#DisasterRecovery

Conquering the Complexities of Modern BCDR

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December 6, 2024 at 07:18AM The modern business landscape faces escalating cyberthreats and operational complexities, necessitating advanced backup and disaster recovery (DR) solutions. Traditional methods are inadequate; organizations must adopt proactive strategies that incorporate automation, ransomware protection, and integrated management. Unitrends offers comprehensive BCDR solutions to enhance data security and ensure business continuity by 2025. … Read more

Veeam warns of critical RCE bug in Service Provider Console

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December 3, 2024 at 01:14PM Veeam has issued security updates for two critical vulnerabilities in its Service Provider Console (VSPC), including a high-severity remote code execution flaw (CVE-2024-42448). Users of VSPC versions 7 and 8 are urged to upgrade to the latest patch to prevent exploitation, which has already been linked to ransomware attacks. ### … Read more

5 BCDR Oversights That Leave You Exposed to Ransomware

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November 14, 2024 at 07:15AM Ransomware poses a significant threat to businesses, with increasing sophistication and frequency of attacks. Organizations must implement effective backup and disaster recovery (DR) strategies, focusing on data audits, system resilience, and comprehensive recovery testing. Common oversights leave businesses vulnerable, necessitating robust solutions like Unitrends Unified Backup for enhanced protection against … Read more

Akira and Fog ransomware now exploit critical Veeam RCE flaw

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October 10, 2024 at 06:10PM Ransomware gangs are exploiting a critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-40711) in Veeam Backup & Replication servers, allowing remote code execution. Disclosed on September 4 with updates, attackers used compromised VPNs to deploy Akira and Fog ransomware. Veeam has a history of vulnerabilities attracting such malicious activity, impacting many global organizations. **Meeting Takeaways:** … Read more

Google Introduces ‘Air-Gapped’ Backup Vault to Thwart Ransomware

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September 11, 2024 at 02:06PM Google has introduced a new backup storage vault feature in its cloud service to defend against ransomware attacks. The feature offers immutable and indelible backups, safeguarding data from tampering and unauthorized deletion. It aims to protect backed-up data during encryption and extortion cyberattacks, providing secure storage and reliable recovery options … Read more

Google Updates Cloud Backup, Disaster Recovery Service

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September 11, 2024 at 09:04AM Google has introduced three enhancements to its Google Cloud Backup and Disaster Recovery service, focusing on improving simplicity and security for managing backups. The features include creation of immutable backup vault storage, a centralized backup management system with developer-centric self-service, and integration with Google Cloud IAM. These solutions aim to … Read more

EQT buys majority share in Swiss cybersecurity biz Acronis

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August 7, 2024 at 06:15AM Swiss disaster recovery and cybersecurity firm, Acronis, has been majority acquired by Europe’s largest private equity firm, EQT. Acronis’s CEO, Ezequiel Steiner, expressed enthusiasm about this partnership and acknowledged existing investors. The deal is estimated at $3.5 billion, with the transaction expected to close in Q1 or Q2 2025. Co-founders … Read more

Crowdstrike: Delta Air Lines refused free help to resolve IT outage

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August 5, 2024 at 04:10PM Delta Air Lines and CrowdStrike are embroiled in legal disputes as the cybersecurity firm alleges that Delta’s prolonged IT outage resulted from inadequate disaster recovery plans. Additionally, Delta reportedly declined complimentary on-site assistance to restore Windows devices. Based on the meeting notes, it appears that there are ongoing legal disputes … Read more

Implementing Identity Continuity With the NIST Cybersecurity Framework

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August 2, 2024 at 10:03AM In the modern enterprise, identity plays a critical role similar to electricity in business continuity, especially with cloud-based IDPs. Implementing a robust identity continuity plan, aligned with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, involves inventorying applications and identities, ensuring continuous identity operations, monitoring, responding to outages, managing incidents, and continuous policy management. … Read more

Microsoft Says 8.5 Million Windows Devices Impacted by CrowdStrike Incident, Publishes Recovery Tool

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July 21, 2024 at 09:30AM Microsoft reported that 8.5 million Windows devices were affected by a CrowdStrike software update causing major IT outages. They released a USB tool for IT administrators to expedite repairs, requiring a 64-bit Windows client with 8GB free space. Though impacting less than 1% of machines, Microsoft is deploying experts to … Read more