Security News

Surveys-as-a-service outfit Typeform spilled a backup in May
2018-07-02 00:16

Voter data in Australian state of Tasmania among the casualties Spanish Web form and survey company Typeform has announced a data breach dating back to May, when someone gained access to one of...

Cloud Daddy launches Secure Backup, AWS-native data protection solution
2018-06-29 12:18

Cloud Daddy’s Secure Backup is the solution that joins backup and disaster recovery, security, and infrastructure management into one offering for AWS users. For Cloud Daddy, the move to a unified...

Avoid ransomware payments by establishing a solid data backup plan
2018-06-19 13:21

Ransomware is major threat to critical enterprise data, but the risk can be mitigated with an extensive enterprise-wide data backup plan.

Sheltered Harbor: A New Approach to Account Backups
2018-02-13 16:48

After two years of development in stealth mode, the Sheltered Harbor effort to get U.S. financial institutions to use a standard approach to account data backup is shifting into high gear, says...

Ransomware: Why Some Victims With Backups Still Pay
2018-01-19 13:03

Leading the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report: Why some organizations with working backups still choose to pay a ransom after suffering a cryptolocking malware attack. Also featured: The...

US hospital paid $55,000 ransom to hackers despite having backups
2018-01-17 20:06

A US hospital has decided to pay a ransom of 4 bitcoin to regain access to some 1,400 files locked by attackers. Hancock Health, a regional hospital based in Greenfield, Indiana, said they’d...

Clinic Pays Ransom After Backups Encrypted in Attack
2017-10-17 19:48

Situation Spotlights Tough Decisions Healthcare Entities Can Face After Ransomware StrikesA small Missouri clinic admits paying a ransom to unlock data after a ransomware attack in August...

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.