InfoSecSherpa Newsletter — 11 May 2021
3 min readMay 11, 2021
- Germany sees cybercrime jump as work shifts online in pandemic
(Euractiv, 11 May 2021)
Germany’s shift towards digitalisation due to the coronavirus pandemic has come with a significant rise in cybercrime, according to a report by the country’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA). - COVID-19 Vaccine Passport Programs: Privacy and Security Considerations
(National Law Journal, 11 May 2021)
In late March, the European Commission announced its plan for a COVID-19 Digital Green Certificate framework (“the framework”) to facilitate “safe free movement of citizens within the EU during the COVID-19 pandemic”. - Information security platform forges international relations
(BDaily News, 11 May 2021)
A UK information security management software platform has expanded internationally, after launching a partnership with a leading South African cyber security company. - Four types of collaboration habits that make information security breaches inevitable
(IT Wire, 11 May 2021)
Guest Opinion: Rapid digital transformations and remote work initiatives saw more than half of Australian organisations suffer a data breach in 2020, according to The Future of Cybersecurity in Asia Pacific and Japan report. - Ghana: Fbnbank Ghana Receives Iso 27001–2013 Certification
(All Africa, 10 May 2021)
Customers of FBNBank Ghana will benefit from an enhanced information security system which has received ISO 27001:2013 certification. - Zero Trust: The Linchpin of a New Federal Cybersecurity Paradigm
(MeriTalk, 10 May 2021)
To make the most of their resources, organizations should focus on being resilient — how they can manage risk and continue to go forward knowing that risks still will exist. - Managing cyber risks in M&A transactions
(Lexology / Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, 10 May 2021)
Canadian personal information protection laws regulate the collection, use, disclosure, and retention of personal information by private sector organizations in Canada. - Modern Terrorism And Cybersecurity Management — OpEd
(Eurasia Review, 10 May 2021)
Modern terrorism started progressing the 18th century after the French Revolution. Evolution of modes of communication and new methods of transportation became the two most significant factors which influenced the expansion of terrorism. - Botnets access private shopping data of 10 cr Indians, claim cybersecurity researchers
(The News Minute, 11 May 2021)
Cyber-security researchers on Tuesday claimed that domains and botnets have access to the private shopping data of close to 10 crore Indians, allegedly impacting brands like Amazon India, ICICI Bank, Policy Bazaar, Bajaj Finserv via a massive advertising fraud. - US fuel pipeline hackers ‘didn’t mean to create problems’
(BBC News, 10 May 2021)
A cyber-criminal gang that took a major US fuel pipeline offline over the weekend has acknowledged the incident in a public statement.
