Google spent a record sum rewarding researchers for hacking its products Number of Botnet Command & Control Servers Soared in 2019 Hackers were paid ransom after attack on Canadian insurance firm, court documents reveal

New Zoom Bug Prompts Security Fix, Platform Changes Major Canadian Military Contractor Compromised in Ransomware Attack States sue over rules that allow release of 3D-printed gun blueprints US Space Industry to Launch Cybersecurity Portal

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer zero-day workaround is breaking printers We’re dung for! Hackers hit firms with ransomware by exploiting Shitrix flaw Average Cost To Recover From Ransomware Skyrockets To Over $84,000

MuddyWater: The cyber-espionage group that targets Middle East countries Cost of cybercrime set to rise to unprecedented levels Hackers Can Bypass macOS Security Features With Synthetic Clicks

Own goal for Leicester City FC after fan credit card details snatched in merch store breach Facial recognition used to strip adult industry workers of anonymity 2.3 Billion Files And 11 Million Photos, ‘Private’ Ones Included, Exposed Online

New Zealand’s “hacked” budget was found on a website We ain’t afraid of no ‘ghost user’: Infosec world tells GCHQ to GTFO over privacy-busting proposals Checkers Says Data Breach Affected 100+ Locations

Eternally Blue: Baltimore City leaders blame NSA for ransomware attack New Zealand budget: National party denies hacking Treasury A dive into Turla PowerShell usage

Hackers breach US license plate scanning company Tech Support scammers arrested for swindling over $1.3 million from victims Nearly 1 Million Computers Still Vulnerable to “Wormable” BlueKeep RDP Flaw

PoC Exploit For Unpatched Windows 10 Zero-Day Flaw Published Online https://github.com/SandboxEscaper/polarbearrepo Learn to Hack Non-Competes & Sell 0-Days at Black Hat USA Consumer IoT Devices Are Compromising Enterprise Networks Transcripts: Hello folks it is Wednesday May 22nd twenty nineteen and this security on the bayou. security news and why it matters to you. Happy hump day. It’s almost Friday that three day weekend is calling my name I can hear it now. All right we’ve got a couple three articles today two from Dark Reading one from the hacker news from the Hacker News dot.com. If this is something you…

Linux variant of Winnti malware spotted in wild Windows 10’s May patches are borking McAfee and Sophos software Ransomware Cyberattacks Knock Baltimore’s City Services Offline Transcript: May 21st Raw.mp3  It’s Tuesday May 21st 2019 and this is security on the bayou. Today security news and why it matters to you. So today’s can be fun day. We’ve got a couple of really good ones too. Two they’re going to sort of follow ups one that’s pretty technical but this I’m pretty excited about today it is Tuesday. All right first one from a SC magazine dot com written by Robert…