Is This the Future of Ransomware?

NetStandard’s Security Minute Series 

Data exfiltration by attackers is on the rise. By some statistics, up to 80% of all ransomware attacks now include the threat of leaking data publicly. It’s the future of ransomware: Ransomware: The Data Exfiltration and Double Extortion Trends (cisecurity.org)
Google is starting to push aggressively toward two-factor authentication, with almost all users getting automated prompts to enable 2FA on their Google accounts. This is great news for cybersecurity: Google Wants to Make Everyone Use Two Factor Authentication (vice.com)
Microsoft continues to try to rid the world of Adobe Flash. In January, Microsoft disabled Flash from running, and in July 2021, will remove it from Windows systems through a cumulative update: Update on Adobe Flash Player End of Support – Microsoft Edge Blog (windows.com)
A vulnerability has existed in Dell’s firmware updating system for 12 years. Update your Dell systems to protect yourself: DSA-2021-088: Dell Client Platform Security Update for an Insufficient Access Control Vulnerability in the Dell dbutil Driver | Dell US
Network Solutions and register.com both were hit with a DNS outage this week. Both companies are owned by the same parent company, raising the question of whether the two incidents are linked: Network Solutions and Register.com hit by ongoing DNS outage (bleepingcomputer.com)
If you want a visual reminder of the kind of ad targeting that Facebook does: Signal >> Blog >> The Instagram ads Facebook won’t show you
Don’t use cracked software – it might lead to ransomware: Ryuk ransomware finds foothold in bio research institute through student who wouldn’t pay for software | ZDNet