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Weekly: More on Microsoft and Acer Receives $50 Million in Ransom Demands

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Episode • Mar 26, 2021 • 21m
ShadowTalk hosts Alec, Austin, Charles, and Digital Shadows CISO Rick bring you the latest in threat intelligence. This week they cover:-The team discusses the latest on Exchange Servers vulnerabilities - should guards still be up? -Austin takes us through the timeline of ransomware taking advantage of vulnerabilities regarding Microsoft -Austin talks $50 million ransom against Acer - biggest known ransom request in modern history. What does this mean for the threat landscape going forward? -A phishing campaign has stolen 400,000 OWA/O365 creds - how to make yourself the hardest target possibleGet this week’s intelligence summary at: https://resources.digitalshadows.com/digitalshadows/weekly-intelligence-summary-26-march ***Resources from this week’s podcast***Microsoft Vulnerabilities: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-92-percent-of-exchange-servers-safe-from-proxylogon-attacks/ Acer Ransom: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/computer-giant-acer-hit-by-50-million-ransomware-attack/Black Kingdom Ransomware: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-exchange-servers-now-targeted-by-black-kingdom-ransomware/ Office 365 Phishing: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-warns-of-phishing-attacks-bypassing-email-gateways/ 2021 Tax Blog: https://www.digitalshadows.com/blog-and-research/tax-and-unemployment-fraud-in-2021/ Cybercriminal Perspective Blog: https://www.digitalshadows.com/blog-and-research/the-cybercriminal-perspective/ Also, don’t forget to reach out to - shadowtalk@digitalshadows.com