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Weekly Highlight Report – Week ending 11 June 2021. JBS Foods Pays Hacking Group $11 Million Ransom.

11th June 2021 - 13:17

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JBS Foods, a leading food company and the largest meat producer globally, has said it paid $11 million in Bitcoin to REvil... Read more

Weekly Highlight Report – Week ending 04 June 2021. Ransomware and Unauthorised Third-Party Cyber Attacks

4th June 2021 - 13:27

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This week there was a ransomware attack in the US on the Steamship Authority, Massachusetts’ largest ferry service. The St... Read more

Weekly Highlight Report – Week ending 28 May 2021. CNA Financial Pays Hackers $40 Million Ransom.

28th May 2021 - 11:13

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One of the largest insurance companies in the world, CNA Financial, paid $40 million to attackers that took control of its... Read more

Weekly Highlight Report – Week ending 21 May 2021 - AXA’s Asian Division Falls Victim to a Ransomware Attack

21st May 2021 - 12:58

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Last week, the MCERT reported that AXA would stop offering reimbursements for ransomware payments in its French Cyber insu... Read more

Weekly Highlight Report – Week ending 14 May 2021 - Ransomware on the Rise: Insurer Signals Shift

14th May 2021 - 15:48

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This week saw the largest fuel pipeline in the United States suffer a ransomware attack, leading a state of emergency to b... Read more

Weekly Highlight Report – Week ending 7 May 2021. More Than 3 Million Mail Servers Vulnerable to Remote Code Vulnerabilities

7th May 2021 - 13:24

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Millions of Exim mail software users are vulnerable to 21 newly discovered vulnerabilities in the Exim mail transfer agent... Read more

Weekly Highlight Report – Week ending 30 April 2021. Two Million Database Servers Reported to be Exposed Across Cloud Providers

30th April 2021 - 14:26

Censys, a security firm specialising in internet-wide census-like scans, have carried out a study to explore the type of services that are left ope... Read more

Weekly Highlight Report – Week ending 23 April 2021 – Report Reveals 300% Rise in Ransomware Attacks on Shipping and Logistics Firms

23rd April 2021 - 13:54

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This week a new report was published by cyber security analytics specialists at BlueVoyant, highlighting the increasing vu... Read more

Daily Report – 16 April 2021 – Over 100 Million Devices Potentially Affected by TCP-IP Stack Flaws

16th April 2021 - 13:42

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Over 100 million devices could be vulnerable to flaws affecting the implementations of the Doman Name System (DNS) protoco... Read more

Daily Report – 15 April 2021– Vyveva Malware Traced in Attack Against South African Freight Company

15th April 2021 - 15:38

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Researchers have discovered a new hacking campaign thought to be spying on the activities of freight companies. The hacker... Read more