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When Hackers Meet Tractors: Surprising Roles in IoT Security

Data Breach Today

How to Find a Career in Industrial IoT - on the Factory Floor or in the Cornfield Cybersecurity once conjured images of IT departments, server rooms and corporate firewalls.

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Million-dollar deposits and friends in high places: how we applied for a job with a ransomware gang

Security Affairs

Interestingly, it was sometime in June 2020 – the time when this story takes place – when REvil first used the double extortion tactic as it began auctioning off data stolen from a Canadian agricultural production company that refused to pay a ransom. The terms of the deal. The terms of the offer seemed rather tempting as well.

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Leveraging partnerships, technology, and design to enhance water quality through the inaugural Aquality app

IBM Big Data Hub

Agriculture is one of the main sources of contamination in the water we use to drink, fish, participate in recreational activities and more. According to reports , 78% of global ocean and freshwater pollution with excess nutrients is caused by agriculture.

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Threat Modeling the Genomic Data Sequencing Workflow (Threat Model Thursday)

Adam Shostack

The official goal is to demonstrate how to conduct cybersecurity threat modeling.(L148; The apparent complexity is exacerbated by the intermingling of how to conduct with sample output and perhaps the document might be improved by breaking it into two: a how to guide and a sample output document or documents. is excellent.

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Spotlight: Saving Time with “A Step Saving Kitchen”

Unwritten Record

It comes from the Records of the Department of Agriculture, in the series “Public Information and Training Motion Picture and Television Productions, 1990 – 1995”, which consists of films produced or acquired to document agriculture, forestry, and home economics. Demonstration of revolving corner cabinets.

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Give a Hoot! Don’t Pollute: Earth Day with Woodsy Owl

Unwritten Record

The day is set aside to promote environmental protection and teach the public how to better care for the planet. The musical film follows Woodsy Owl and his friend Mr. Music as they teach elementary school children how to recognize pollution problems and their solutions. Since 1970, every April 22nd is recognized as Earth Day.

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Feds Warn About Critical Infrastructure Ransomware Attacks, Vulnerabilities

eSecurity Planet

Secret Service issued a detailed advisory on the BlackByte Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) group, which has attacked critical infrastructure industries in recent months, among them government, financial and food and agriculture targets. How to Use the CISA Catalog. cybersecurity advisories in recent weeks.