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Fighting Ransomware: Using Ivanti’s Platform to Build a Resilient Zero Trust Security Defense

Ivanti

Ransomware is a strain of malware that blocks users (or a company) from accessing their personal data or apps on infected iOS, iPadOS, and Android mobile devices, macOS laptops, Windows personal computers and servers, and Linux servers. Communications : The malware scans the contents of the SD card.

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Ransomware hits the cloud

Lacework

In the last two years, we’ve seen a 600% increase in attacks which is not terribly surprising given ransomware, a form of malware that seeks to encrypt or withhold data unless a ransom is paid, is profitable for attackers. Move over Windows, Linux is next. The adoption of containers and Linux has increased the attack surface.

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Radar Trends to Watch: January 2023

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Blog posts and articles dropped off over the holidays; the antics of Sam Bankman-Fried and Elon Musk created a lot of distractions. It’s been known to impersonate Linux, help developers learn new programming languages, and even improve traditional college courses (where its ability to make mistakes can be turned into an asset).

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May Intro | Roadmap to Securing Your Infrastructure

Linux Academy

In the past few weeks, we’ve discussed patch management and using vulnerability scanning to see what vulnerabilities are in your infrastructure, and then we dove into the importance of data backups , as well as passwords and policies such as using MFA and proactively identifying compromised passwords to help secure your infrastructure.

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Xwo - A Python-based bot scanner

AlienVault

Jaime Blasco and Chris Doman collaborated on this blog. Overview: Recently, AT&T Alien Labs identified a new malware family that is actively scanning for exposed web services and default passwords. It is likely related to the previously reported malware families Xbash and MongoLock. Www backup paths. Mozilla/5.0 (X11;

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Outbound Traffic Filtering | Roadmap to Securing Your Infrastructure

Linux Academy

There are several reasons for wanting to restrict outbound communications, such as defeating malware, making data exfiltration harder, and the detection of infected hosts. We discuss whitelist and blacklist approaches in the CompTIA CySA+ course here at Linux Academy. Defeat Malware. What Traffic Should Be Blocked Outbound?

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Understanding Endpoint Security for Databases

Altexsoft

Backup exposure —occurs when a backup storage media is not protected against attacks. For example, ransomware attacks target data and may destroy any unprotected backup copies to ensure victims have no other choice but to pay the ransom. You can mitigate this threat by limiting access to backups and using secure devices.

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