InfoSecSherpa News Roundup for Monday, August 30, 2021
InfoSecSherpa: Your Guide Up a Mountain of Information!
1 min readAug 30, 2021
- WhatsApp finds a middle way, will reportedly no longer force users to accept its new privacy policy
(MS Power User, August 30th) - The first national cyber director has big plans to toughen U.S. digital defenses
(Politico, August 30th) - Security Service busts Russia-backed bot farm attacking Crimea Platform
(Kyiv Post, August 30th) - Expired Driver’s Licenses Open Lane for Cybercriminals
(Pew Trusts, August 30th) - Bankers’ group launches info campaign vs fraud
(Business Mirror, August 30th) - The Taliban reportedly have control of US biometric devices — a lesson in life-and-death consequences of data privacy
(Westport News, August 30th) - A Recent Study Reveals That Phishing Websites Increased In Amount Across 2020
(Digital Information World, August 30th) - Boston Library experienced a cyber attack lead significant technical outage
(The Digital Hacker, August 29th) - Dozens of Israeli websites see hacker message from ‘DragonForceMalaysia’
(The Jerusalem Post, August 29th) - Hacker Claims Honda and Acura Vehicles Vulnerable to Simple Replay Attack
(Hackaday, August 30th)
