Update: VMware ESXi exploitations. Super Bowl cyber risks. Scalping bots. The curious case of the Moscow billboards.

VMware ESXi exploitations. Super Bowl cyber risks. Scalping bots. The curious case of the Moscow billboards. Joe Carrigan tracks pig butchering apps in online app stores. Our guest is David Liebenberg from Cisco Talos, to discuss incident response trends. And, in sportsball, it’s gonna be the Chiefs by a couple of hat tricks, or something.

For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing:

https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/12/25

Selected reading.

Ransomware Hits Unpatched VMware Systems: 'Send Money Within 3 Days' (Virtualization Review) 

Massive ransomware attack targets VMware ESXi servers worldwide (CSO Online) 

CISA steps up to help VMware ESXi ransomware victims (SC Media)

‘Massive’ new ESXiArgs ransomware campaign has compromised thousands of victims (The Record from Recorded Future News) 

Have you clicked “Report Junk” lately on your #mobile device? (Proofpoint) 

CyRC special report: Secure apps? Don’t bet on it (Synopsys)

DataDome’s Inaugural E-Commerce Holiday Bot & Online Fraud Report Reveals the US as the Top Source of Bot Attacks (DataDome)

Darknet drug market BlackSprut openly advertises on billboards in Moscow (The Record from Recorded Future News)

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