The suppliers of water to people in the Cambridge and South Staffordshire regions – South Staffordshire PLC – have suffered a ransomware attack: UK water company confirms cyberattack after confusion over ransomware group threats – The Record by Recorded Future
Zoom vulnerability on MacOS
Zoom has patched it but research suggests the fix is incomplete: The Zoom installer let a researcher hack his way to root access on macOS – The Verge
Do you have a password on your VNC server? 9000 users didn’t.
We have clients who use the popular VNC Â (Virtual Network Computing)Â service to access computers – all of them implement our security policy. Do you have a security policy that covers this type of software and access? Over 9,000 VNC servers exposed online without a password (bleepingcomputer.com)
Malicious software
Software depositories are a prime target for threat actors, especially those offering modules that other developers include in their software. Here is an attack aimed at a Python repository: Malicious PyPi packages aim DDoS attacks at Counter-Strike servers (bleepingcomputer.com) How secure is open source software? Do you use open source …
You can change suppliers if they have poor cyber security
Mailchimp may be one of the largest email marketing companies out there, but there are others with better cyber security records. Digital Ocean dumps Mailchimp after security breach • The Register
