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The world’s largest meat supplier, JBS, was forced to halt operations at many of its U.S. and Australian processing plants after a massive cyberattack. This activity threatened supply chains across the world, and resulted in an immediate rise in wholesale red meat prices. This cyberattack, while notable in its own right, is also simply the latest example in a dangerous pattern of escalating ransomware hazards.

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) has uncovered a wide-scale spear phishing campaign driven by Nobelium — the threat actors behind the recent SolarWinds attacks and the SUNBURST backdoor used in those strikes. Nobelium continues its attacks on U.S. agencies and the private organizations in their sphere. The group managed to hijack an email distribution account used by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), sending thousands of authentic-looking but malware-laden messages to a variety of human rights groups, think tanks, and other organizations.

Here at Acronis, we’re always monitoring for dangers to your data, deploying updates to handle newly-discovered vulnerabilities, and issuing alerts and recommendations to help you stay protected. Our global network of Acronis Cyber Protection Operations Centers (CPOCs) continue to work around the clock to proactively detect and defend against the latest cyberthreats.

Here at Acronis, we’re always monitoring for dangers to your data, deploying updates to handle newly-discovered vulnerabilities, and issuing alerts and recommendations to help you stay protected. Our global network of Acronis Cyber Protection Operations Centers (CPOCs) continue to work around the clock to proactively detect and defend against the latest cyberthreats.

DarkSide stands out from other ransomware as a service (RaaS) threats, as one of its attack vectors is based on the Zloader botnet (also known as “Silent Night”). It has also been delivered through compromised third-party service providers.

Here at Acronis, we’re always monitoring for dangers to your data, deploying updates to handle newly-discovered vulnerabilities, and issuing alerts and recommendations to help you stay protected. Our global network of Acronis Cyber Protection Operations Centers (CPOCs) continue to work around the clock to proactively detect and defend against the latest cyberthreats.

On Sunday, May 2, сybercriminal group N3TWoRM attacked the computer networks of the international clothing network H&M in Israel and threatened to release customer data.