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.

SMB 116

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

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

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 Firewall 91

Brainvire

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

When you have a small or medium-sized business (SMB), a very simple thought that crosses your mind is, “ Hackers will not come for my business. Install Anti-malware Software. Backup Data Regularly. Right from hackers, trojans, keyloggers to malware- anything can target your system to steal the data from your system.

Firewall 40

Firewall Malware Weak Development Team Backup 40

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.

Backup 64

Backup Disaster Recovery Weak Development Team Systems Review 64

AlienVault

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

2018 seems to be a time for highly profitable cryptominers that spread over SMB file-shares. Following my analysis on ZombieBoy in July, I found a new malware sample that I’m calling MadoMiner. However, MadoMiner is much, much, larger, in terms of: The size of the malware; The amount of systems infected; and. Installation.

Malware 40

Malware SMB .Net Architecture 40