Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Since January 2020, affiliates utilizing LockBit have targeted organizations of diverse sizes spanning critical infrastructure sectors such as financial services, food and agriculture, education, energy, government and emergency services, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Snatch threat actors have targeted a wide range of critical infrastructure sectors including the Defense Industrial Base (DIB), Food and Agriculture, and Information Technology sectors. Snatch threat actors conduct ransomware operations involving data exfiltration and double extortion.” ” reads the alert.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2023

Help us #StopRansomware by visiting [link] pic.twitter.com/G5jpxtB0Fw — Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (@CISAgov) June 14, 2023 The LockBit ransomware operation was the most active in 2022 and according to the researchers it is one of the most prolific RaaS in 2023.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

In December 2022, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations (FDA OCI), and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a joint security advisory to warn of business email compromise (BEC) attacks leading to the hijack of shipments of food products and ingredients.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Minnesota-based farming supply cooperative Crystal Valley was hit by a ransomware attack, it is the second attack against the agriculture business in a few days. Minnesota farming supply cooperative Crystal Valley has suffered a ransomware attack, this is the second farming cooperative that was hit by ransomware operators in a few days.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2020

” said Nathaniel Gleicher, Head of Security Policy at Facebook, and Mike Dvilyanski, Cyber Threat Intelligence Manager. “Our investigation linked this activity to CyberOne Group, an IT company in Vietnam (also known as CyberOne Security, CyberOne Technologies, Hành Tinh Company Limited, Planet and Diacauso).

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2020

In the video, the REvil representative stated that the most desirable targets for the group were agriculture companies, manufacturers, insurance firms, and law firms. The REvil actor claimed that on average roughly one in three of its victims agrees to pay an extortion fee.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 1, 2021

“The White House has offered assistance to JBS and our team at the Department of Agriculture have spoken to their leadership several times in the last day,” Jean-Pierre said. Department of Agriculture. Karine Jean-Pierre also said that the United States has contacted Russia’s government about the cyber attack.

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The Security Ledger

JULY 11, 2021

Related Stories Episode 214: Darkside Down: What The Colonial Attack Means For The Future of Ransomware Episode 218: Denial of Sustenance Attacks -The Cyber Risk To Agriculture Deere John: Researcher Warns Ag Giant’s Site Provides a Map to Customers, Equipment.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2023

Dole Food Company is an Irish agricultural multinational corporation, it is one of the world’s largest producers of fruit and vegetables, operating with 38,500 full-time and seasonal employees who supply some 300 products in 75 countries.

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The Security Ledger

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Episode 229: BugCrowd’s Casey Ellis On What’s Hot In Bug Hunting Episode 227: What’s Fueling Cyber Attacks on Agriculture ? Mark Stanislav is a VP of Information Security at Gemini. Related Stories Episode 232: Log4j Won’t Go Away (And What To Do About It.)

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In March, the threat actors hit a South American agricultural organization. Talos believes that NineRAT was built around May 2022, but was first spotted on March 2023 as part of Operation Blacksmith. The experts observed the use of NineRAT at around September 2023 against a European manufacturing entity.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) also published two security advisories, in August and December respectively, to warn of these vulnerabilities.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2023

In October 2022, Kaspersky researchers uncovered a malware campaign aimed at infecting government, agriculture and transportation organizations located in the Donetsk, Lugansk, and Crimea regions with a previously undetected framework dubbed CommonMagic.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Dole Food Company is an Irish agricultural multinational corporation, it is one of the world’s largest producers of fruit and vegetables, operating with 38,500 full-time and seasonal employees who supply some 300 products in 75 countries.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

As of November 2021, BlackByte ransomware had compromised multiple US and foreign businesses, including entities in at least three US critical infrastructure sectors (government facilities, financial, and food & agriculture).” ” reads the advisory. ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2022

The LEGION collective calls to action to attack the final of the Eurovision song contest OpRussia update: Anonymous breached other organizations Pro-Russian hacktivists target Italy government websites SonicWall urges customers to fix SMA 1000 vulnerabilities Zyxel fixed firewall unauthenticated remote command injection issue Iran-linked COBALT MIRAGE (..)

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Since January 2020, affiliates utilizing LockBit have targeted organizations of diverse sizes spanning critical infrastructure sectors such as financial services, food and agriculture, education, energy, government and emergency services, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation.

Energy and Utilities 98

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Agriculture Manufacturing 98

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

As of November 2021, BlackByte ransomware had compromised multiple US and foreign businesses, including entities in at least three US critical infrastructure sectors (government facilities, financial, and food & agriculture).” ” reads the advisory.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

“Similar responses were provided by the National Institute of Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA) and by the University of Santiago de Compostela, where a team led by José Manuel Martínez Costas is working on an original angle based on a strategy involving bird virus.” ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2020

One of the attacks hit agricultural water pumps in upper Galilee, while the other one hit water pumps in the central province of Mateh Yehuda. In June, officials from the Water Authority revealed two more cyber attacks on other facilities in the country.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Since January 2020, affiliates utilizing LockBit have targeted organizations of diverse sizes spanning critical infrastructure sectors such as financial services, food and agriculture, education, energy, government and emergency services, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation.

Energy and Utilities 111

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Manufacturing Agriculture 111

Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2023

The operation targeted many organizations in critical infrastructure sectors, including financial services, food and agriculture, education, energy, government and emergency services, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2021

Researchers from Israeli IoT security firm Vdoo found multiple vulnerabilities in the Realtek RTL8170C Wi-Fi module that could allow to elevate privileges and hijack wireless communications. ” reads a reported published by Vdoo.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 1, 2021

Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud confirmed the government was aware of the attack. At the time of this writing, the company did not disclose details about the attack, but the effects disclosed by the JBS led experts into believing that it was a ransomware attack. ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

Almost any sector was hit by sophisticated, high-impact ransomware attacks, including the Defense Industrial Base, Emergency Services, Food and Agriculture, Government Facilities, and Information Technology Sectors. Cybersecurity agencies from the U.K., ” reads the joint advisory.

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2023

In October 2022, Kaspersky researchers uncovered a malware campaign aimed at infecting government, agriculture and transportation organizations located in the Donetsk, Lugansk, and Crimea regions with a previously undetected framework dubbed CommonMagic.

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Communications Agriculture Cloud Archiving 90

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

SEC warns of investment scams related to Hurricane Ida Apple will delay the rollout of new child pornography protection tools FIN7 group leverages Windows 11 Alpha-Themed docs to drop Javascript payloads Source code for the Babuk is available on a hacking forum USCYBERCOM and CISA warn organizations to fix CVE-2021-26084 Confluence flaw Conti ransomware (..)

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2019

. “ In April 2019, threat actors launched numerous campaigns aimed at targeting industries such as transportation and logistics, healthcare, import and export, marketing, agriculture, and others. . Attackers delivered the keylogger through malspam campaigns focused on business users. ” continues the post.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

In May 2021, over the Memorial Day weekend, a critical infrastructure entity in the Food and Agricultural Sector suffered a Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware attack affecting U.S. and Australian meat production facilities, resulting in a complete production stoppage.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2021

“Trickbot attacked businesses and victims across the globe and infected millions of computers for theft and ransom, including networks of schools, banks, municipal governments, and companies in the health care, energy, and agriculture sectors,” said Deputy Attorney General Lisa O.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2019

Unlike the operations observed between 2011 and 2013, the new malware variants were involved in multiple campaigns conducted by different groups, Shen spotted variants of the ICEFOG malware in attacks targeting: an unnamed agriculture company in Europe in 2015 government, media, and finance organizations in Russia and Mongolia in 2015 (TOPNEWS campaign) (..)

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2019

This new variant was behind a series of ransomware campaigns beginning in June 2019, including attacks against the City of Edcouch, Texas and the Chilean Ministry of Agriculture.” . “CrowdStrike® Intelligence has identified a new ransomware variant identifying itself as BitPaymer.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 4, 2023

The FBI says fraudsters are particularly interested in stealing construction materials, agricultural supplies, computer technology hardware and solar energy products. Compliance and Information Security Officer "Good afternoon Stu, Thanks for reaching out. Criminal actors impersonate the email domains of legitimate U.S.-based

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The Security Ledger

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Rodney Petersen, the director of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) talks about the massive shortage of information security workers at the United States - estimated at more than 400,000 workers. Rodney talks about how NICE is working to promote information security skills and development.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2021

Interestingly, it was sometime in June 2020 – the time when this story takes place – when REvil first used the double extortion tactic as it began auctioning off data stolen from a Canadian agricultural production company that refused to pay a ransom. The terms of the deal. The terms of the offer seemed rather tempting as well.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 29, 2009

“Protecting our prosperity and security in this globalized world is going to be a long, difficult struggle demanding patience and persistence over many years. The epochs of history are long—the Agricultural Revolution; the Industrial Revolution. By comparison, our Information Age is still in its infancy.”.

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