Top news of the week: 07.10.2021.
Companies And Services
Company That Routes Billions of Text Messages Quietly Says It Was Hacked
Syniverse handles billions of text messages a year, and hackers had unauthorized access to its system for years.
Unwanted Gift: Ransomware, Supply Chain Attacks, and How to Prevent Them
Ransomware and supply chain attacks are dangerously complementary, creating perhaps the worst kind of unwanted gift. Learn why this is, and what you can do to prevent them.
First on CNN: Biden administration to convene 30 countries to crack down on ransomware threat
The White House will convene a 30-country meeting this month to try to ramp up global efforts to address the threat of ransomware to economic and national security, President Joe Biden said ...
Conti gang threatens to dump victim data if ransom negotiations leak to reporters
The Conti ransomware gang has published a rare public statement today threatening hacked companies that they will leak their stolen files if details or screenshots of the ransom ...
Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 43 Deals Announced in September 2021
The number of cybersecurity-related mergers and acquisitions announced in the past months has remained constant, with roughly 40 deals announced in September 2021 as well.
You Probably Don't Need a VPN
Most Americans may be better off not paying for a commercial VPN, according to multiple security experts.
Misconfigured Apache Airflow servers leak thousands of credentials
While investigating a misconfiguration flaw in Apache Airflow, researchers discovered many exposed instances over the web leaking sensitive information, including credentials, from ...
U.S. govt to sue contractors who hide breach incidents
Under the new Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative that the U.S. Department of Justice announced today, government contractors are accountable in a civil court if they don't report a breach or fail ...