Canary Trap’s Bi-Weekly Cyber Roundup

This bi-weekly roundup describes three major developments: researchers discovered a Linux variant of Play ransomware that targets VMware ESXi VMs (encrypting VM files with a .PLAY extension and leveraging Prolific Puma RDGA infrastructure); the Superior Court of Los Angeles County was hit by a ransomware attack that disrupted operations across 36 courthouses; and a faulty CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor update caused global Windows outages, which threat actors exploited with phishing, fake ‘hotfix’ archives delivering HijackLoader/Remcos and a destructive wiper.