backups , which is the quickest and cheapest way to recover from an attack. Determines the initial vector of infection, where your current data backups are, and the sensitivity of encrypted files. Data is recovered remotely or returned on encrypted media.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

In this article we will learn how to address and effectively respond to major enterprise cybersecurity threats and provide tips to mitigate IT security risk. Be On Your Guard with the Most Treacherous Insider Roles A paramount priority when addressing the threat is to distinguish the fundamental insider risks.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

From data breaches to sophisticated cyberattacks, enterprises are continuously at risk from a vast spectrum of potential cyber threats from malicious actors. This is where developing a hyper-specific Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) framework becomes essential. This is where risk assessment tools and frameworks come into play.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

The British security agency is urging the institutions in the industry to follow the recommendations to mitigate the risk of exposure to ransomware attacks. backup servers, network shares, servers, auditing devices). This criminal targeting of the education sector, particularly at such a challenging time, is utterly reprehensible.”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 17, 2022

For some time, many local government officials did not recognize the risk of behaviors in which they were engaged. The prevalence of portable devices again exacerbates cyber risks. Most council members — and staff members — use their devices for information, but also entertainment and social media.

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