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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. Food and agriculture businesses victimized by ransomware suffer significant financial loss resulting from ransom payments, loss of productivity, and remediation costs.” Avoid reusing passwords for multiple accounts.

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CISA, FBI, NSA warn of the increased globalized threat of ransomware

Security Affairs

Almost any sector was hit by sophisticated, high-impact ransomware attacks, including the Defense Industrial Base, Emergency Services, Food and Agriculture, Government Facilities, and Information Technology Sectors. service account, admin accounts, and domain admin accounts) to have strong, unique passwords.

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

IT Governance

Amtrak resets user passwords after Guest Rewards data breach (unknown). 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). Florence, AL, government hit by cyber attack (unknown).

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

IT Governance

Ransomware. million) Phil i ppines COVID-19 track and trace app leaks citizens’ data (unknown) Contractor mistakenly removed data from Hong Kong’s Queen Mary Hospital (442) Cloud Clusters Inc.

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Watch out, ransomware attack risk increases on holidays and weekends, FBI and CISA

Security Affairs

In May 2021, over the Memorial Day weekend, a critical infrastructure entity in the Food and Agricultural Sector suffered a Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware attack affecting U.S. Using strong passwords. and Australian meat production facilities, resulting in a complete production stoppage. Avoiding clicking on suspicious links.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #14 [Eyes on the Prize] How Crafty Cons Attempted a 36 Million Vendor Email Heist

KnowBe4

Security solutions will help stop most attacks, but for those that make it past scanners, your users need to play a role in spotting and stopping BEC, VEC and phishing attacks themselves – something taught through security awareness training combined with frequent simulated phishing and other social engineering tests.

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Israel announced to have foiled an attempted cyber-attack on defence firms

Security Affairs

The attackers launched spear-phishing attacks against employees of the targeted firms, the messages impersonated managers, CEOs and leading officials in HR departments. 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.