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FBI warns of ransomware attacks targeting the food and agriculture sector

Security Affairs

FBI warns ransomware gangs are actively targeting organizations in the food and agriculture sector. Small farms, large producers, processors and manufacturers, and markets and restaurants are particularly exposed to ransomware attacks. ransomware and phishing scams). ” reads the FBI’s PIN. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Facebook links cyberespionage group APT32 to Vietnamese IT firm

Security Affairs

Since at least 2014, experts at FireEye have observed the APT32 group targeting foreign corporations with an interest in Vietnam’s manufacturing, consumer products, and hospitality sectors. ” said Nathaniel Gleicher, Head of Security Policy at Facebook, and Mike Dvilyanski, Cyber Threat Intelligence Manager.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 365 by Pierluigi Paganini

Security Affairs

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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Microsoft warns of a large-scale BEC campaign to make gift card scam

Security Affairs

The attackers targeted organizations in multiple industries, including the consumer goods, process manufacturing and agriculture, real estate, discrete manufacturing, and professional services sectors. To make the emails appear legitimate, the attackers used fake replies, an increasingly common technique in phishing emails.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in June 2020 ­– 7 billion records breached

IT Governance

University of Utah Health notifies patients of phishing attack (unknown). Phishing scam targets German coronavirus task force (100+). com impersonated in year-long phishing attack (unknown). Tait Towers Manufacturing discloses security incident affecting employee data (unknown). hack (350,000).

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in November 2020 – 586 million records breached

IT Governance

Ransomware.

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The most valuable AI use cases for business

IBM Big Data Hub

Agricultural machines can engage in autonomous pruning, moving, thinning, seeding and spraying. Automotive With applications of AI, automotive manufacturers are able to more effectively predict and adjust production to respond to changes in supply and demand. Gear up robotics AI is not just about asking for a haiku written by a cat.