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FBI warns of ransomware attacks targeting the food and agriculture sector

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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.” ” reads the FBI’s PIN. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Operation Cronos: law enforcement disrupted the LockBit operation

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Since January 2020, affiliates utilizing LockBit have targeted organizations of diverse sizes spanning critical infrastructure sectors such as financial services, food and agriculture, education, energy, government and emergency services, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation. on January 5, 2020.

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Iranian hackers access unsecured HMI at Israeli Water Facility

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The hackers claimed to have breached an Israeli water facility, likely recycled water, in a video that was published the night of December 1st, 2020. “In that case, the attackers stated they are avenging the death of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who was assassinated at the end of November 2020.”

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Flaws in Realtek RTL8170C Wi-Fi module allow hijacking wireless communications

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The Realtek RTL8710C module is based on a Cortex M3 processor, it is used for several applications in many industries, including Agriculture, Automotive, Energy, Gaming, Healthcare, Industrial, Security, and Smart Home. ” reads a reported published by Vdoo. .”

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US GOV OFFERS A REWARD OF UP TO $15M FOR INFO ON LOCKBIT GANG MEMBERS AND AFFILIATES

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According to the press release published by the Department of State , the Lockbit ransomware operators carried out over 2,000 attacks against victims worldwide since January 2020. LockBit ransomware attacks have resulted in ransom payments exceeding $144 million for recovery. reads the press release published by DoJ.

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FBI obtained 7,000 LockBit decryption keys, victims should contact the feds to get support

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Since January 2020, affiliates utilizing LockBit have targeted organizations of diverse sizes spanning critical infrastructure sectors such as financial services, food and agriculture, education, energy, government and emergency services, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation. on January 5, 2020.

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

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Business email compromise (BEC) attacks represent a serious threat for organizations worldwide, according to the annual report released by FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center , the 2020 Internet Crime Report , in 2020, the IC3 received 19,369 Business Email Compromise (BEC)/Email Account Compromise (EAC) complaints.