Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) are a top cause of cloud breaches. Organizations often fail to patch or mitigate these known vulnerabilities. Sometimes, it is due to gaps in visibility regarding the presence of CVEs in their cloud environments. Often, organizations struggle to keep up with the constant stream of vulnerabilities and prioritize their remediation. Gaps in patching both offer a foothold for targeted attacks and also empower untargeted, large-scale exploitation attemp
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Palo Alto Networks, Unit 42 has provided great research on the Mespinoza criminal cyber group. As cyber extortion flourishes, ransomware gangs are constantly changing tactics and business models to increase the chances that victims will pay increasingly large ransoms. As these criminal organizations become more sophisticated, they are increasingly taking on the appearance of professional enterprises. One good example is Mespinoza ransomware, which is run by a prolific group with a penchant fo
