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VMware Fixes Critical Authentication Bypass in Carbon Black App Control

VMware has released a patch for a critical authentication bypass flaw in its Carbon Black App Control product.

Vmware

LV Ransomware Group Repurposed REvil Binary, Researchers Find

Secureworks researchers found that the LV ransomware group is using a repurposed, slightly modified version of the REvil ransomware binary.

Ransomware

Google Patches Zero Day in Chrome

Google has fixed a zero day in Chrome 91 that \has been used in active attacks.

Google

Reworked Data Protection Act Hits Senate

The Data Protection Act of 2021 introduced by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand would create a new Data Protection Agency.

Governance, Privacy

Ukrainian Police Arrest Suspected Cl0p Ransomware Operators

Police in Ukraine have arrested six people they allege are involved in operating the Cl0p ransomware.

Ransomware

Decipher Podcast: Derek Manky

Lindsey O'Donnell-Welch talks to Derek Manky of Fortinet about the breakdown of barriers between private firms and public sector agencies, law enforcement and the security industry.

Podcast

Microsoft Disrupts Broad Cloud-Based BEC Campaign

Microsoft researchers have disrupted a phishing and business email compromise campaign that used several separate cloud platforms to disguise its operations.

Phishing, Microsoft

Google Gives Enterprises Control of Workspace Encryption Keys

Google Workspace's new client-side encryption feature allows enterprises to control their own keys.

Google, Encryption

Law Enforcement Agencies Disrupt Slilpp Underground Marketplace

The FBI and international law enforcement agencies have disrupted Slilpp, allegedly the largest online marketplace for stolen credentials.

Government

JBS Paid $11 Million Ransom

Food producer JBS USA said it paid an $11 million ransom to resolve the ransomware attack that hit the company on May 30.

Ransomware

Microsoft Fixes Six Zero Days Used in Attacks

Microsoft's June Patch Tuesday includes fixes for six vulnerabilities that have been used in attacks in the wild.

Microsoft, Patch Tuesday

Colonial Pipeline CEO Says Ransom Payment ‘Right Thing to Do’ For Country

The shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline and the payment of the ransom to restore the company's network was the right thing to do to recover from the DarkSide ransomware attack, the company's CEO said.

Ransomware, Government

Attacks Target Critical VMware vCenter Flaw

Mass scanning and exploit attempts are targeting the VMware vCenter vulnerability (CVE-2021-21985) are ongoing, with thousands of unpatched servers still online.

Vmware

U.S. Seizes $2.3 Million From DarkSide Actors Who Targeted Colonial Pipeline

The Department of Justice seized $2.3 million in Bitcoin that was part of the ransom that Colonial Pipeline paid to DarkSide ransomware actors in May.

Ransomware, Government

Finding Badness in AWS With Patrolaroid

A new tool called Patrolaroid scans AWS instances and S3 buckets for malware by taking snapshots rather than using an agent to scan production workloads.

Cloud Security, AWS