JBS Paid $11M to REvil Gang Even After Restoring Operations
The decision to pay the ransom demanded by the cybercriminal group was to avoid any further issues or potential problems for its customers, according to the company’s CEO.
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Vulnerabilities
Intel Plugs 29 Holes in CPUs, Bluetooth, Security
The higher-rated advisories focus on privilege-escalation bugs in CPU firmware: Tough to patch, hard to exploit, tempting to a savvy attacker.
Read MoreMicrosoft Patch Tuesday Fixes 6 In-The-Wild Exploits, 50 Flaws
Researchers discovered a highly targeted malware campaign launched in April, in which a new, unknown threat actor used two of the vulnerabilities that Microsoft said are under active attack.
Read MoreGoogle Patches Critical Android RCE Bug
Google’s June security bulletin addresses 90+ bugs in Android and Pixel devices.
Read MoreWindows Container Malware Targets Kubernetes Clusters
“Siloscape”, the first malware to target Windows containers, breaks out of Kubernetes clusters to plant backdoors and raid nodes for credentials.
Read More‘Battle for the Galaxy’ Mobile Game Leaks 6M Gamer Profiles
Unprotected server exposes AMT Games user data containing user emails and purchase information.
Read MoreExchange Servers Targeted by ‘Epsilon Red’ Malware
REvil threat actors may be behind a set of PowerShell scripts developed for encryption and weaponized to exploit vulnerabilities in corporate networks, the ransom note suggests.
Read MoreThen and Now: Securing Privileged Access Within Healthcare Orgs
Joseph Carson, chief security scientist and advisory CISO at ThycoticCentrify, discusses best practices for securing healthcare data against the modern threat landscape.
Read MorePodcast: The State of Ransomware
In this Threatpost podcast, Fortinet’s top researcher sketches out the ransom landscape, with takeaways from the DarkSide attack on Colonial Pipeline.
Read MoreCyber-Insurance Fuels Ransomware Payment Surge
Companies relying on their cyber-insurance policies to pay off ransomware criminals are being blamed for a recent uptick in ransomware attacks.
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