Colonial Pipeline, operator of the largest U.S. fuel pipeline, said Wednesday it is restarting operations after being shut down for five days due to a cyberattack. NBC News reports: The company shut down its entire operation Friday after its financial computer networks were infected by a Russia-tied hacker gang known as DarkSide, fearing that the…

In Vizio’s first public earnings report today, the company revealed that in the first three months of 2021, profits from its Platform+ business — the part that sells viewer data and advertising space via the SmartCast platform — were $38.4 million. Engadget reports: As execs said on the call, the company continues to court relationships…

The apps are disguised as financial trading, banking, and cryptocurrency apps from well-known and trusted organizations. …read more Source:: DarkReading

Sonos said customers continue to add to their Sonos purchases after starting with a single audio product. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Chip in if you want more chips, analyst house suggests Gartner indicated today the ongoing chip shortages are likely to persist until the second quarter of 2022 as production simply can’t keep pace with orders.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Incident responders share insight on the DarkSide ransomware group connected to the recent Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack. …read more Source:: DarkReading

An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: The Auditor-General of Western Australia on Wednesday tabled a report into the computer systems used at 50 local government entities, revealing 328 control weakness across the group. It was Auditor-General Caroline Spencer’s intention to list the entities, but given the nature of her findings, all case studies…

More than half of CISOs surveyed are more concerned about a cyberattack in 2021 than in 2020, researchers report. …read more Source:: DarkReading

Paper ballots and source-code transparency are recommended to improve election security. …read more Source:: Threatpost

You gotta work hard for those three-bytes-a-second transfers, though Apple’s Find My network, used to locate iOS and macOS devices – and more recently AirTags and other kit – also turns out to be a potential espionage tool.… …read more Source:: Register