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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. »

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EU Parliament and Council of the EU Reach Agreement on Data Governance Act

Hunton Privacy

On November 30, 2021, the European Commission issued a press release indicating that the European Parliament and the Council of the EU ( i.e. , representatives of EU Member States) reached political agreement on the proposed EU Data Governance Act. Background. Other Initiatives. Read the European Commission Press Release.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.