The Mid-Year Update to the 2021 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report continues to circulate through global news, and SonicWall rises to the status of an “admired brand.” In industry news, uncomfortable questions about U.S. cyber-intelligence methods, Autodesk’s admission, FIN7 hackers on the move, how Australia got hammered by hackers, and a Colorado man sues U.K. parents of hackers for a 3-year-old cryptocurrency hack.

SonicWall in the News

The Hybrid Workplace: The Next Frontier of Cyber Security — CPO Magazine

• This story covers the aftermath of a REvil Kaseya attack. Thousands of business leaders are calculating their losses and cost of recovery, now dubbed the “worst ransomware attack on record.” The story cites the Mid-Year Update to the 2021 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report as a key source for the sharp rise of attacks via Microsoft Office documents that rose by 176% in 2020.

Ransomware threats explode in first-half 2021 — Frontier Enterprise

• Another report with its eyes on the Mid-Year Update to the 2021 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report noting that ransomware attacks skyrocketed in the first half of 2021, eclipsing the full-year volume for 2020.

The Tech Industry Is Marching Ahead With These Admired Brands — Mybrandbook.com

• A report that assesses the importance of “admired” brands in tech recounts SonicWall’s origins as a private company headquartered in Silicon Valley to a significant brand in cybersecurity with more than 1 million active security solutions trusted by more than 500,000 organizations in more than 215 countries.

Industry News

Hacker kids’ parents sued over $780k of stolen cryptocurrency — P.C. Gamer

• In January of 2018, Colorado resident Andrew Schober was relieved of 16.4 bitcoin, worth around $780,000 in today’s market, by unknown hackers. Schober hired private investigators to track down the hack to two UK-based computer science students then minors. He’s now suing the parents of the two he believes hacked his account and stole his cash.

SolarWinds hackers targeted Autodesk in latest confirmed fallout from cyber-espionage campaign — CyberScoop

• The list of victims keeps growing of the hackers (believed to be Russian) who breached a U.S. federal contractor. The hackers, it is believed, collected intelligence from all over the federal government. Autodesk filed an SEC disclosure to its investors that the hackers compromised one of its servers.

Juniper Breach Mystery Starts to Clear With New Details on Hackers and U.S. Role — Bloomberg

• Days before Christmas in 2015, Juniper Networks Inc. alerted users that it had been breached. Five years later, the hackers have not been publicly identified, and no victims from the hack have surfaced. This brings the uncomfortable question about the methods U.S. intelligence agencies use to monitor hackers.

FIN7 Hackers Using Windows 11 Themed Documents to Drop Javascript Backdoor — The Hacker News

• Spear-phishing campaigns leveraging weaponized Windows 11 Alpha-themed Word documents with Visual Basic macros. The macros inject malicious payloads, including a JavaScript implant that attacks a U.S.-based point-of-sale (PoS) service provider.

How Hackers Hammered Australia After China Ties Turned Sour — Bloomberg

• A few days after Prime Minister Scott Morrison called for an independent international probe into the origins of the coronavirus, Chinese bots swarmed onto Australian government networks. It was April 2020. Bloomberg brings the incident to light in this week’s article.  

Regulators Tighten Scrutiny of Data Breach Disclosures — The Wall Street Journal

• Lawyers warn that companies must pay closer attention to what they say after hackers strike, as regulators crack down on inaccurate disclosures and Congress debates mandatory reporting of cybersecurity breaches.

Biden administration establishes program to recruit tech professionals to serve in government — The Hill

• The Biden administration announced it was establishing a program to recruit and train people to serve in digital positions within the federal government and address the COVID-19 pandemic and cybersecurity concerns.

Bangkok Airways hit by LockBit ransomware attack, loses lots data after refusing to pay — The Register

• Bangkok Airways has revealed it was the victim of a cyberattack from ransomware group LockBit on August 23, resulting in the publishing of stolen data.

LockFile Ransomware Uses Never-Before Seen Encryption to Avoid Detection — Threat Post 

• Researchers from Sophos discovered the emerging threat in July, which exploits the ProxyShell vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange servers to attack systems.

Initial Access Broker use, stolen account sales spike in cloud service cyberattacks — ZDNet

• On Tuesday, Lacework published its 2021 Cloud Threat Report vol.2, outlining how today’s cybercriminals are attempting to cut out some of the legwork involved in campaigns against cloud service providers.

Cyberattackers are now quietly selling off their victim’s internet bandwidth — ZDNet

• Another intrusion with a twist: attackers use “proxyware” to target their victim’s internet connection and generate illicit revenue.

Cybercriminal sells tool to hide malware in AMD, NVIDIA GPUs — Bleeping Computer

• Cybercriminals are making strides towards malware attacks that execute code from the graphics processing unit (GPU) of a compromised system.

Boston Public Library discloses cyberattack, system-wide technical outage — Bleeping Computer

• The Boston Public Library (BPL) has disclosed today that its network was hit by a cyberattack on Wednesday, leading to a system-wide technical outage. 

U.S. Justice Department Introduces Cyber Fellowship Program — Security Week

• The program will train selected attorneys on emerging national security and criminal cyber threats and how to fight them. The trainees will be rotating department components focused on cyber defense, such as the Criminal Division, the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, and the National Security Division. 

Researchers, cybersecurity agency urge action by Microsoft cloud database users — Reuters

• On Saturday, researchers who discovered a massive flaw in the central databases stored in Microsoft Corp’s Azure cloud platform urged all users to change their digital access keys, not just the 3,300 the company notified this week.

Bangkok Airways apologizes for passport info breach as LockBit ransomware group threatens data leak — ZDNet

• The company said that it discovered a “cybersecurity attack which resulted in unauthorized and unlawful access to its information system” on August 23.

In Case You Missed It

• Elevating SonicWall to the Cloud – Jayant Thakre
• How Cybercrime Impacted Education in 2021 – Amber Wolff
• From Sonic Systems to SonicWall: 30 Years of Cybersecurity Evolution – Amber Wolff
• The Top 12 Cybersecurity Books – Recommendations from SonicWall Leadership and Employees – Ray Wyman
• SonicWall Earns Another Perfect Score from ICSA Labs for Q2 — Amber Wolff
• SonicWall President and CEO Bill Conner Recognized on CRN’s 2021 Top 100 Executives List — Lindsey Lockhart
• Latest Cyber Threat Intelligence Shows Ransomware Skyrocketing – Amber Wolff
• SonicWall Fortifies Cloud Edge Secure Access with Device Compliance Check and Network Traffic Control – Sony Kogin
• New SonicWall NSsp 13700 Firewall: Security for Large Enterprises – Ajay Uggirala
• SonicWall Announces Capture Labs Portal – Brook Chelmo

This week, the tectonic Mid-Year Update to the 2021 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report continued to reverberate in the press, while SonicWall President and CEO Bill Conner finds himself selected for two CRN leadership lists. In other news, hackers hit Microsoft and diplomats, a Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative goes active, U.S. Senators’ “horror show,” the U.S. State Department (and other agencies) get low scores for cybersecurity, and Swisslog’s “Swiss cheese” problem.

SonicWall in the News

How remote work raises the risks of cyberattacks — Axios

• SonicWall’s Mid-Year Update to the 2021 Cyber Threat Report continues to feature prominently in the press. Axios noted that as the pandemic drove more of the American workforce into remote offices, cyberattacks increased. The story cited stats from the report: Between 2019 and 2020, ransomware cyberattacks rose 62% worldwide and 158% in North America.

How remote work raises the risk of cyber and ransomware attacks— Yahoo! News

• SonicWall’s Mid-Year Update to the 2021 Cyber Threat Report also appeared in Yahoo! News. The story highlighted the mention of stats from the FBI that observed a 20% rise in cyberattacks between 2019 and 2020. Also, from the report, the collective cost of ransomware attacks reported to the bureau rose more than 200% in 2020 to roughly $29.1 million.

The Challengers Power List— Forbes India

• SonicWall’s own Debasish Mukherjee, VP of Regional Sales, APAC, was featured in a discussion about how businesses have faced pandemic challenges head-on and helped their companies grow. Mukherjee goes into detail on how SonicWall bridges cybersecurity gaps for enterprises, governments, and SMBs.

The Top 25 I.T. Innovators Of 2021— CRN

• Bill Conner, President and CEO of SonicWall, was named to CRN’s Top 25 Innovators of 2021 list for his work evolving SonicWall beyond the firewall to deliver security for the endpoint, email and cloud. He also helped develop Cloud Edge Secure Access to allow customers to control and protect network access to managed and unmanaged devices based on identity, location and device parameters.”

The Top 100 Executives Of 2021— CRN

• Bill Conner, President CEO of SonicWall, also found himself on CRN’s Top 100 Executives for 2021. CRN honors leaders who are setting the pace for the rest of the I.T. industry.

Industry News

Microsoft Exchange Used to Hack Diplomats Before 2021 Breach— Bloomberg

• Late last year, while investigating the hack of an Italian retailer, researchers at the Los Angeles-based cybersecurity company Resecurity stumbled across five gigabytes of stolen data squirreled away on a cloud storage platform. During the previous three and half years, hackers stole the data from foreign ministries and energy companies by hacking their on-premises Microsoft Exchange servers.

U.S. Taps Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Others to Help Fight Ransomware, Cyber Threats— The Wall Street Journal

• The U.S. launched the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative and tapped Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and other companies to help combat ransomware and other cyberthreats. The creation of the joint initiative follows massive cyberattacks on critical U.S. infrastructure. “This will uniquely bring people together in peacetime so that we can plan for how we’re going to respond in wartime,” says Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

Senators highlight national security threats from China during rare public hearing— The Hill

• The Senate Intelligence Committee held a rare public hearing earlier this week to stress the increased threats posed by mainland Chinese hackers to U.S. national security, U.S. companies, and intellectual property. One top senator described the situation as a “horror show.” According to the committee, the threats include Chinese cyberattacks against U.S. companies and critical organizations that resulted in the theft of billions of dollars in U.S. intellectual property.

A US official explains why the White House decided not to ban ransomware payments— The Hill

• The Biden administration backed away from banning ransomware payments after meetings with the private sector and cybersecurity experts. According to reports, experts and business leaders helped shift that view following high-profile hacks against Colonial Pipeline, JBS, and Kaseya, a Florida-based IT firm.

New Hacking Group Shows Similarities to Gang That Attacked Colonial Pipeline— The Wall Street Journal

• Cyberthreat investigators say that a new hacking group recently emerged with similar techniques used by a group that successfully hacked the Colonial Pipeline Co. earlier this year. The new group, named BlackMatter, has cryptocurrency wallets and ransomware strains similar to those used by the former group.

Ransomware Gangs and the Name Game Distraction — Krebs on Security

• Brian Krebs takes a deep dive into notable ransom gang reinventions over the past five years. “Reinvention is a basic survival skill in the cybercrime business,” says Krebs. “Among the oldest tricks in the book is to fake one’s demise or retirement and invent a new identity.”

Energy group ERG reports minor disruptions after ransomware attack — Bleeping Computer

• This week, ERG, an Italian energy company, reported that it experienced “only a few minor disruptions” to its information and communications technology infrastructure following a ransomware attack on its systems.

The State Department and 3 other U.S. agencies earn a D for cybersecurity — Ars Technica

• Cybersecurity at eight federal agencies is so poor that four of them earned D grades, three got Cs, and only one received a B in a report issued Tuesday by a U.S. Senate Committee. This report comes two years after another damning cybersecurity report. Again, auditors find that little has improved.

Nearly 450K patients impacted by Orlando Family Physicians phishing attack— S.C. Magazine

• Orlando Family Physicians (OFP) recently notified 447,426 patients that their data was potentially compromised during a successful phishing attack in April. The breach tally makes the OFP incident among the ten largest reported in U.S. health care this year.

Supply chain attacks are getting worse, and you are not ready for them— ZDNet

• The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) analyzed 24% supply chain attacks and warned that current defenses against threats are insufficient. The ENISA report focused on advanced persistent threat (APT) supply chain attacks, noting that the coding was not very advanced, the planning and staging were complex.

White House cyber chief backs new federal bureau to track threats — The Hill

• On Monday, National Cyber Director Chris Inglis made a case for establishing an office within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to track and analyze cybersecurity incidents to ensure that the country has an early warning system to understand attack vectors and targets.

FTC’s right-to-repair ruling is a small step for security researchers, giant leap for DIY hackers— Cyberscoop

• The Federal Trade Commission recently voted unanimously to enforce rules against manufacturers who make it difficult for consumers to fix their own devices. Unfortunately, while a significant win for the “right-to-repair” movement for consumer advocates and owners of devices, this move is also a big win for hackers.

PwnedPiper vulns have potential to turn Swisslog’s PTS hospital products into “Swiss cheese,” says Armis — The Register

• An investigation by security experts at Armis discovered severe vulnerabilities in Swisslog PTS hospital products used by 80% of U.S. hospitals. Security problems were so bad that analysts said that they had the potential to turn Swisslog’s products into “Swiss cheese.”  Among the vulnerabilities that were uncovered: hardcoded passwords, unencrypted connections, and unauthenticated firmware updates. Patches have been released.

In Case You Missed It

• SonicWall Earns Another Perfect Score from ICSA Labs for Q2 — Amber Wolff
• SonicWall President and CEO Bill Conner Recognized on CRN’s 2021 Top 100 Executives List — Lindsey Lockhart
• Latest Cyber Threat Intelligence Shows Ransomware Skyrocketing – Amber Wolff
• SonicWall Fortifies Cloud Edge Secure Access with Device Compliance Check and Network Traffic Control – Sony Kogin
• New SonicWall NSsp 13700 Firewall: Security for Large Enterprises – Ajay Uggirala
• SonicWall Announces Capture Labs Portal – Brook Chelmo
• SonicWall NSa 4700 and 6700: The Newest Next-Generation Firewalls for Medium Enterprises – Ajay Uggirala
• Three New Firewalls with Triple the Performance, Plus Three Powerful Updates – Atul Dhablania

This week, the SonicWall Threat Report, Microsoft vs Chinese hackers, Israeli hack tools, a $10 million reward, and more zero-days than we really want to hear about. Also, railroad hacks in Iran and UK, indictments for Chinese hacking group, Apple’s “five-alarm fire,” and Microsoft’s battle against “homoglyphs.”

SonicWall in the News

IBM Adds Enhanced Data Protection to FlashSystem to Help Thwart Cyberattacks — AI-Thority

• IBM cites data from SonicWall’s annual threat report in an announcement about enhancements to their FlashSytem data protection. One bit of data that got everyone’s attention: ransomware attacks rose to 304.6 million in 2020, up 62% over 2019, mainly due to the highly distributed workforces caused by the pandemic.

The rise of ransomware: the multibillion-pound hacking industry where no one is safe – The Metro

• If cybercrime was a country, it would be the world’s third largest in terms of GDP, according to Cybersecurity Ventures. This year, the total cost to the global economy is predicted to top $6 trillion (£4 trillion). SonicWall’s 2021 Threat Report was also included: 304.5 million ransomware attacks in total in 2020 – up 62% over 2019 – and the deluge of attacks shows no signs of slowing down.

The three best ways to neutralize Ransomware attacks – TEK Deeps

• The question of your company or organization facing a ransomware attack is not an “if” but rather “when.” Most likely, you may have already faced several. SonicWall’s annual threat report was part of this story too, citing through May of 2021, a reported 226.3 ransomware attacks, up 116% year to date over 2020.

Industry News

Tulsa warns of data breach after Conti ransomware leaks police citations — Bleeping Computer

• The city of Tulsa, Okla., is warning residents that their personal data may have been exposed after a ransomware gang published police citations online.

Saudi Aramco data breach sees 1 TB stolen data for sale — Bleeping Computer

• Attackers stole 1 TB of proprietary data belonging to Saudi Aramco and are selling it on the darknet. The Saudi Arabian Oil Company, better known as Saudi Aramco, is one of the world’s largest public petroleum and natural gas companies. The sales price of the data, albeit negotiable, is set at $5 million.

Details Emerge on Iranian Railroad Cyberattack — Security Week

• More details about the cyberattack on Iran’s railroad system emerged over the weekend. On July 9, Iran International reported that a system-wide disruption of Iran’s railroads was probably due to a cyberattack, citing the Revolutionary Guard-backed FARS news agency. Now it appears that the attackers had penetrated the system at least a month earlier.

Northern’s ticket machines hit by ransomware cyberattack – BBC

• A suspected ransomware cyberattack targeted northern rail’s new self-service ticket machines. The system was offline for a week, and an investigation is underway. It comes just two months after 621 of the touch-screen units were installed at 420 stations across the north of England at the cost of £17 million (about $23m).

The US Formally Accuses China of Hacking Microsoft – The New York Times

• To bolster the accusations, the Biden administration may organize a broad group of allies to condemn Beijing for global cyberattacks. However, most analysts believe that such an effort will probably stop short of taking concrete punitive steps against China.

The US indicts members of the Chinese-backed hacking group APT40 – Bleeping Computer

• The US Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted four members of the Chinese state-sponsored hacking group known as APT40 for hacking various companies, universities, and government entities in the US and worldwide between 2011 and 2018.

$10 million rewards bolster White House anti-ransomware bid – Associated Press

• The State Department will offer rewards up to $10 million for information leading to identifying anyone engaged in a foreign state-sanctioned malicious cyber activity, including ransomware attacks, against critical US infrastructure. In addition, a task force set up by the White House will coordinate efforts to stem the rise of ransomware.

Israeli Spyware Vendor’s Windows Zero-days Caught in the Wild – Vice News

• Cyber-sleuths from digital rights watchdog Citizen Lab recently released a study that reveals government hackers from several countries are using spyware made by Candiru, an Israeli-based spyware vendor, to target victims all over the world. The spyware leverages two unknown Windows vulnerabilities for zero-day exploitation. As far as we know, this is the first time anyone has published an analysis of Candiru’s malware with targeted individuals.

Google: Annoying LinkedIn Networkers are Russian Hackers Spreading Zero-day – Vice News

• As if we can’t get enough of zero-days, Google’s Threat Analysis Group published a new report that offers details about several hacking campaigns that leverage a series of zero-day exploits. A quick read shows that there are several reasons for the uptick in zero-day incidents. For one, the industry is getting better at detecting and disclosing attacks. For another, cyber-criminals are taking full advantage of vulnerabilities while they still can.

Fighting an emerging cybercrime trend – Microsoft

• Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) recently secured another court order to take down malicious infrastructure used by cybercriminals. They filed the case to target the use of “homoglyph” ­– imposter domains – used in an increasing number of attacks. A judge in the Eastern District of Virginia issued a court order requiring domain registrars to disable service on malicious domains used to impersonate Microsoft customers and commit fraud.

Law Firm for Ford, Pfizer, Exxon Discloses Ransomware Attack – Dark Reading

• Campbell Conroy & O’Neil, a major law firm based in Boston, MA, reported an attack that compromised personal data, including Social Security numbers, passport numbers, and payment card data for some individuals. The firm discovered unusual activity on its network earlier this year. An investigation revealed its network was hit with ransomware and prompted Campbell to hire third-party forensics investigators to determine the information affected.

Apple’s iPhone has a “five-alarm fire” security problem with iMessage – Business Insider

• Apple’s iPhone isn’t as secure as Apple says it is according to this report from Amnesty International. The quote that caught our eye: “Apple has a MAJOR blinking red five-alarm-fire problem with iMessage security,” said Bill Marczak, a senior research fellow at Citizen Lab. The threat is related to a tool called Pegasus, created by NSO Group.

Microsoft to acquire cybersecurity firm RiskIQ as cyberthreats mount – CNN

• Microsoft on Monday announced that it is buying cybersecurity firm RiskIQ to help companies better protect themselves from the unique risks created by remote work and relying on cloud computing amid “the increasing sophistication and frequency of cyberattacks.” RiskIQ’s software allows organizations to monitor their entire networks — including operations running on various cloud providers.

IT provider for real estate, finance, insurance downed by ransomware – The Register

• Cloudstar, a Florida-based company IT provider, announced that it suffered a “highly sophisticated ransomware attack” that forced it to take down the vast majority of its services. A critical flaw in a Cloudflare service said to be used by 12.7 percent of all websites could have been hijacked by a malicious user-controlled package to compromise a good number of web pages. The company said it was negotiating with the crooks that infected its computers.

In Case You Missed It

• SonicWall Fortifies Cloud Edge Secure Access with Device Compliance Check and Network Traffic Control – Sony Kogin
• New SonicWall NSsp 13700 Firewall: Security for Large Enterprises – Ajay Uggirala
• SonicWall Announces Capture Labs Portal – Brook Chelmo
• SonicWall NSa 4700 and 6700: The Newest Next-Generation Firewalls for Medium Enterprises – Ajay Uggirala
• Three New Firewalls with Triple the Performance, Plus Three Powerful Updates – Atul Dhablania

This week, attacks on the food and beverage industry, manufacturing plants and water facilities dominated the headlines.

SonicWall in the News

Sonicwall’s Platform Evolution Driving Record Demand as Organizations Embrace Boundless Cybersecurity Model to Fight Ransomware, Advanced Cyberattacks — Company Press Release

• SonicWall is experiencing record growth across all segments. This growth is being accelerated by organizations’ critical need to protect against ransomware attacks, which are up 116% globally year-to-date through May 2021.

Businesses must bank on secure future — Financial Review

• The issue was recently highlighted in SonicWall’s 2021 Cyber Threat report, which indicated ransomware attacks had increased by more than 60 percent globally.

As Ransomware Business Booms, Can Defenders Keep Up? — SDX Central

• “The bombardment of ransomware attacks is forcing organizations into a constant state of defense, rather than an offensive stance,” SonicWall’s Bill Conner said.

Ransomware and hacking now bigger threat to UK businesses than hostile states — Payments Industry Intelligence

• The number of incidents rose by more than 60% to 305 million in 2020, according to data from SonicWall.

Industry News

Tulsa warns of data breach after Conti ransomware leaks police citations — Bleeping Computer

• The city of Tulsa, Okla., is warning residents that their personal data may have been exposed after a ransomware gang published police citations online.

ChaChi: a new GoLang Trojan used in attacks against US schools — ZDNet

• The malware has found a role to play in ransomware strikes.

Clop ransomware is back in business after recent arrests — Bleeping Computer

• After recent arrests, the Clop ransomware operation is back in business — and has begun listing new victims on their data leak site again.

Hackers are trying to attack big companies. Small suppliers are the weakest link — ZDNet

• Defense companies are a prime target for cyber attackers, and the sometimes-poor security of SMBs in the supply chain could be giving them an easy way in, warn researchers.

Cyber agency says SolarWinds hack could have been deterred by simple security measures — The Hill

• The SolarWinds hack, one of the largest cybersecurity incidents in U.S. history, may have been deterred or minimized if basic security measures had been put in place.

A plan to label companies vulnerable to hacking is set to spark debate on Capitol Hill — Cyberscoop

• After decades of a largely hands-off approach, the notion of writing more cybersecurity regulations is gaining traction following the Colonial Pipeline and JBS ransomware incidents.

CISA doesn’t know how many US federal agencies use firewalls to fend off malicious traffic — Cyberscoop

• The Department of Homeland Security’s top cybersecurity agency doesn’t know how many agencies are segmenting their networks from unwanted outside traffic, a basic security practice.

Would companies even abide by a ransomware payments ban? — SC Magazine

• One of the most common (and controversial) suggestions to deal with the ransomware scourge is to ban the payment of ransoms. But for that to work, companies would need to abide by regulations and not pay.

Water Sector Security Report Released Just as Another Water Plant Hack Comes to Light — Security Week

• The Water Sector Coordinating Council announced a new cybersecurity report focusing on water and wastewater utilities in the U.S., just as news broke that a threat actor in January attempted to poison a water facility.

Data Breaches Surge in Food & Beverage, Other Industries — Dark Reading

• Six previously “under-attacked” vertical industries saw a surge in data breaches last year due to COVID-19 related disruptions and other factors.

One in Five Manufacturing Firms Targeted by Cyberattacks — Dark Reading

• Information-stealing malware makes up about a third of attacks, a study finds, but companies worry most about ransomware shutting down production.

A deep dive into the operations of the LockBit ransomware group — ZDNet

• Most victims are enterprises, and they’re expected to pay an average ransom of $85,000.

Newly discovered Vigilante malware outs software pirates and blocks them — Ars Technica

• Most malware tries to steal stuff. Vigilante, by contrast, takes aim at piracy.

In Case You Missed It

• SonicWall Announces Global Availability of SMA 100 v10.2.1 and SMA 1000 v12.4.1 Firmware — Agasthiamani Sankaran
• Resist the Lure of Amazon Spear Phishing — SonicWall Staff
• Already a Record-Breaking Year for Ransomware, 2021 May Just Be Warming Up — Amber Wolff
• Introducing the Updated SonicWall Network Security Administrator (SNSA) for SonicOS 7 Course — Jerry Avila
• SonicWall’s Bill Conner Talks Ransomware on the Radio — Lindsey Lockhart