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Feds Warn About Snatch Ransomware

Data Breach Today

US Agency Advisory Sheds Light on the Group's Activities The Snatch ransomware group is targeting a wide range of critical infrastructure sectors, including the defense industrial base, food and agriculture, and information technology sectors, according to a new alert issued by U.S. authorities.

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US agricultural machinery manufacturer AGCO suffered a ransomware attack

Security Affairs

The American agricultural machinery manufacturer AGCO announced that has suffered a ransomware attack that impacted its production facilities. AGCO, one of the most important agricultural machinery manufacturers, announced that a ransomware attack impacted some of its production facilities. ” . .

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REvil Ransomware Gang Starts Auctioning Victim Data

Krebs on Security

The criminal group behind the REvil ransomware enterprise has begun auctioning off sensitive data stolen from companies hit by its malicious software. A partial screenshot from the REvil ransomware group’s Dark Web blog. It sets the minimum deposit at $5,000 in virtual currency, with the starting price of $50,000.

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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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Where's the Beef? Ransomware Hit Highlights Cyber Problems

Data Breach Today

Disruption of Meat Processing Giant JBS Exposes Sector's Security Shortcomings The ransomware attack that disrupted operations at meat processing giant JBS has exposed cybersecurity shortcomings in the U.S. agricultural sector and food supply chain.

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FBI Warns Ransomware Attacks on Agriculture Co-ops Could Upend Food Supply Chain

Dark Reading

Ransomware groups are looking to strike large agriculture cooperatives during strategic seasons, when they are most vulnerable, according to law enforcement.

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Cybersecurity agencies published a joint LockBit ransomware advisory

Security Affairs

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.