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2022-08-18 08:00:00 Ukraine and the fragility of agriculture security (lien direct) By Joe Marshall.The war in Ukraine has had far-reaching global implications and one of the most immediate effects felt will be on the global supply chain for food. This war-induced fragility has exposed the weaknesses of how we feed ourselves globally. Ransomware cartels and other adversaries are well aware of this and are actively exploiting that fragility. For the past six years, Cisco Talos has been actively involved in assisting public and private institutions in Ukraine to defend themselves against state-sponsored actors. Our involvement stretches the gamut from commercial to critical infrastructure, to election security. Our presence has afforded us unique opportunities and observations about cybersecurity in a macro and micro way. Ukraine has been a frequent victim of state-sponsored cyber attacks aimed at critical infrastructures like power and transportation. Talos is proud to stand with our partners in Ukraine and help defend their critical networks and help users there maintain access to necessary services. Now that Russia has invaded Ukraine, those threats have escalated to kinetic attacks that are wreaking havoc on a critical element of our world: agriculture and our global food supply chain. Even worse is the implications this war will have for future cyber attacks, as fragility is considered a lucrative element in deciding victimology by threat actors like ransomware cartels. To truly grasp the implications of the war in Ukraine, we have to examine how vital Ukrainian agriculture feeds the world, the current state of affairs, and what this means for the global cybersecurity posture to protect agricultural assets. Where there is weakness, there is opportunityRansomware cartels and their affiliates are actively targeting the agricultural industry. Moreover, these actors have done their homework and are targeting agricultural companies during the two times of the year where they cannot suffer disruptions: planting and harvesting. Per the published FBI PIN Alert: “Cyber actors may perceive cooperatives as lucrative targets with a willingness to pay due to the time-sensitive role they play in agricultural production.” This is far from unusual for these adversaries - they are shrewd and calculating, and understand their victims' weaknesses and industries. H Ransomware Threat Guideline Cloud NotPetya Uber APT 37 APT 32 APT 28 APT 10 APT 21 Guam
ErrataRob.webp 2021-02-28 20:05:19 We are living in 1984 (ETERNALBLUE) (lien direct) In the book 1984, the protagonist questions his sanity, because his memory differs from what appears to be everybody else's memory.The Party said that Oceania had never been in alliance with Eurasia. He, Winston Smith, knew that Oceania had been in alliance with Eurasia as short a time as four years ago. But where did that knowledge exist? Only in his own consciousness, which in any case must soon be annihilated. And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed-if all records told the same tale-then the lie passed into history and became truth. 'Who controls the past,' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.' And yet the past, though of its nature alterable, never had been altered. Whatever was true now was true from everlasting to everlasting. It was quite simple. All that was needed was an unending series of victories over your own memory. 'Reality control', they called it: in Newspeak, 'doublethink'.I know that EternalBlue didn't cause the Baltimore ransomware attack. When the attack happened, the entire cybersecurity community agreed that EternalBlue wasn't responsible.But this New York Times article said otherwise, blaming the Baltimore attack on EternalBlue. And there are hundreds of other news articles [eg] that agree, citing the New York Times. There are no news articles that dispute this.In a recent book, the author of that article admits it's not true, that EternalBlue didn't cause the ransomware to spread. But they defend themselves as it being essentially true, that EternalBlue is responsible for a lot of bad things, even if technically, not in this case. Such errors are justified, on the grounds they are generalizations and simplifications needed for the mass audience.So we are left with the situation Orwell describes: all records tell the same tale -- when the lie passes into history, it becomes the truth.Orwell continues:He wondered, as he had many times wondered before, whether he himself was a lunatic. Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one. At one time it had been a sign of madness to believe that the earth goes round the sun; today, to believe that the past is inalterable. He might be ALONE in holding that belief, and if alone, then a lunatic. But the thought of being a lunatic did not greatly trouble him: the horror was that he might also be wrong.I'm definitely a lunatic, alone in my beliefs. I sure hope I'm not wrong.
Update: Other lunatics document their struggles with Minitrue: When I was investigating the TJX breach, there were NYT articles citing unnamed sources that were made up & then outlets would publish citing the NYT. The TJX lawyers would require us to disprove the articles. Each time we would. It was maddening fighting lies for 8 months.— Nicholas J. Percoco (@c7five) March 1, 2021
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no_ico.webp 2018-07-26 15:30:00 (Déjà vu) Shipping Giant COSCO Hit By Ransomware Attack (lien direct) A ransomware infection has crippled the US network of one of the world’s largest shipping giants -COSCO (China Ocean Shipping Company). IT security experts commented below. Javvad Malik,  Security Advocate at AlienVault: “Ransomware continues to wreak havoc within companies. It’s unclear whether this was a targeted or casual attack, but employees should be trained to be able … The ISBuzz Post: This Post Shipping Giant COSCO Hit By Ransomware Attack Ransomware APT 32
SecurityAffairs.webp 2018-07-26 10:19:05 Ransomware attack disrupted some systems of the shipping giant COSCO in the US (lien direct) The Chinese shipping giant COSCO was reportedly hit by a ransomware based attack, the attack occurred in the American region. According to COSCO a “local network breakdown” disrupted some systems in the United States. Media confirmed the incident was the result of a ransomware attack and quoted a company spokesman as the source. “The China Ocean Shipping […] Ransomware APT 32
bleepingcomputer.webp 2018-07-25 19:23:01 (Déjà vu) Ransomware Infection Cripples Shipping Giant COSCO\'s American Network (lien direct) A ransomware infection has crippled the US network of one of the world's largest shipping giants -COSCO (China Ocean Shipping Company). [...] Ransomware APT 32
bleepingcomputer.webp 2018-07-25 19:23:01 (Déjà vu) Ransomware Infection Cripples Shipping Giant CISCO\'s American Network (lien direct) A ransomware infection has crippled the US network of one of the world's largest shipping giants -COSCO (China Ocean Shipping Company). [...] Ransomware APT 32
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