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Acronis, the Swiss disaster recovery turned cybersecurity firm and catch-all for managed service providers, has been majority acquired by Europe's largest private equity firm, EQT. "We are thrilled to have EQT as a major shareholder to support our strategic expansion and share our vision for growth," enthused Acronis's CEO, Ezequiel Steiner. Some of those remaining investors include funds and accounts managed by CVC, Springcoast and BlackRock Private Equity Partners.
Cybersecurity company Acronis is warning that a now-patched critical security flaw impacting its Cyber Infrastructure product has been exploited in the wild. The flaw impacts the following versions of Acronis Cyber Infrastructure -.
CVE-2023-45249, a critical vulnerability affecting older versions of Acronis Cyber Infrastructure, is being exploited by attackers. Acronis Cyber Infrastructure is an IT infrastructure solution that provides storage, compute, and network resources.
Acronis warned customers to patch a critical Cyber Infrastructure security flaw that lets attackers bypass authentication on vulnerable servers using default credentials. Acronis Cyber Protect is a unified multi-tenant platform that combines remote endpoint management, backup, and virtualization capabilities and helps run disaster recovery workloads and store enterprise backup data securely.
The CISO of Acronis has downplayed what appeared to be an intrusion into its systems, insisting only one customer was affected, using stolen credentials, and that all other data remains safe. Acronis security boss Kevin Reed took to LinkedIn to dispute details of the boasted intrusion.
The CISO of Swiss cybersecurity firm Acronis has acknowledged a breach of the company's systems but stated the incident only impacted a single customer and that all other data remains safe. A Thursday post [PDF] to the notorious Breached Forums leak-mart brought news of the breach.
Acronis founder Serg Bell is afraid of his own vacuum cleaner, he told The Register in Singapore last week. "You should be afraid of your vacuum cleaner; it's most likely made in China," said Bell, adding that the vacuum cleaner is connected to the internet, likely has a camera, a microphone, and a map of your apartment.
Making a tech solution to provide the best outcomes for companies often involves using the available integrations to increase functionality. Those interested in getting a software solution from Acronis will be happy to know that there is a full assortment of integrations to consider.
Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office offers a robust imaging tool that walks you through the process of creating a full image of your running machine and gives you a choice of destinations to house the image. Doesn't it? Fear not: Even if you're not the most adept at using technology, you can successfully create an image of your system with Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office.
Once called Acronis Cyber Backup, Acronis Cyber Protect is a comprehensive data security solution. FeatureAcronisBackblaze Cloud backupsYesYes Unlimited storageNoYes Encrypted storageYesYes Backup automationYesYes Continuous threat monitoringYesNo Common features of Acronis and Backblaze.