Duo's Security Blog

JULY 13, 2021

Bridge the Gap with Cisco: Best Practices for Balancing Productivity and Security Stolen credentials and unpatched software are common attack vectors used by cybercriminals in many types of attacks, including ransomware. Organizations have invested in security tools such as MFA, EDRs, MDMs, VPNs and more to mitigate these attacks.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2022

One long-favored way that ransomware enters your system is through Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) attacks. Then attackers would use tools to guess the password to gain network access. It would first review a network for Terminal Services traffic on port 3389. They would go after administrator accounts first.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 8, 2022

The ransomware group LAPSUS$, now well-known as the hackers responsible for the recent Okta breach , has returned from what they refer to as a “vacation,” this time with a leak impacting Globant, a large software company based in Luxembourg. To read this article in full, please click here

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 29, 2024

“The most significant risk for enterprises isn’t the speed at which they are applying critical patches; it comes from not applying the patches on every asset,” noted Brian Contos, CSO of Sevco Security. The simple fact is that most organizations fail to maintain an up-to-date and accurate IT asset inventory.”

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 23, 2021

It has been confirmed that the Colonial Pipeline breach was a result of poor password security, and we now know the company was taken offline as a result of early attempts to contain the ransomware impacting their corporate networks. Colonial Pipeline paid approximately 75 bitcoin to Darkside (nearly $5 million), of which the U.S.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 3, 2021

This breach, like every major ransomware attack, was likely because of spear phishing, where someone either received the malware via an emailed attachment or clicked on a link that took them to a website that hosted it. This was how the Sony Pictures ransomware hack also took place in late 2014 and since. Ransomware is at the top.

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CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Not adhering to basic cybersecurity practices like strong passwords, setting permission levels for access, etc., explains the top attack types: Malware, Ransomware, Web Application Hacking, Insider Privilege and Misuse, and Targeted Intrusions.”. can lead to a serious breach.”. The CIS Community Defense Model v2.0

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Examples of this include keeping software up to date, backing up data, and maintaining good password practices. Cyber attacks nowadays do not often come from ingenious ‘hackers’ in dark rooms, they’re often the result of an employee reusing the same password, or businesses not implementing basic practices such as multi-factor authentication.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Machine identities now outnumber humans in enterprises, according to Nathanael Coffing, co-founder and CSO of Cloudentity. These secrets typically take the form of a username and password, but security teams must take a different approach to credentials with machine identities. Coffing recommends cryptography and private keys.

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The Security Ledger

OCTOBER 15, 2018

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Deploy Genuine and Elegant Ransomware Protection As the ransomware threats continue to grow as we observed with the recent WannaCry, NotPetya and other recent cyber disasters, Spinbackup offers the most innovative and unique cloud security Backup & and Ransomware protection for cloud environments.

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