Fri Jun 11 2021: That internet outage this week, plus how fast criminals move on phishing

Two things to know today

Let’s figure out what happened with that internet outage this week

https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/internet-down-fastly-twitch-reddit

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/06/09/fastly-apologizes-internet-outage/

https://www.protocol.com/newsletters/protocol-enterprise/fastly-outage-cdn-karen

AND

A roundup of security news, including how fast criminals use a phished account

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/jbs-paid-11-million-to-revil-ransomware-225m-first-demanded/

https://www.wsj.com/articles/jbs-paid-11-million-to-resolve-ransomware-attack-11623280781?mod=djemalertNEWS

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-warns-of-cryptomining-attacks-on-kubernetes-clusters/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-is-how-fast-a-password-leaked-on-the-web-will-be-tested-out-by-hackers/#ftag=CAD-03-10abf5f

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252502169/Unit-42-warns-of-emergent-Prometheus-ransomware

https://apple.news/A9NbAVvW5R06JXKogOKPYCQ

https://www.zdnet.com/article/constituent-platform-used-by-congress-hit-with-ransomware-as-nyc-faces-legal-department-hack/#ftag=CAD-03-10abf5f

https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/08/cisa-launches-platform-to-let-hackers-report-security-bugs-to-us-federal-agencies/

https://www.aei.org/technology-and-innovation/its-time-for-corporate-cyber-responsibility/

https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/cybercrime-and-digital-threats/modern-ransomwares-double-extortion-tactics-and-how-to-protect-enterprises-against-them

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