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Criminals Offer $1,000 to $1M for Vulnerabilities Ransomware-as-a-service gang LockBit has set up a bug bounty program for its malware and for exploitable vulnerabilities it could use to further criminal activities. Whether the program will go as planned is an open question. The gang is offering $1,000 to $1 million in remuneration.http://dlvr.it/SSxz9P

Baptist Medical Center Latest on Growing List of Entities Reporting Major Hacks A malware incident involving exfiltration of data has affected more than 1.24 million patients of Texas-based Baptist Medical Center and Resolute Health Hospital. It adds to a growing list of major health data breaches reported to regulators in recent weeks as affecting millions…
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ICYMI: Company Says Layoffs Are the Result of Customer Acquisition Strategy Changes Aura has laid off 70 employees as a result of customer acquisition strategy changes just a year after raising $350 million. The layoffs came about as a result of an agreement inked with MetLife earlier this year that made it Aura’s exclusive go-to-market…
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ICYMI: Attacks Tied to Apparent Spinoffs or Subsidiaries Black Basta and Hive Have Surged The Conti ransomware group officially pulled the plug on its operation in May. But experts say the group’s activities have continued in the form of numerous already-launched subsidiaries or spinoffs, which appear to include Alphv/BlackCat, AvosLocker, Black Basta and HelloKitty, among…
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ICYMI: Unpatched Systems Should Be Treated as Compromised, say U.S. Cyber Agencies Watch out for APT and state-sponsored hackers using the Log4Shell vulnerability to gain unauthorized entry into unpatched VMware Horizon Systems and Unified Access Gateway servers, says a joint advisory from CISA and the U.S. Coast Guard Cyber Command.http://dlvr.it/SSr7Bn

Teams was “just another Microsoft application” before the pandemic.  Thanks to Covid-19 though, demand for video conferencing solutions shot through the roof, and suddenly Teams found its groove. Microsoft had been gamely …http://dlvr.it/SSqqsB

Company Says Layoffs Are the Result of Customer Acquisition Strategy Changes Aura has laid off 70 employees as a result of customer acquisition strategy changes just a year after raising $350 million. The layoffs came about as a result of an agreement inked with MetLife earlier this year that made it Aura’s exclusive go-to-market partner…
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Attacks Tied to Apparent Spinoffs or Subsidiaries Black Basta and Hive Have Surged The Conti ransomware group officially pulled the plug on its operation in May. But experts say the group’s activities have continued in the form of numerous already-launched subsidiaries or spinoffs, which appear to include Alphv/BlackCat, AvosLocker, Black Basta and HelloKitty, among others.http://dlvr.it/SSnhxR

ICYMI: Kelly White of RiskRecon on Assessing Suppliers’ Cyber Hygiene Ransomware has changed the risk landscape for suppliers and is forcing companies to reconsider their risk relationships, says Kelly White, co-founder and CEO of RiskRecon. He discusses the correlation between cyber hygiene, ransomware and data loss.http://dlvr.it/SSnh7P