Winning Against AI-Based Attacks Requires a Combined Defensive Approach

If there's a constant in cybersecurity, it's that adversaries are always innovating. The rise of offensive AI is transforming attack strategies and making them harder to detect. Google's Threat Intelligence Group, recently reported on adversaries using Large Language Models LLMs to both conceal...

Russia Hackers Using TinyTurla-NG to Breach European NGO's Systems

The Russia-linked threat actor known as Turla infected several systems belonging to an unnamed European non-governmental organization NGO in order to deploy a backdoor called TinyTurla-NG TTNG. "The attackers compromised the first system, established persistence and added exclusions to antivirus...

Antivirus Exclusions for Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365

Purpose This article documents antivirus exclusions that may be created to reduce the impact that antivirus software has on the functionality of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365. These antivirus exclusions may be applied to the Windows built-in antivirus or third-party antivirus software. Note:...

Service Provider guide on troubleshooting slow merge in Cloud Connect jobs

Challenge During synthetic operations, data processing is handled solely by a Cloud repository. This article provides troubleshooting recommendations which may help to correctly identify the cause of slowness, increase performance and shorten backup window. Solution 1 Storage performance The firs...

Antivirus Exclusions for Veeam Recovery Orchestrator

Cause This article documents antivirus exclusions that may be created to reduce the impact that antivirus software has on the functionality of $product.title.vdro. These antivirus exclusions may be applied to the Windows built-in antivirus or third-party antivirus software. Note: Antivirus will n...

Antivirus Exclusions for Veeam Service Provider Console

Purpose This article documents antivirus exclusions that may be created to reduce the impact that antivirus software has on the functionality of Veeam Service Provider Console. These antivirus exclusions may be applied to the Windows built-in antivirus or third-party antivirus software. Note:...

Windows Antivirus Exclusions Enumeration

This module will enumerate the file, directory, process and extension-based exclusions from supported AV products, which currently includes Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Security Essentials/Antimalware, and Symantec Endpoint Protection. This module requires Metasploit:...

Antivirus Exclusions for Veeam ONE

Purpose This article documents antivirus exclusions that may be created to reduce the impact that antivirus software has on the functionality of Veeam ONE. These antivirus exclusions may be applied to the Windows built-in antivirus or third-party antivirus software. Note: Antivirus will not alway...

Antivirus Exclusions for Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows

Purpose This article documents antivirus exclusions that may be created to reduce the impact that antivirus software has on the functionality of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows. These antivirus exclusions may be applied to the Windows built-in antivirus or third-party antivirus software. Note:...

Antivirus Exclusions for Veeam Backup & Replication

Veeam Threat Hunter service Exclusions When upgrading to Veeam Backup & Replication 12.3, the installer's Configuration Check will display a warning advising: The new Veeam Threat Hunter service scanning process might be interrupted by existing antivirus software on mount hosts. Please read KB199...

Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows: Service suddenly stopped working.

Challenge While running Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows VAW, the Control Panel displays the error: Services suddenly stopped working. Cause The Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows Control Panel has lost contact with the Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows service on the local machine. Possible caus...

Unable to mount disk: unsupported disk type

Challenge When attempting to perform a Guest Files Windows Restore the operation fails with the following error: Unable to mount disk: unsupported disk type Solution It is critical that the Microsoft Windows File Recovery page in the user guide is reviewed to confirm restore compatibility. There...

RPC function call failed. The RPC server is unavailable. w/ Application-Aware Processing

Challenge A Backup or Replication job utilizing Application-Aware Processing fails with the error: RPC error:The RPC server is unavailable. Code: 1722 Cause Possible causes include, organized from most common to rarest: The ports that Veeam Backup & Replication is attempting to use are blocked by...