FBI Sounds Alarm Over Russian Intelligence Signal Phishing
The FBI claims Russian spies are targeting Signal backup keys
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The FBI claims Russian spies are targeting Signal backup keys
Phoney email alerts suggest users need to backup their LastPass accounts within 24 hours. LastPass says it would never require this action from users
SonicWall said that a threat actor has accessed files containing encrypted credentials and configuration data for all customers who have used its cloud backup service
SonicWall said that threat actors accessed firewall preference files stored in the cloud for around 5% of its firewall install base
Microsoft observed Storm-0501 pivot to the victim’s cloud environment to exfiltrate data rapidly and prevent the victim’s recovery
A critical path traversal vulnerability in Commvault’s backup and replication solutions has been reported
NHS England has issued an alert regarding a critical Veeam Backup & Replication vulnerability that is being actively exploited, potentially leading to remote code execution
The WordPress plugin has over 20,000 active installations and is used for site backups and update management
Users of popular WordPress plugin Backup Migration are urged to patch a new critical vulnerability
MDSec ActiveBreach said the flaw affects versions 7.0 to 9.0 of the software
ESET said the new variant was distributed via the messaging apps BingeChat and Chatico
Organizations now acknowledge that having clean and recoverable backups is a critical element of a good business continuity plan
Acronis EDR is integrated into its Cyber Protect Cloud solution along with backup and data recovery functionalities
The flaw is triggered using the Race Condition between temporary file creation and deletion
The Veeamp malware was used by the Monti and Yanluowang ransomware groups in these attacks
Many admitted to sending messages on Teams they should not have
Meta is also introducing an encrypted backup feature called Secure Storage
Vulnerability could enable threat actors to access backups