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

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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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Cybersecurity agencies published a joint LockBit ransomware advisory

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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. law enforcement). was the prevalent variant in 2023.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 27 November – 3 December 2023

IT Governance

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. The security researcher Bob Diachenko of SecurityDiscovery first identified the exposed information in mid-September. Organisation name Sector Location Data exfiltrated?

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Operation Blacksmith: Lazarus exploits Log4j flaws to deploy DLang malware

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In March, the threat actors hit a South American agricultural organization. Operation Blacksmith involved the exploitation of CVE-2021-44228 , also known as Log4Shell. ” reads the analysis published by Talos. The experts observed the use of NineRAT at around September 2023 against a European manufacturing entity.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 December 2023

IT Governance

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Researchers from the German cyber security company Aplite discovered 3,806 servers from 111 countries accessible on the Internet. Data breached: more than 59 million data records.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 March 2024

IT Governance

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Source (New) Transport USA Yes 3,815 Okta Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Cyber security USA Yes 3,800 Shah Dixit & Associates, P.C.

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JBS attack has likely a Russian origin

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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. Karine Jean-Pierre also said that the United States has contacted Russia’s government about the cyber attack. Department of Agriculture.