Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Lockbit ransomware group administrative staff has confirmed with us their websites have been seized. In 2022, LockBit was one of the most active ransomware groups, and its prevalence continued into 2023.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2023

North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus was spotted exploiting Log4j vulnerabilities to deploy previously undocumented remote access trojans. The North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus is behind a new hacking campaign that exploits Log4j vulnerabilities to deploy previously undocumented remote access trojans (RATs).

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2019

A security researcher found new evidence of activities conducted by the ICEFOG APT group, also tracked by the experts as Fucobha. Chi-en (Ashley) Shen, a senior security researcher at FireEye, collected evidence that demonstrates that China-linked APT group ICEFOG (aka Fucobha ) is still active.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Department of Agriculture, that provides human resources and payroll services to hundreds of federal agencies. Department of Agriculture, was among the affected organizations, raising fears that data on thousands of government employees may have been compromised.” National Finance Center. ” reported the Reuters agency.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2023

The LockBit ransomware group successfully extorted roughly $91 million from approximately 1,700 U.S. 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. organizations since 2020. organizations since 2020.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Lockbit ransomware group administrative staff has confirmed with us their websites have been seized. pic.twitter.com/SvpbeslrCd — vx-underground (@vxunderground) February 19, 2024 The operation led to the arrest of two members of the ransomware gang in Poland and Ukraine and the seizure of hundreds of crypto wallets used by the group.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

. “The Department of State is announcing reward offers totaling up to $15 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of any individual participating in a LockBit ransomware variant attack and for information leading to the identification and/or location of any key leaders of the LockBit ransomware group.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Dole Food Company is an Irish agricultural multinational corporation, it is one of the world’s largest producers of fruit and vegetables, operating with 38,500 full-time and seasonal employees who supply some 300 products in 75 countries. Our plants are shut down for the day and all shipments are on hold. ” reads the notice.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2023

In October 2022, Kaspersky researchers uncovered a malware campaign aimed at infecting government, agriculture and transportation organizations located in the Donetsk, Lugansk, and Crimea regions with a previously undetected framework dubbed CommonMagic. PDF, XLSX and DOCX versions) and a malicious LNK file with a double extension (i.e.,pdf.lnk)

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2020

A group of Iranian hackers gained access to a un unprotected ICS at an Israeli Water Facility and posted a video as proof of the hack. Researchers from industrial cybersecurity firm OTORIO revealed that a group of Iranian hackers gained access to a un unprotected ICS at the Israeli Water Facility. ” concludes the post.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a joint cybersecurity advisory with the US Secret Services which revealed that the BlackByte ransomware group has breached at least three organizations from US critical infrastructure sectors in the last three months. ” reads the advisory.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2023

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. The group targeted municipal governments, county governments, public higher education and K-12 schools, and emergency services (e.g., organizations since 2020.

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2023

On March 2023, researchers from Kaspersky spotted a previously unknown APT group, tracked as Bad Magic (aka Red Stinger), that targeted organizations in the region of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict. The APT group targeted individuals, as well as diplomatic and research organizations in the area of the conflict.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

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).” ” reads the advisory. ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2022

The LEGION collective calls to action to attack the final of the Eurovision song contest OpRussia update: Anonymous breached other organizations Pro-Russian hacktivists target Italy government websites SonicWall urges customers to fix SMA 1000 vulnerabilities Zyxel fixed firewall unauthenticated remote command injection issue Iran-linked COBALT MIRAGE (..)

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

In July, the British National Cyber Security Centre revealed that Russia-linked group APT29 is conducting cyberespionage campaigns targeting UK, US, and Canadian organizations working on the development of a COVID-19 vaccine. ” concludes the report. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2021

Researchers from Israeli IoT security firm Vdoo found multiple vulnerabilities in the Realtek RTL8170C Wi-Fi module that could allow to elevate privileges and hijack wireless communications. ” reads a reported published by Vdoo.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2021

“Trickbot attacked businesses and victims across the globe and infected millions of computers for theft and ransom, including networks of schools, banks, municipal governments, and companies in the health care, energy, and agriculture sectors,” said Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. reads the press release published by the DoJ.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2021

So much so, in fact, that ransomware groups are now trying to solve their ‘labor shortages’ by recruiting new members on hacker forums, which are frequented by veteran and up and coming cybercriminals alike. Could we ace a job interview with a group of cybercriminals? But cybercriminals are not the only ones there. Getting in.

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2019

The group that is known for the distribution of the Dridex Trojan and the Locky ransomware , has released other pieces of malware including the tRat backdoor and the AndroMut downloader. . In mid-2017, the group released BitPaymer ransomware (aka FriedEx) that was used in attacks against high profile targets and organizations. .

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

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KnowBe4

APRIL 4, 2023

Human Rights Groups Olga Lautman reported on a very sophisticated social engineering tactic that completely falsifies Non-Government Organizations (NGOs). The FBI says fraudsters are particularly interested in stealing construction materials, agricultural supplies, computer technology hardware and solar energy products. Save My Spot!

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Security Affairs

JULY 20, 2020

One of the attacks hit agricultural water pumps in upper Galilee, while the other one hit water pumps in the central province of Mateh Yehuda. According to local media, the targets of the attacks were small drainage installations in the agriculture sector. ” reported the website YNET.com.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2020

Israel ‘s defence ministry announced to have foiled an attempted cyber attack by a foreign threat actors group targeting the country’s defence manufacturers. According to the officials, the attack was launched by “an international cyber group called ‘ Lazarus.’

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IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

Other news ISO/IEC 27006:2024 published ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) and the IEC (International electrotechnical Commission) have published a new standard in the ISO 27000 information security series.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 3, 2021

The National Security Council is sending a memo to U.S. companies urging them to take the ransomware threat more seriously as the Biden Administration ramps up its responses following recent attacks linked to Russia-based hacker groups on two major corporations. It was unclear whether JBS paid a ransom. Ransomware Attacks Accelerating.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

MAY 19, 2017

IoT is also impacting supply chain and agriculture industries, enhancing productivity and efficiency. The GAO report identifies five risk categories presented by the onset of new IoT technology: (1) information security; (2) privacy; (3) safety; (4) standards; and (5) economic issues. Information security.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

To answer these questions, Paul Roberts, Editor-in-Chief of the Security Ledger, has founded securepairs.org , a group of infosec experts who are volunteering their free time to fight for the digital right to repair in local legislation. And why doesn’t our basic right to repair our devices extend into the digital world?

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

To answer these questions, Paul Roberts, Editor-in-Chief of the Security Ledger, has founded securepairs.org , a group of infosec experts who are volunteering their free time to fight for the digital right to repair in local legislation. And why doesn’t our basic right to repair our devices extend into the digital world?

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