article thumbnail

FBI warns of ransomware attacks targeting the food and agriculture sector

Security Affairs

FBI warns ransomware gangs are actively targeting organizations in the food and agriculture sector. “Cyber criminal threat actors exploit network vulnerabilities to exfiltrate data and encrypt systems in a sector that is increasingly reliant on smart technologies, industrial control systems, and internet-based automation systems.

article thumbnail

San Francisco 49ers NFL team discloses BlackByte ransomware attack

Security Affairs

The BlackByte ransomware operation has been active since September 2021, in October 2021 researchers from Trustwave’s SpiderLabs released a decryptor that can allow victims of the BlackByte ransomware to restore their files for free. The experts spotted the BlackByte ransomware while investigating a recent malware incident.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

CISA, FBI, NSA warn of the increased globalized threat of ransomware

Security Affairs

and Australia have published a joint advisory warning of an increased globalised threat of ransomware worldwide in 2021. 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.

article thumbnail

BlackByte ransomware breached at least 3 US critical infrastructure organizations

Security Affairs

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).” Secret Service (USSS) to provide information on BlackByte ransomware. ” reads the advisory.

article thumbnail

Watch out, ransomware attack risk increases on holidays and weekends, FBI and CISA

Security Affairs

. “Although FBI and CISA do not currently have any specific threat reporting indicating a cyberattack will occur over the upcoming Labor Day holiday, malicious cyber actors have launched serious ransomware attacks during other holidays and weekends in 2021.”

article thumbnail

Flaws in Realtek RTL8170C Wi-Fi module allow hijacking wireless communications

Security Affairs

The Realtek RTL8710C module is based on a Cortex M3 processor, it is used for several applications in many industries, including Agriculture, Automotive, Energy, Gaming, Healthcare, Industrial, Security, and Smart Home. In the video PoC published by the researchers, on the right-hand-side window as “Sending malicious encrypted GTK”.

article thumbnail

Security Affairs newsletter Round 330

Security Affairs

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 (..)