South African firms have also been affected in a global, mass ransomware attack that exploited multiple previously unknown vulnerabilities in IT management software made by US firm Kaseya. REvil was accused of being behind the May 30 ransomware attack of meatpacking giant JBS SA. Kaseya spokesperson Dana Liedholm confirmed in an e-mail that the incident involved multiple vulnerabilities in the company’s products and called it a "sophisticated weaponised attack with ransomware". Daniel Smith, the head of research at cybersecurity firm Radware, said he has observed REvil asking for $45,000 per infected system in the past. One of the MSPs affected was Avtex LLC, which said it detected the ransomware attack on Friday morning that appeared to have originated through Kaseya.

Source: News 24 July 05, 2021 11:26 UTC