Podcast 117: Cyber Attack on Colonial Pipeline Affects Fuel Availability in 17 States

Summary: A ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline affected fuel availability in 17 US states, and Bloomberg reported that the ransom was paid $5M to a Russian ransomware organization. The Biden Administration issued an executive order to increase US cybersecurity defenses. WordPress 5.7.2 was released to patch a critical vulnerability in PHPMailer, and a critical vulnerability was found in External Media plugin. Vulnerabilities were discovered in all WiFi devices & patch is available for a 0day in Acrobat Reader.