Top news of the week: 10.06.2021.
Companies And Services
JBS Paid $11 Million to Resolve Ransomware Attack
The Brazilian meat supplier’s U.S. chief executive says the company paid cyberattackers to avoid more disruptions and to limit the potential impact on restaurants, grocery stores and ...
This is not a drill: VMware vuln with 9.8 severity rating is under attack
Code execution flaw in vCenter is exploited to install web shell on unpatched machines.
Hackers Stole $650,000 From Nonprofit and Got Away, Showing Limits to Law Enforcement’s Reach
When criminals stole funds from One Treasure Island, the San Francisco organization turned to the cops. Getting no help, its director decided to launch her own investigation.
US arrests Latvian woman who worked on Trickbot malware source code
The US Department of Justice has arraigned in court today a Latvian woman who was part of the Trickbot malware crew, where she served as a programmer and wrote code for controlling the ...
Qualys Announces Passing of Former CEO and Industry Visionary Philippe Courtot
/PRNewswire/ -- It is with profound sadness that Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS), today announces the passing of Philippe Courtot, the company's former CEO,...
DHS chooses companies to run civilian agency vulnerability disclosure programs
The Department of Homeland Security announced it will partner with Bugcrowd and EnDyna for a civilian agency vulnerability disclosure program.
Security News in Review: Bugs, Trains, and Private Banks
Cybersecurity News in Review: 6/6/2021. Cloud vulnerabilities and malicious apps have taken up space in official app stores.
White House Warns Business Leaders To Increase Cybersecurity Against Ransomware Attacks
In the wake of the recent cyber attacks on Colonial Pipeline and the JBS meatpacking company, the Biden administration warned business leaders to take steps to protect their companies ...