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Why Cybercriminals Are Targeting Your Backups and How to Be Prepared

Solutions Review

Understanding the Evolution of Ransomware Attacks Traditional ransomware attacks focused on encrypting active production data the information businesses use daily in their operations or, live data, such as customer databases, financial records, and email systems. Even more concerning, these attempts succeeded 60% of the time.

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Cybersecurity Tips: Risk and Vulnerability Management

Security Industry Association

Managing cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities is a critical activity for any robust security program. Risk management and vulnerability management are performed in tandem to help keep your network safer and more secure. What Is a Vulnerability? Managing Vulnerabilities in Your Environment.

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What We Can Learn from the Log4j Vulnerability

Pure Storage

In December, a critical zero-day vulnerability was reported in the widely used Log4j framework. Log4j is so ubiquitous, in fact, that Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly called this “the most serious vulnerability I have seen in my decades-long career.”. And that’s the key to the vulnerability.

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Hackers Might Not Ransom You Anymore – They’ll Just Extort You Instead!

LAN Infotech

Exploiting cloud storage vulnerabilities to access and extract sensitive files. Use multifactor authentication (MFA) for all user accounts. Monitor cloud environments for suspicious activity. If youre relying solely on firewalls, antivirus or basic endpoint protection, youre already behind. Verify everything no exceptions.

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ZTNA vs. VPN

Pure Storage

A zero trust network architecture (ZTNA) and a virtual private network (VPN) are two different solutions for user authentication and authorization. For example, suppose that a user is authenticated on the network using their credentials. application username and password) to authenticate into the software and access data.

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What Is Cyber Extortion? Tips for Securing Your Data

Pure Storage

Data breaches often exploit vulnerabilities in software, weak passwords, or insider threats to gain access to critical systems and exfiltrate data. Cybercriminals exploit vulnerabilities in outdated systems or through advanced persistent threats (APTs). To fix these vulnerabilities: 1.

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Shadow IT: How Employees Using Unauthorized Apps Could Be Putting Your Business At Risk

LAN Infotech

Employees download and use unauthorized apps, software and cloud services often with good intentions but in reality theyre creating massive security vulnerabilities without even realizing it. Well identify vulnerabilities, flag security risks and help you lock down your business before its too late. What Is Shadow IT?

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