BACKGROUND: The US investigators have recovered millions in cryptocurrency they say was paid in ransom to hackers whose attack prompted the shutdown of the key East Coast pipeline last month, the  Justice  Department announced Monday. Specifically, …

BACKGROUND: The US government’s response to the ever growing threat of ransomware is long overdue, but is it too late? With more priority set to be placed on  ransomware  attacks and the consequential investigations, we’re in a prime position to mak…

BACKGROUND: A leaked spreadsheet circulating around WhatsApp has exposed the  personal  details of more than one thousand UK Special Forces soldiers, which are meant to remain secret. The Register , which has seen the leaked spreadsheet, says it con…

A new brand of malware designed to compromise Windows containers to reach Kubernetes clusters has been revealed by researchers. It's called Siloscape because its overall aim is to escape Windows containers via a server silo. Read more here .

Fujitsu, a Japanese Multinational Information and Communication Technology equipment company, announced that there was a possible intrusion attempt to their servers. Due to the unauthorized access, they are unable to process or accept orders. Thei…

VMware recently announced that it's vCenter Server has a critical bug that needs to be patched immediately. The vulnerability (CVE-2021-21985 &  CVE-2021-21986) has a rating of High and VMware is asking customers to pay immediate attention. …

Canada Post informed 44 of its large business customers of a data breach due to a malware attack on one of its suppliers called Commport Communications. Read the news release here . The vendor notified Canada post last week that the manifest data th…