The Daily WTF

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Backups (to the tune of Deck the Halls). WCry the Malware (to the tune of Frosty the Snowman). WCry the Malware, was a nasty ugly worm, With a cryptolock and a bitcoin bribe, Spread over SMB. WCry the Malware, is a Korean hack they say, But the NSA covered up the vuln, To use on us one day.

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SMB Development Malware WAN 116

Kaseya

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

This particularly malicious type of malware affected and encrypted data across the globe with no way to reverse it. Did they have backup or not? If you know your victim is rich, has no backups and is sensitive to disruption, then your ransom demand would be a whole lot bigger. Attack Severity. Was the victim rich or poor?

Backup 111

Backup SMB Malware Insurance 111

Infinidat

DECEMBER 19, 2024

to enhance security of your data, and the data mover optimizations to improve backup performance of large-scale enterprise environments with millions to billions of files. The joint solution Infinidats storage solutions are part of the Veeam Ready Kubernetes program will leverage the expanded immutability support in Kasten 7.5

Backup 68

Backup SMB Storage Malware 68

Kaseya

OCTOBER 17, 2019

It’s critically important for organizations to dev e lop security awareness programs that educate employees on phishing scams, ways to avoid unintentional downloads of malware, and the security policies of the company. The impact of a data breach can be devastating to an SMB. Practice your incident response plan.

Malware 91

Malware SMB Budget Education 91

Linux Academy

MAY 20, 2019

There are several reasons for wanting to restrict outbound communications, such as defeating malware, making data exfiltration harder, and the detection of infected hosts. SMB (TCP 445). Defeat Malware. Most malware these days is known as command and control (CNC) malware. What Traffic Should Be Blocked Outbound?

Infrastructure 60

Infrastructure Malware Firewall Systems Review 60

Tenable

JANUARY 3, 2025

Back up critical assets and store the backups offline. Draft a business continuity plan outlining how your SMB will maintain operations if it suffers a cyberattack. Regularly change passwords for network systems and accounts, and dont use default and weak passwords. Require multi-factor authentication. Segment your network.

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Artificial Inteligence Banking Artificial Intelligence IoT 116

Kaseya

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Hardware or software failure, backup and recovery problems, physical damage to devices or any other factor that could negatively affect IT infrastructure and disrupt business operations is included in the IT risk assessment plan. Errors in backup systems may also lead to data loss. Let’s look at some common IT risks.

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Backup Disaster Recovery Weak Development Team Systems Review 64