Having a backed up copy of your data, allows having them recovered, in case of emergency. But when to create that copy? How often to perform a backup? Do you need to backup every day? In this article we’ll talk about backup strategies – FIFO scheme and GFS scheme.
Read moreWhen we were preparing this Security Center issue, none of us thought that the new campaign which targets QNAP NAS devices is going to escalate in a such way. In just five days, attackers using only the 7zip archive program remotely encrypted QNAP NAS devices – with Qlocker ransomware – from all over the world. How was it possible? Threat actors scanned for devices connected to the Internet and exploited them using the recently disclosed vulnerabilities. More information about these security bugs can be found below.
Read moreIn the last blog post we covered full, incremental, and differential backup. In this one, we will talk about backup types which are a variance of them: forever incremental, synthetic, reverse incremental.
Read moreAndroid users have new reasons to worry… again. About a week ago, we provided information about the FlixOnline application which operators were able to successfully bypass the application authentication system in the Google Play Store. This time we report two serious bugs found in WhatsApp. They enable the so-called ‘man-in-the-disk’ attack. What is it exactly? Attackers are able to manipulate the data exchanged between the application and external memory. Details can be found below.
Read moreGitHub, Bitbucket or GitLab? What to choose? For some businesses, especially those for which code as intellectual property is the most valuable asset, the security of code hosting and version control service aspect might be a decision-maker. In this article, we take a closer look at GitHub security.
Read moreFull copy, incremental copy, differential copy… today we are going to talk about different backup types. We will start from absolute basics, but more experienced in that field reader should be able to find something interesting as well.
Read moreA promise of two months Premium Netflix subscription free of charge and there will always be someone willing to save some money. But in this case, some people got surprised with hijacked WhatsApp and stolen credit card data. While most of our readers were probably smart enough to avoid the FlixOnline app, we can see that this scam is totally working on many people. Everything in this campaign was designed to confuse and get them to believe they are getting free Netflix for real. Word of advice: there is no easy way to get Netflix for free.. Or HBO Max, Disney Plus or anything else.
Read moreThe first week of April is already behind us. It’s the final time to make some summary of our activities and special projects we have prepared for you last month.
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Read moreWelcome to the next episode of the Xopero Security Center. Stealing admin credentials or gaining access to the platform capable of managing IT operations in various cloud deployments, allowing admins to monitor the health and capacity of virtual environments is a serious security breach. And these black scenarios become more than possible thanks to two newly discovered [and patched] vulnerabilities in VMware vRealize Operations platform. How severe is this new threat? To uncover this true check the whole post below.
Read moreFor some businesses, especially those for which code is the most critical resource, the security of the code hosting and version control service might be a key decision factor. There are three main such services on the market – GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab. In this article, we will take a closer look at Bitbucket security.
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