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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.” ransomware and phishing scams). Pierluigi Paganini.

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US Gov warns of BEC attacks to hijack shipments of food products

Security Affairs

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations (FDA OCI), and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have published a joint security advisory to warn of business email compromise (BEC) attacks leading to the hijack of shipments of food products and ingredients.

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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. The post Watch out, ransomware attack risk increases on holidays and weekends, FBI and CISA appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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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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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The most valuable AI use cases for business

IBM Big Data Hub

Agricultural machines can engage in autonomous pruning, moving, thinning, seeding and spraying. They can streamline workflows to increase efficiency and reduce time-consuming tasks and the risk of error in production, support, procurement and other areas. Gear up robotics AI is not just about asking for a haiku written by a cat.

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

IT Governance

Source (New) Agriculture USA Yes Unknown Precision Technologies Group – Holroyd Source (New) Engineering UK Yes Unknown A.G. A criminal hacker gained access to Lafourche Medical Group’s Microsoft 365 environment following a phishing attack that impersonated one of the medical group’s owners. and Robert W.