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Zero-day exploit used to hack iPhones of Al Jazeera employees

Security Affairs

“In July and August 2020, government operatives used NSO Group ’s Pegasus spyware to hack 36 personal phones belonging to journalists, producers, anchors, and executives at Al Jazeera. In July 2020, KISMET was a zero-day against at least iOS 13.5.1 The personal phone of a journalist at London-based Al Araby TV was also hacked.”

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RevengeRAT and AysncRAT target aerospace and travel sectors

SC Magazine

American Airlines flight 718, a Boeing 737 Max, is seen parked at its gate at Miami International Airport as passengers board for a flight to New York on December 29, 2020 in Miami, Florida. Grimes said security awareness training should teach users to beware of emails with the following traits: Emails that arrive unexpectedly.

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Threat actors hacked a server of a Queensland water supplier and remained undetected for 9 months

Security Affairs

The security breach took place between August 2020 and May 2021, the intrusion has been attributed to a financially motivated attacker that deployed a custom implant to redirect visitor traffic to an online video platform. It seems that attackers did not exfiltrate sensitive data from the compromised server.

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FBI warns of ransomware attacks targeting the food and agriculture sector

Security Affairs

In another incident that occurred in March 2021, a ransomware attack blocked the operations at a US beverage company, while in a November 2020 attack on a US-based international food and agriculture business threat actors requested the payment of a gigantic $40 million ransom. Focus on cyber security awareness and training.

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The dangers of “connected” healthcare: predictions for 2022

SecureList

The main instances of these attacks occurred at the end of 2020. Most vaccines appeared on the market shortly afterwards and, by all appearances, it seemed as if it was no longer necessary or worthwhile to meddle in the process of their development or to steal confidential information. Predictions for the year 2022.

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FBI warns of ransomware threat to food and agriculture

Malwarebytes

As we pointed out in our State of Malware report, published earlier this year, Malwarebytes recorded an eye-watering 607% increase in malware detections in the agriculture sector in 2020. Malwarebytes recorded a 607% increase in agriculture sector attacks in 2020. Focus on cyber security awareness and training.

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SHARED INTEL: How ransomware evolved from consumer trickery to deep enterprise hacks

The Last Watchdog

The epidemic went truly mainstream with the release of CryptoLocker back in 2013, and it has since transformed into a major dark web economy spawning the likes of Sodinokibi, Ryuk, and Maze lineages that are targeting the enterprise on a huge scale in 2020. In early 2020, several cybercriminals groups followed suit.