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Seeds of Destruction: Cyber Risk Is Growing in Agriculture

The Security Ledger

In this episode of the podcast (#213): Molly Jahn of DARPA and University of Wisconsin joins us to talk about the growing cyber risk to the Food and Agriculture sector, as industry consolidation and precision agriculture combine to increase the chances of cyber disruption of food production. Read the whole entry. » And on and on.

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GUEST ESSAY: Why organizations need to prepare for cyber attacks fueled by quantum computers

The Last Watchdog

It is now more important than ever for companies to share cyberattack and ransomware data with the government to ensure that we can defend and prepare much better than before. Even worse, data that is being stolen today is sitting on servers in other countries waiting to be decrypted by quantum computers.

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Operation Blacksmith: Lazarus exploits Log4j flaws to deploy DLang malware

Security Affairs

In March, the threat actors hit a South American agricultural organization. Operation Blacksmith involved the exploitation of CVE-2021-44228 , also known as Log4Shell. ” The Andariel APT (aka Stonefly) has been active since at least 2015, it was involved in several attacks attributed to the North Korean government. .”

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New Protections for Food Benefits Stolen by Skimmers

Krebs on Security

Department of Agriculture (USDA), which until late last year was barred from reimbursing states for stolen EBT funds. For example, some security experts have suggested that adding contactless capability to EBT cards could help participants avoid skimming devices altogether. 1, 2022). 23, at 1 p.m.).

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JBS attack has likely a Russian origin

Security Affairs

White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Air Force One that the company notified the US government Sunday that it was the victim of a ransomware attack. pic.twitter.com/pD2NIVNPui — The Recount (@therecount) June 1, 2021. Department of Agriculture. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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San Francisco 49ers NFL team discloses BlackByte ransomware attack

Security Affairs

The company added that it has no indication that the security breach involved systems outside of its corporate network, such as those connected ticket holders. The post San Francisco 49ers NFL team discloses BlackByte ransomware attack appeared first on Security Affairs. ” reads the advisory. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Episode 235: Justine Bone of MedSec on Healthcare Insecurity

The Security Ledger

Jim Langevin on Cyber Policy in an Age of Political Polarization Tapping into the Power of the Security Community Episode 232: Log4j Won’t Go Away (And What To Do About It.). As always, you can check our full conversation in our latest Security Ledger podcast at Blubrry. Read the whole entry. »