I am back in the office this week so let’s get a round-up of the security advisories issued by The US government Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), one of my trusted sources for information about cyber security vulnerabilities. Oracle Releases October 2023 Critical Patch Update Advisory | CISA Fortinet …
Let’s start the week with Ransomware
Ransomware is not going away – it is getting worse. RagnarLocker ransoms its last victim as cybercops seize site • The Register US energy firm shares how Akira ransomware hacked its systems (bleepingcomputer.com) Is it ransomware or something else? Whatever it is a problem. American Family Insurance confirms cyberattack is …
How much can a ransomware attack cost a big company?
In the case of Blackbaud $49.5million. This is the settlement agreed by the international software company for ransomware data breach, which exposed a raft of its clients sensitive and personal data. This included unencrypted banking information and login credentials. Blackbaud agrees to $49.5 million settlement for ransomware data breach (bleepingcomputer.com) …
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A zero-day story. If you use or used MOVEit then you need to read this.
MOVEit is (was) a very popular software package used by many to “securely” share files both internally and between organisations. But it has a security flaw which was exploited by the Clop ransomware gang before Progress Software, the owners of MOVEit knew there was a problem – but by then …
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Just Ransomware!
Having ended last week’s cyber security news with ransomware stories and then starting this week’s news again with ransomware, our Operations Manager Martin and I ended up talking about the first time he and I dealt with this type of malware on a client’s network and in-house server… Ransomware in …
