RAID FAIL: NAS Maker does a CrowdStrike—cleanup on /dev/dsk/c1t2d3s4 please

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With World Backup Day approaching, many organizations are increasing their attention to potential security threats and blindspots in their backup processes.

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Déjà Vu: Hack of WD systems leads to My Cloud service outage. Owners unable to access files.

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On February 1, 2023, lawyers for first son Hunter Biden took a new approach to the fact that the contents of a laptop he took for repairs and then failed to pick up were leaked to the press. Hunter’s attorneys alleged that the computer repairman and others were violating U.S. and Delaware computer crime laws..

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Many businesses are moving to the cloud, but others still retain some data in on-premises solutions. Local storage has many advantages, including providing more control over data security measures and practices. However, higher control also means more responsibility. Businesses that store employee data locally should carefully consider how they can keep it secure. Here are..

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In July we saw arguably one of the worst ransomware attacks in history compromise up to 1,500 businesses around the globe. Not only are these attacks worsening, but are becoming more frequent—the FBI received nearly 2,500 ransomware complaints in 2020, an increase of about 20% from 2019. This year is shaping up to be the..

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Technology is becoming more effective at early ransomware detection. Solutions can often automatically shut down attacks and minimize the damage. It is reasonable to conclude, however, that there is no truly impenetrable ransomware defense. The more complete answer lies in recovery. Maintaining pristine datasets that are more readily restored, minimizing loss while preserving data integrity,..

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Prior to the U.S. government’s National Archives and Records Administration’s (NARA) implementation of the Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) protection framework, government agencies employed ad hoc agency-specific policies, procedures and markings to safeguard and control all information that did not meet the criteria required for classification. The rule was designed to primarily safeguard sensitive government data..

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