DarkSide Ransomware Gang Extorted $90 Million from Several Victims in 9 Months

The Hacker News Daily Updates [Newsletter]( [cover]( [5 Key Ways CISOs Can Accelerate the Business]( Now more than ever, chief information security officers (CISOs) are expected to weigh in on board-level decisions. In an increasingly competitive landscape, business acumen has become just as important as technical know-how, and executives rely on the CISO to map security programs to business objectives to promote growth and generate revenue. [Download Now]( Sponsored LATEST NEWS May 20, 2021 [23 Android Apps Expose Over 100,000,000 Users' Personal Data]( Misconfigurations in multiple Android apps leaked sensitive data of more than 100 million users, potentially making them a lucrative target for malicious actors. "By not following best-practices when configuring and integrating third-party cloud-services into applications, millions of users' ... [Read More]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( [Is Single Sign-On Enough to Secure Your SaaS Applications?]( If there's one thing all great SaaS platforms share in common, it's their focus on simplifying the lives of their end-users. Removing friction for users in a safe way is the mission of single sign-on (SSO) providers. With SSO at the helm, users don't have to remember separate passwords for each app ... [Read More]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( [Watering Hole Attack Was Used to Target Florida Water Utilities]( An investigation undertaken in the aftermath of the Oldsmar water plant hack earlier this year has revealed that an infrastructure contractor in the U.S. state of Florida hosted malicious code on its website in what's known as a watering hole attack. "This malicious code seemingly targeted water ... [Read More]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( [Android Issues Patches for 4 New Zero-Day Bugs Exploited in the Wild]( Google on Wednesday updated its May 2021 Android Security Bulletin to disclose that four of the security vulnerabilities that were patched earlier this month by Arm and Qualcomm may have been exploited in the wild as zero-days. "There are indications that CVE-2021-1905, CVE-2021-1906, ... [Read More]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( [DarkSide Ransomware Gang Extorted $90 Million from Several Victims in 9 Months]( DarkSide, the hacker group behind the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack earlier this month, received $90 million in bitcoin payments following a nine-month ransomware spree, making it one of the most profitable cybercrime groups. "In total, just over $90 million in bitcoin ransom payments were ... [Read More]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( [cover]( [5 Key Ways CISOs Can Accelerate the Business]( Now more than ever, chief information security officers (CISOs) are expected to weigh in on board-level decisions. In an increasingly competitive landscape, business acumen has become just as important as technical know-how, and executives rely on the CISO to map security programs to business objectives to promote growth and generate revenue. [Download Now]( Sponsored This email was sent to {EMAIL}. You are receiving this newsletter because you opted-in to receive relevant communications from The Hacker News. To manage your email newsletter preferences, please [click here](. Contact The Hacker News: info@thehackernews.com [Unsubscribe]( The Hacker News | Pearls Omaxe, Netaji Subash Place, Pitampura, Delhi 110034 India