BlackCat ransomware attacks not merely a byproduct of bad luck
Older hardware and outdated operating systems contribute to attacks
Older hardware and outdated operating systems contribute to attacks
In the wake of December 2021 exposure of a remote code execution vulnerability (dubbed “Log4Shell”) in the ubiquitous Log4J Java logging library, we tracked widespread attempts to scan for and exploit the weakness—particularly among cryptocurrency mining bots. The vulnerability affected hundreds of software products, making it difficult for some organizations to assess their exposure. One…
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Configuration errors rapidly escalated to a ransomware attack inside a virtual machine hypervisor