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Kaseya ransomware

5th July, 2021 Security and Defence

Context:

  • Kaseya IT management software, commonly used in Managed Service Provider (MSP) environments, hit by another in a series of supply-chain hacks.
  • Kaseya handles large enterprise and small businesses globally, so it has the potential to spread to any size or scale business.
  • It is a colossal and devastating supply-chain attack.
  • The company urged customers that use its systems management platform, called VSA, to immediately shut down their servers to avoid the possibility of being compromised by attackers.

What is Ransomeware?

https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/kaseya-a-software-provider-investigates-potential-cyberattack-7387211/