InfoSecSherpa’s News Roundup for Sunday, May 15, 2022

InfoSecSherpa: Your Guide Up a Mountain of Information! — Opinion: America is Losing the Quantum Race with China (Newsweek, May 12th) New Saitama backdoor Targeted Official from Jordan’s Foreign Ministry (The Hacker News, May 13th) Cybersecurity of Open Radio Access Networks (European Commission, May 11th) Italian CERT: Hacktivists hit govt sites in ‘Slow HTTP’ DDoS attacks (Bleeping Computer, May 13th)…

InfoSecSherpa: Your Guide Up a Mountain of Information! — BT accelerates security for UK small firms (Intelligent CIO, May 12th) They Fled Ukraine to Keep Their Cyber Startup Alive. Now, They’re Hacking Back. (The Wall Street Journal, May 12th) Building Cyber Resilience Before the Next Attack Occurs (MIT Sloan Management Review, May 12th) Irish organisations warned about increased cyber…

InfoSecSherpa: Your Guide Up a Mountain of Information! — Africa Edition Africa grapples with way forward on cybercrime (ET Telecom, May 12th) Cyber-attacks more than quadruple in Ethiopia: intelligence agency (The East African, May 11th) Morocco’s DGSSI Detected, Neutralized Over 500 Cyber Attacks in 2021 (Morocco World News, May 9th) Africa’s fourth industrial revolution hinges on fast, reliable, affordable internet connectivity (Quartz…

InfoSecSherpa: Your Guide Up a Mountain of Information! — Office of the National Cyber Director Announces Senior Leadership (The White House, May 10th) Western powers blame Russia for Ukraine satellite hack (The Record, May 10th) Uber Ordered to Produce Records About 2016 Hack and Cover-Up (The Wall Street Journal, April 27th) UK govt releases free tool to check for…

InfoSecSherpa: Your Guide Up a Mountain of Information! — Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Cybersecurity Training by CISA (CISA, June 13–24) Participants should plan on dedicating around 8–12 hours over the two week time period to complete the course. Participants can go through the sessions at their own pace during the two weeks, but the sessions must be completed in order. [Free…

InfoSecSherpa: Your Guide Up a Mountain of Information! — Russian Hackers Target German Govt Websites In Series Of Cyberattacks: Report (Republic World, May 8th) SANS to Check the Cybersecurity of Bulgarian Posts (Novinite, May 8th) Canada on high alert for ransomware attacks amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (Toronto Star, May 7th) Utah governor approves of blockchain and digital innovation…

InfoSecSherpa: Your Guide Up a Mountain of Information! — US agricultural machinery maker AGCO hit by ransomware attack (Bleeping Computer, May 6th) One year ago, Colonial Pipeline changed the cyber landscape forever (The Washington Post, May 6th) US cyber squad boosts Lithuanian defenses amid Russian threat (C4ISRNET, May 5th) Accounting Firms Facing Increased Cyber Threat (CPA Practice Advisor, May 5th)…

InfoSecSherpa: Your Guide Up a Mountain of Information! — Cisco and F5 alert users to new critical vulnerabilities (Computing UK, May 5th) South Korea’s intelligence agency joins NATO’s cyber defense center as first in Asia (The Korea Herald, May 5th) Coding robot teaches K-12 students about cybersecurity (Security Magazine, May 4th) Thousands of Borrowers’ Data Exposed from ENCollect Debt…

InfoSecSherpa: Your Guide Up a Mountain of Information! — Chinese hackers took trillions in intellectual property from about 30 multinational companies (CBS News, May 4th) CyberWire launches CISA Cybersecurity Alerts: A first-of-its-kind public service audio feed for urgent threat advisories. (The CyberWire, May 4th) State Bar of Georgia reels from cyber-attack (The Daily Swig, May 4th) Heroku forces user…