Killware

CISA says BlackMatter ransomware group behind recent attacks on agriculture companies CISA, the FBI and NSA officially implicated the BlackMatter ransomware group in the recent attacks on two agriculture companies, confirming the assessments of some security researchers who said the gang was behind incidents involving New Cooperative and Crystal Valley in September. New Cooperative -- an Iowa-based farm service provider -- was hit with a ransomware attack on September 20 and BlackMatter demanded a $5.9 million ransom. Crystal Valley,…