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Flaws in John Deere Systems Show Agriculture's Cyber Risk

Data Breach Today

John Deere claims the issues would not affect machines in use, but a researcher who presented at the Def Con security conference on Sunday disagrees.

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FBI obtained 7,000 LockBit decryption keys, victims should contact the feds to get support

Security Affairs

” said Bryan Vorndran, the Assistant Director at the FBI Cyber Division, during the 2024 Boston Conference on Cyber Security. . “Additionally, from our ongoing disruption of LockBit, we now have over 7,000 decryption keys and can help victims reclaim their data and get back online.”

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Hunting the ICEFOG APT group after years of silence

Security Affairs

This week, Chi-en (Ashley) Shen presented at the CONFidence cybersecurity conference held in Poland her analysis on new samples of malware associated with the ICEFOG group. The group of hackers went dark just after the Kaspersky shared findings of its investigation in September 2013.

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Episode 242: Hacking the Farm (and John Deere) with Sick Codes

The Security Ledger

In our latest podcast, Paul caught up with Sick Codes (@sickcodes) to talk about his now-legendary presentation at the DEF CON Conference in Las Vegas, in which he demonstrated a hack that ran the Doom first person shooter on a John Deere 4240 touch-screen monitor. Read the whole entry. » » Click the icon below to listen.

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UPDATE DEF CON DOOM Patrol: Deere Jailbreak Raises Questions on Security, Competition

The Security Ledger

» Related Stories Feel Good Ukraine Tractor Story Highlights Ag Cyber Risk DEF CON: Security Holes in Deere, Case IH Shine Spotlight on Agriculture Cyber Risk Cyber Attack Halts Production at Ag Equipment Maker AGCO Fendt. Read the whole entry. »

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DEF CON DOOM Patrol: Deere Jailbreak Raises Questions on Security, Competition

The Security Ledger

» Related Stories Feel Good Ukraine Tractor Story Highlights Ag Cyber Risk DEF CON: Security Holes in Deere, Case IH Shine Spotlight on Agriculture Cyber Risk Cyber Attack Halts Production at Ag Equipment Maker AGCO Fendt. Read the whole entry. »

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Transforming small farming with open-source, AI-powered connected edge solutions

IBM Big Data Hub

Edge computing is helping to revolutionize agriculture, and the Linux Foundation is at the forefront of this transformation. The next year, Texas A&M AgriLife joined the IBM Sustainability Accelerator , a pro bono social impact program that helps agricultural communities in arid and drought-prone regions in the US.