CVE-2021-1572
CVE-2021-1572
JBS Foods has said it paid roughly $11 million to resolve a ransomware attack that crippled the company. JBS Foods is the world’s largest meat producer, with operations in the us, Canada and Australia. The company experienced a cyberattack on May 30 that crippled operations. At the time, company officials were not commenting on the…
Business Email Compromise (BEC) , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management Company Says West African Group Used Homoglyph Techniques to Trick Victims Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • July 21, 2021 Microsoft has announced the takedown of 17 domains that a threat group operating out of West Africa used to host fake Microsoft…
American fashion brand and retailer Guess is notifying affected customers of a data breach following a February ransomware attack that led to data theft. “A cybersecurity forensic firm was engaged to assist with the investigation and identified unauthorized access to Guess’ systems between February 2, 2021 and February 23, 2021,” the company said in breach…
Written by Tonya Riley Aug 3, 2021 | CYBERSCOOP Of eight federal agencies audited for their cybersecurity programs, only the Department of Homeland Security showed improvements in 2020, according to a report from the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Released by the panel on Tuesday, the report expresses concerns about the state of…
Security software giant McAfee has announced it has reached a deal to sell its enterprise business for an all cash fee of $4bn. The firm said it has entered a definitive agreement with a consortium led by Symphony Technology Group (STG), with the transaction expected to be completed by the end of 2021, subject to…
Cybercrime as-a-service , Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Endpoint Security ‘The Most Widely Successful Wormable Malware Becomes Almost a Permanent Hangover’ Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • March 9, 2021 WannaCry’s ransom note Where were you on May 12, 2017? For many cybersecurity professionals, the answer is “trying to contain the fallout from WannaCry,”…