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Five backup lessons learned from the UnitedHealth ransomware attack
2024-11-20 06:00

The ransomware attack on UnitedHealth earlier this year is quickly becoming the healthcare industry’s version of Colonial Pipeline, prompting congressional testimony, lawmaker scrutiny and...

QNAP fixes NAS backup software zero-day exploited at Pwn2Own
2024-10-29 17:35

QNAP has fixed a critical zero-day vulnerability exploited by security researchers on Thursday to hack a TS-464 NAS device during the Pwn2Own Ireland 2024 competition. [...]

Week in review: Veeam Backup & Replication RCE could soon be exploited, Microsoft fixes 4 0-days
2024-09-15 08:00

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Veeam Backup & Replication RCE flaw may soon be leveraged by ransomware gangs (CVE-2024-40711)...

Google Cloud Strengthens Backup Service With Untouchable Vaults
2024-09-12 17:09

The backup and data recovery service adds an extra layer of protection in case a business encounters an attack or another major problem with Google Cloud storage.

Veeam Backup & Replication RCE flaw may soon be leveraged by ransomware gangs (CVE-2024-40711)
2024-09-09 11:45

CVE-2024-40711, a critical vulnerability affecting Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR), could soon be exploited by attackers to steal enterprise data. Discovered and reported by Code WHite researcher...

Veeam warns of critical RCE flaw in Backup & Replication software
2024-09-05 14:17

Veeam has released security updates for several of its products as part of a single September 2024 security bulletin that addresses 18 high and critical severity flaws in Veeam Backup &...

Windows 11 KB5040527 update fixes Windows Backup failures
2024-07-25 18:40

Microsoft has released the optional KB5040527 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 23H2 and 22H2, which includes fixes for Windows Backup and upgrade failures. The July 2024 non-security preview update fixes an issue that sometimes caused Windows backups to fail on devices with an Extensible Firmware Interface system partition.

New Ransomware Group Exploiting Veeam Backup Software Vulnerability
2024-07-10 13:06

A now-patched security flaw in Veeam Backup & Replication software is being exploited by a nascent ransomware operation known as EstateRansomware. "Before the ransomware attack, there were VPN brute-force attempts noted in April 2024 using a dormant account identified as 'Acc1.' Several days later, a successful VPN login using 'Acc1' was traced back to the remote IP address 149.28.106[.]252.".

Indonesian government didn't have backups of ransomwared data, because DR was only an option
2024-07-01 04:56

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Veeam says critical flaw can't be abused to trash backups
2024-05-23 14:30

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