[ZDNet] Iowa farm services provider hit with BlackMatter ransomware and $5.9 million ransom

Active Scans for Apache Tomcat Ghostcat Vulnerability Detected, Patch Now www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/active-scans-for-apache-tomcat-ghostcat-vulnerability-detected-patch-now/ Ongoing scans for Apache Tomcat servers unpatched against the Ghostcat vulnerability that allows potential attackers to take over servers have been detected over the weekend.. As cyber threat intelligence firm Bad Packets said on Saturday, “mass scanning activity targeting this vulnerability has already begun. […]

Hundreds of malicious cryptocurrency, stock, and banking apps have been discovered by researchers. Source: Read More (Latest topics for ZDNet in Security)

Systems are ripe for abuse by attackers who can abuse systems to launch DDoS attacks. Source: Read More (Threatpost)