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Cybersecurity agencies published a joint LockBit ransomware advisory

Security Affairs

According to a joint advisory published by cybersecurity agencies, the LockBit ransomware group has successfully extorted roughly $91 million in about 1,700 attacks against U.S. 16% of the State, Local, Tribal, and Tribunal (SLTT) government ransomware incidents reported to the MS-ISAC is 2022 were LockBit attacks. law enforcement).

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Pro-Russia hackers target critical infrastructure in North America and Europe

Security Affairs

Pro-Russia hacktivists have been targeting and compromising small-scale Operational Technology (OT) systems in North American and European Water and Wastewater Systems (WWS), Dams, Energy, and Food and Agriculture Sectors. The malicious activity began in 2022 and is still ongoing.

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JBS attack has likely a Russian origin

Security Affairs

On Sunday, May 30, JBS USA determined that it was the target of an organized cybersecurity attack, affecting some of the servers supporting its North American and Australian IT systems. Karine Jean-Pierre also said that the United States has contacted Russia’s government about the cyber attack. Department of Agriculture.

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San Francisco 49ers NFL team discloses BlackByte ransomware attack

Security Affairs

The team told The Record that it immediately launched an investigation into the attack and took steps to contain the incident with the help of third-party cybersecurity firms, it also notified law enforcement. ” “This joint Cybersecurity Advisory was developed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S.

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CISA issues proposed rules for cyber incident reporting in critical infrastructure

Data Protection Report

On March 27, 2024, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (“CIRCIA”), which imposes new reporting requirements for entities operating in critical infrastructure sectors.

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A deeper insight into the CloudWizard APT’s activity revealed a long-running activity

Security Affairs

A deeper analysis revealed that the threat actor CloudWizard has been linked to an activity cluster that dates back to May 2016 that was tracked by ESET researchers as Operation Groundbait. Further analysis revealed that the actor behind the above operations has been active since at least 2008. ” We are in the final!

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Congress Passes Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022

Data Matters

Congress has passed a significant new cybersecurity law that will require critical infrastructure entities to report material cybersecurity incidents and ransomware payments to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) within 72 and 24 hours, respectively. Background.