backups
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The threat of ransomware attacks is becoming more prevalent, increasing the risk of data loss for individuals and organizations. New hacking techniques, AI-driven encryption algorithms, and advanced social engineering can target production environments and storage media containing backup data.
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In today’s digital landscape, Software as a Service (SaaS) applications have become vital for businesses of all sizes. However, with the increasing reliance on cloud-based solutions comes the heightened need for robust data security. While production data is often fortified with various security measures, backups can sometimes be overlooked, making them vulnerable to breaches and…
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In the era of technology and the internet, a website plays a role, as a digital representation of your business or personal identity online. It is essential to safeguard this asset to prevent any loss of data. Whether you’re knowledgeable, in tech matters, a business proprietor, or venturing into web hosting for the time it…
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With browser bookmarks, Gmail’s bottomless inbox, the ever-present Wikipedia, and the effective backup of iOS devices in iCloud, it’s easy to get the impression that data online is stored both safely and forever. Sadly though — it’s not always the case. Therefore, it’s a good idea to make a backup of important personal information and…
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A disgruntled IT worker at a national industrial company in the US has been arrested after he launched an extortion campaign targeting his former employer in 2023.
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HYCU announced significant updates to its HYCU R-Cloud data protection platform that offers customers additional protection for their Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions with support for Microsoft Entra ID.
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A recent Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) report has uncovered various sophisticated tools threat actors employ to bypass major security defenses.
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Security researchers have found a trove of threat actor tools that can bypass security defenses like Windows Defender and Malwarebytes, delete backups, disable systems, and many more malicious processes.
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Phishing attacks represent the most prevalent cyber threat today, and their frequency is only rising. While this may be concerning, there are effective measures to protect yourself. Understanding the signs of phishing is crucial in safeguarding against these attacks.
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Facepalm: It’s bad enough when companies don’t back up their data, but it’s even worse when a country’s government ignores this basic rule. It’s been revealed that Indonesia doesn’t have backups of its data, which is especially problematic as it’s recently been hit with a ransomware attack.
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The Indonesian government has announced it will commence an audit of its national data centers after officials revealed that data compromised in a recent cyber attack was not backed up.
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Immutable backups are essential in the fight against ransomware, and businesses should put protections in place to ensure attackers can’t alter or delete them.
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CDK Global, a provider of software solutions to auto dealerships across the United States, has fallen victim to a significant cyberattack. This CDK Global cyberattack has forced the company to temporarily shut down most of its systems, effectively bringing sales operations at approximately 15,000 car dealerships to a standstill.
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Conversations about data security tend to diverge into three main threads:
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MalBot April 12, 2024, 8:40pm 1 Organizations must protect their backups as if their business survivability depended on it.
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Data risks and opportunities. (taken at Barbican, London). — Image by © Tim Sandle
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When thinking about ransomware, enterprises that ignore their data backups do so at their own peril, according to cybersecurity firm Sophos.
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MalBot March 26, 2024, 10:10am 1 Insights into the financial and operational implications of having backups compromised in a ransomware attack.
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The conversations we have through WhatsApp are really important for many people, and this means that they do not want to miss them under any circumstances. This is something we can ensure backing up all this information in the cloud from Apple.