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VMware Urges Rapid Patching for Serious vCenter Server Bug
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VMware is warning all vCenter Server administrators to patch their software to fix both a serious vulnerability that could be used to execute arbitrary code, as well as a separate authentication flaw.
Administrators use vCenter Server to manage installations of vSphere, which is VMware s virtualization platform.
The vulnerabilities need your immediate attention if you are using vCenter Server, VMware s Bob Plankers says in a blog post. All environments are different, have different tolerance for risk, and have different security controls and defense-in-depth to mitigate risk, so the decision on how to proceed is up to you, he writes. However, given the severity, we strongly recommend that you act.
Colonial Pipeline CEO Confirms $4.4 Million Ransom Payment
May 20, 2021
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Colonial Pipeline CEO Joseph Blount (Photo: Colonial Pipeline Co.)
Colonial Pipeline Co. s CEO, Joseph Blount, said Wednesday that he authorized the payment of a $4.4 million ransom just hours after the company was hit by a DarkSide ransomware attack, according to The Wall Street Journal.
While Blount said the decision was difficult to make, he told the newspaper, It was the right thing to do for the country.
Following the attack, Colonial Pipeline temporarily shut down its pipeline operation, crippling the distribution of gasoline and other fuel supplies along the East Coast through the company s 5,500 miles of pipeline and leaving gas stations in several states dry as panicky motorists filled up their cars (see: