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Ransomware gang strikes Iowa agriculture business New Cooperative, the latest hack on food supply chain

After Biden Warning, Hackers Define ‘Critical’ as They See Fit - Bloomberg

Customer Care Giant TTEC Hit By Ransomware – Krebs on Security

Opinion | America Is Being Held for Ransom. It Needs to Fight Back. - The New York Times

(4) Patrick Gray on Twitter: "Achievement unlocked: The Risky Biz release the hounds doctrine has now been condemned by gg. https://t.co/6W9uHwHLyl" / Twitter

FBI held back ransomware decryption key from businesses to run operation targeting hackers - The Washington Post

Biden administration to target ransomware attacks by cracking down on crypto payments - The Washington Post

The battle between the U.S. and ransomware hackers is escalating

DDoS botnets, cryptominers target Azure systems after OMIGOD exploit goes public - The Record by Recorded Future

Microsoft fixes OMIGOD bugs in secret Azure app - The Record by Recorded Future

Why Government and Military Sites Are Hosting Porn and Viagra Ads

Report: China-linked hackers take aim at Times of India and a biometric bonanza - The Record by Recorded Future

(5) Andrew Roth on Twitter: "Apple and Google have deleted the @navalny app from their store as Duma elections begin, bowing to pressure from the government. Russians can’t find the app in their store, it still works outside of country. https://t.co/CtTf0ZushW" / Twitter

Exclusive: An American Company Fears Its Windows Hacks Helped India Spy On China And Pakistan

Former NSA Hacker Describes Being Recruited for UAE Spy Program - by Kim Zetter - Zero Day

Key security agencies split over whether to sanction a Huawei spinoff, Honor, by placing it on a Commerce blacklist - The Washington Post

106 Italian mafia members arrested for SIM swapping, BEC scams, phishing - The Record by Recorded Future

Man who bribed AT&T employees to install malware on the company's network gets 12 years in prison - The Record by Recorded Future

Supply chain attacks against the open source ecosystem soar by 650% – report | The Daily Swig

Google announces partnership to review security of open source software projects | The Daily Swig

Researcher discloses iPhone lock screen bypass on iOS 15 launch day - The Record by Recorded Future

Google will extend Permission Auto-Reset feature to older Android versions - The Record by Recorded Future

Malware samples found trying to hack Windows from its Linux subsystem - The Record by Recorded Future

AMD CPU driver bug can break KASLR, expose passwords - The Record by Recorded Future

Microsoft to let users completely remove account passwords and go passwordless - The Record by Recorded Future

Auditing your Okta org for Legacy Authentication | Okta Security