Risky Bulletin: Supply chain attack lets ransomware group inside 40 shipping companies
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A ransomware group used a supply chain compromise to hack around 40 shipping companies, the Pentagon assembles a technology sabotage unit, PHP2Shell exploitation gets underway and GoDaddy revokes 400,000 certs.
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- AttackSupply-chain attackCompromising a vendor, library or update so the attack reaches all of its customers at once.
- AttackRansomwareMalware that encrypts an organisation's systems and demands payment, often after stealing data to leak.
- ConceptExploitCode or a technique that turns a software flaw into something an attacker can actually use.