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What Is Wiperware? 10 FAQs

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10 FAQs by Pure Storage Blog Wiperware, or wiper malware, is a disturbing evolution in cyber warfare that takes no prisoners—not even your data. Attacks attributed to this new, highly destructive form of malware include an Iranian train system attack in 2021 that caused “unprecedented chaos.” What Is Wiperware?

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Druva Releases New Druva Curated Recovery Technology

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Adding to Druva’s Accelerated Ransomware Recovery module, Druva Curated Recovery mitigates the impact of a ransomware attack, building an uncorrupted, unencrypted, and malware-free recovery point to ensure a successful recovery before one is ever initiated. Additionally, Druva recently acquired SFApex for an undisclosed amount.

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Ransomware’s Latest Targets and How to Protect Yourself

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Ransomware attacks nearly doubled in 2021 and continue to increase substantially. Air gaps can deliver enhanced protection by: Providing better security than traditional backup architecture. Limiting the spread of malware. The idea of air gapping is to make backups unreachable to attackers. But is air gapping really the answer

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Minimize the Impact of a Cyberattack with Commvault and Pure Storage

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Increased Resilience in Case of an Attack According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Report , potential losses from cyber crimes increased by 64% from 2018 to 2021, totaling $6.9 Pure Storage and Commvault Recommended Architecture We recommend using object storage over S3 when you store Commvault data on FlashBlade.

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Strategies for Digital Risk Protection

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Digital risk protection (DRP) refers to cybersecurity measures that aim to prevent data breaches, malware, identity theft, and other forms of cyber crime. million, according to the 2021 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report. Which areas in your systems and networks expose you to attack or malware? Technology. Compliance.

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Process Controls, SCADA and Cyber Security

Plan B Consulting

Table 1: A list of important attacks between 1982-2016 (Yadav & Paul, 2021) You can see from Table 1 that there is a wide variety of different industries, processes attacked, countries affected, methodologies used for the attack. Architecture and security of SCADA systems: A review. I was surprised by the variety of the attacks.

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Process Controls, SCADA and Cyber Security

Plan B Consulting

Table 1: A list of important attacks between 1982-2016 (Yadav & Paul, 2021). However, they can also be remote or unmanned, giving the attacker plenty of time to access the system and plant malware. Architecture and security of SCADA systems: A review. I was surprised by the variety of the attacks. & MANIMARAN, G.,