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Pro-Russia hackers target critical infrastructure in North America and Europe

Security Affairs

Pro-Russia hacktivists have been targeting and compromising small-scale Operational Technology (OT) systems in North American and European Water and Wastewater Systems (WWS), Dams, Energy, and Food and Agriculture Sectors. In early 2024, several U.S.-based However, reports from victims downplayed the effects of the attacks.

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Operation Cronos: law enforcement disrupted the LockBit operation

Security Affairs

Return here for more information at: 11:30 GMT on Tuesday 20th Feb” The Operation Cronos operation is still ongoing and NCA’s announced that more information will be published tomorrow, February 20, 2024. “The site is now under the control of law enforcement.

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

Security Affairs

” said Bryan Vorndran, the Assistant Director at the FBI Cyber Division, during the 2024 Boston Conference on Cyber Security. This call to action comes after law enforcement took down LockBit’s infrastructure in February 2024 in an international operation dubbed “ Operation Cronos.” continues the NCA.

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B2B IAM in Agricultural Machinery: Building a Seamless and Secure Future for Manufacturers

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

B2B IAM in Agricultural Machinery: Building a Seamless and Secure Future for Manufacturers madhav Tue, 09/10/2024 - 07:01 As global food demand continues to rise, agricultural machinery manufacturers face growing pressure to modernise and adopt sustainable practices.

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More details about Operation Cronos that disrupted Lockbit operation

Security Affairs

pic.twitter.com/SvpbeslrCd — vx-underground (@vxunderground) February 19, 2024 The operation led to the arrest of two members of the ransomware gang in Poland and Ukraine and the seizure of hundreds of crypto wallets used by the group. Lockbit ransomware group administrative staff has confirmed with us their websites have been seized.

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Sustainability trends: 5 issues to watch in 2024

IBM Big Data Hub

In 2024, sustainability is taking center stage. In addition to CSRD, California has new mandatory reporting rules coming into play in 2024, while countries around the world are on the verge of implementing their own non-financial disclosure and documentation requirements. trillion to the global economy by 2050.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 March 2024

IT Governance

Other news ISO/IEC 27006:2024 published ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) and the IEC (International electrotechnical Commission) have published a new standard in the ISO 27000 information security series. Key dates 31 March 2024 – PCI DSS v4.0 Key dates 31 March 2024 – PCI DSS v4.0 of the Standard.