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Kaseya fixes VSA. REvil disappears. Facebook takes down Iranian hacking campaign.


Kaseya fixes VSA (and the US wants Russian action against REvil).

Kaseya this past Sunday afternoon pushed fixes for VSA’s on-premises and SaaS versions. At 8:00 AM the company’s update indicated that patching was proceeding quickly:

“As posted in the previous update we released the patch to VSA On-Premises customers and began deploying to our VSA SaaS Infrastructure prior to the 4:00 PM target. The restoration of services is now complete, with 100% of our SaaS customers live as of 3:30 AM US EDT. Our support teams continue to work with VSA On-Premises customers who have requested assistance with the patch.”

The general consensus is that REvil operates with at the least the knowledge of, and probably with the tacit approval and encouragement, of the Russian government. The joint enforcement action the US has requested of Russia has not materialized, GovInfoSecurity notes. Moscow is standing on ceremony as it expresses its commitment to the rule of law (as the Register puts it, “with a straight face”) but so far there are few if any signs of Russian authorities taking action against the gangs that operate with impunity from its territory.

In an hour-long phone call on Friday, July 9th, US President Biden communicated his expectations concerning ransomware operations to Russian President Putin. Reuters reports that in President Biden’s estimation the call “went well,” and that he expects Russian cooperation against gangs like REvil. Should expected Russian cooperation not be forthcoming, President Biden said the US was prepared to take certain actions on its own. He and Administration officials declined to say what such actions might be. At the White House daily press conference on Friday, Press Secretary Psaki said President Biden “underscored the need for President Putin to take action to disrupt these ransomware groups.”

The CyberWire’s coverage of the incident so far may be found here:

REvil disappears.

REvil’s disappearance early Tuesday morning from its usual online haunts (including the HappyBlog) remains unexplained. The New York Times and others note that the vanishing followed a US request that Russia do something about ransomware gangs operating from its territory, but it’s…

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Cortado MDM Integrates Mobile Devices with Kaseya VSA


Bloomberg

The World Economy Is Suddenly Running Low on Everything

(Bloomberg) — A year ago, as the pandemic ravaged country after country and economies shuddered, consumers were the ones panic-buying. Today, on the rebound, it’s companies furiously trying to stock up. Mattress producers to car manufacturers to aluminum foil makers are buying more material than they need to survive the breakneck speed at which demand for goods is recovering and assuage that primal fear of running out. The frenzy is pushing supply chains to the brink of seizing up. Shortages, transportation bottlenecks and price spikes are nearing the highest levels in recent memory, raising concern that a supercharged global economy will stoke inflation.Copper, iron ore and steel. Corn, coffee, wheat and soybeans. Lumber, semiconductors, plastic and cardboard for packaging. The world is seemingly low on all of it. “You name it, and we have a shortage on it,” Tom Linebarger, chairman and chief executive of engine and generator manufacturer Cummins Inc., said on a call this month. Clients are “trying to get everything they can because they see high demand,” Jennifer Rumsey, the Columbus, Indiana-based company’s president, said. “They think it’s going to extend into next year.”The difference between the big crunch of 2021 and past supply disruptions is the sheer magnitude of it, and the fact that there is — as far as anyone can tell — no clear end in sight. Big or small, few businesses are spared. Europe’s largest fleet of trucks, Girteka Logistics, says there’s been a struggle to find enough capacity. Monster Beverage Corp. of Corona, California, is dealing with an aluminum can scarcity. Hong Kong’s MOMAX Technology Ltd. is delaying production of a new product because of a dearth of semiconductors. Read More: How the World’s Companies Wound Up in a Deepening Supply Chain NightmareFurther exacerbating the situation is an unusually long and growing list of calamities that have rocked commodities in recent months. A freak accident in the Suez Canal backed up global shipping in March. Drought has wreaked havoc upon agricultural crops. A deep freeze and mass blackout wiped out energy and…

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