Security News

Review: Hornetsecurity 365 Total Protection Enterprise Backup
2022-05-26 04:30

Hornetsecurity 365 Total Protection Enterprise Backup is a cloud-based security solution that provides protection against spam, malware, and other advanced threats, combined with backup and recovery features. The solution is specifically designed for and fully integrated with Microsoft 365, offering email and data protection to customers.

Most organizations do not follow data backup best practices
2022-05-26 03:30

Apricorn announced new findings from a survey, which revealed that while the majority organizations have data backup plans in place, data for many are at risk. Nearly 400 veteran IT security practitioners were surveyed, in industries such as healthcare, IT, education, financial services and manufacturing about security practices around remote and hybrid work, focusing on data resiliency-the availability to access and resuscitate corporate data in the event of a ransomware occurrence or other cybersecurity attack.

How to improve the efficiency of enterprise backup
2022-04-22 05:00

In this video for Help Net Security, Eric Seidman, Senior Director Product Marketing at Veritas Technologies, talks about improving the efficiency of enterprise backup in connection to Earth Day...

Backup is key for cyber recovery
2022-04-22 03:30

Other key findings 56 percent of respondents admitted to having paid a ransom to regain access to their data, applications, or systems but only 14 percent got all their data back following payment. Backup is the clear leader for cyber recovery strategy and can empower organizations to refuse to negotiate with ransomers.

Hackers steal $655K after picking MetaMask seed from iCloud backup
2022-04-18 18:12

MetaMask has published a warning for their iOS users about the seeds of cryptocurrency wallets being stored in Apple's iCloud if app data backup is active. MetaMask is a "Hot" cryptocurrency wallet used by over 21 million investors to store their wallet tokens and manage their digital assets.

People’s habits around personal and corporate data backup procedures
2022-04-06 05:50

In this video for Help Net Security, Jon Fielding, Managing Director at Apricorn, talks about a survey of thousands of Twitter users, around their personal and corporate data and backup habits, processes and procedures. The survey found that over 50% of respondents couldn't remember when, or even if, they have backed up any of their personal data.

The current state of enterprise backup and recovery
2022-03-31 05:55

In this video fro Help Net Security, Anthony Cusimano, Solutions Evangelist at Veritas, talks about the current state of enterprise backup and recovery. In the wake of the World Backup Day, enterprise backup and recovery has reached new levels of importance.

World Backup Day: 5 data recovery tips for everyone!
2022-03-30 18:10

Tomorrow is 31 March 2022, and the last day of March is World Backup Day. Even if you don't regularly backup every data file you've ever created.

Cyberattackers Target UPS Backup Power Devices in Mission-Critical Environments
2022-03-30 17:14

Cyberattackers are targeting uninterruptible power supply devices, which provide battery backup power during power surges and outages. UPS devices are usually used in mission-critical environments, safeguarding critical infrastructure installations and important computer systems and IT equipment, so the stakes are high.

Serious Security: DEADBOLT – the ransomware that goes straight for your backups
2022-03-23 19:58

Deadbolt ignores the desktops and laptops on your network, instead finding and attacking vulnerable network-attached storage devices directly over the internet. If you'd inadvertently set up your backup device so that its web portal was accessible from the "Internet side" of your network connection - the port that's probably labelled WAN on your router, short for wide-area network - then anyone who knew the security hole patched in QSA-21-57 could attack your backup files directly.