Security News

Backup Database Reveals Scale of CCleaner Hack
2017-09-26 15:55

A backup of a database containing information on Windows systems compromised via a maliciously modified version of the CCleaner software utility has provided investigators with a clearer view of...

Ransomware Protection: Facts About Secure Backup
2017-09-08 20:48

When it comes to ransomware defense, "backup, backup, backup" is the go-to strategy. But are organizations backing up the right data at the right time to enable the best ransomware recovery? Ali...

Vendor Exposes Backup of Chicago Voter Roll via AWS Bucket (Threatpost)
2017-08-18 17:55

Voter registration data belonging to the entirety of Chicago’s electoral roll—1.8 million records—was found a week ago in an Amazon Web Services bucket.

Google's New Tool Lets You Easily Backup & Sync Your Entire PC to the Cloud (The Hackers News)
2017-06-15 02:38

Soon you will be able to auto backup and sync your whole computer on Google Drive. Yes, you heard that right. By the end of this month, Google will launch Backup and Sync — a new, simple tool that...

IBM Backup Bug Gets Workaround Fix After Nine Months of Exposure (Threatpost)
2017-06-06 19:16

IBM quietly released a workaround fix for a vulnerability in its Spectrum Protect enterprise backup software it has known about since September 2016.