Translation: it’s ransomware. https://twitter.com/zackwhittaker/status/1390823126016086020

Time to dig out the Norsk Hydro thread (which is a wild read if you’ve not seen it). https://twitter.com/gossithedog/status/1107928639612555265

“A ransomware attack caused a major East Coast fuel pipeline operator to shut down its entire network on Friday, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the matter.”

Sorry to spoil the cyber willy waving news cycle day. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/05/08/cyber-attack-colonial-pipeline/

Btw the reason I use the phrase cyber willy wave now is because there’s a whole military aspect to cyber where nation states think they will run cyber strikes etc.

That’s fine.. but you’re naked with your willy out due to lack of security defence. It’s not that threatening.

Just looping this in the thread, if you use VMware ESXi you should definitely patch these vulns. https://twitter.com/gossithedog/status/1324896051128635392

Also this for Linux detection folks. https://twitter.com/cpeterr/status/1390721648190500869