IT team schedules about to change? FBI and CISA say that ransomware attack risk increases on holidays and weekends for high-profile US organizations

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-cisa-ransomware-attack-risk-increases-on-holidays-weekends/

Another theft from a crypto-platform totaling more than $29,000,000 from Cream Finance

https://therecord.media/hackers-steal-29-million-from-crypto-platform-cream-finance/

Beaumont Health (via Goodwin Procter LLP) is on the list of organizations impacted by Accellion file transfer vulnerability.

https://www.beaumont.org/health-wellness/press-releases/accellion-data-security-incident

Service was disrupted at hosting company Web Hosting Canada, and may still be for many

https://cybernews.com/news/a-major-incident-wiped-data-on-web-hosting-canada-servers/

Bad actor used social engineering to get Apple IDs/credentials to collect private pics and videos

https://cybernews.com/news/on-the-prowl-for-nudes-california-man-steals-620000-icloud-photos/

Vulnerability in legacy Cisco Small Business Routers won’t be patched; guidance is to migrate

https://thehackernews.com/2021/08/critical-flaw-found-in-older-cisco.html

Bad actors trolling for Twilio SIDs and Auth Tokens

https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Attackers+Hunting+For+Twilio+Credentials/27782/

T-Mobile CEO admits previously disclosed hack was made possible via brute-force attack

VMware patched 6 vulnerabilities in vRealize Operations Manager

https://thehackernews.com/2021/08/vmware-issues-patches-to-fix-new-flaws.html

Botnet targeting Netgear, Huawei, and ZTE devices

https://thehackernews.com/2021/08/mozi-iot-botnet-now-also-targets.html