InfoSecSherpa Newsletter — 14 June 2021
3 min readJun 14, 2021
- Volkswagen hit by data breach — over 3.3 million US and Canada customers’ data exposed
(Insurance Business Magazine, 14 June 2021)
Volkswagen has warned customers that one of its vendors was recently affected by a data breach which potentially exposed the information of some 3.3 million customers in the US and Canada. - Age of the cyber-attack: US struggles to curb rise of digital destabilization
(The Guardian, 14 June 2021)
The ransomware attack that caused long lines for fuel on the east coast was just part of a dramatic change in the scale and nature of foreign-based threats. - Ransomware hackers now bigger cyber threat to UK than hostile states
(Financial Times, 13 June 2021)
For the “vast majority” of UK citizens and businesses, including suppliers of critical national infrastructure and government services, “the primary key threat is not state actors but cyber criminals”, Cameron will add. - Afghanistan, cyber defense on the agenda for Biden in Brussels
(Axios, 13 June 2021)
President Biden touched down in Brussels on Sunday evening ahead of two days of talks with NATO and European Union leaders as part of his first foreign trip as president. - Building Maritime Security Coalitions — Lessons Learned from the Straight of Hormuz
(War on the Rocks, 14 June 2021)
Sustainability of forces has been a central challenge for the European-led maritime coalition. - Fujifilm resumes normal operations after ransomware attack
(Bleeping Computer, 14 June 2021)
Japanese multinational conglomerate Fujifilm says that it has resumed normal business and customer operations following a ransomware attack that forced it to shut the entire network on June 4. - Hackers stole 26 million user login credentials between 2018 and 2020, new study shows
(The National News, 14 June 2021)
Trojan-type malware transmitted through email and illegally downloaded software stole 1.2 terabytes of personal data. - Delhi Police deny malware attack on ‘hundreds of NIC, MeitY systems’, say only one computer hit
(The Print India, 13 June 2021)
Police said, as a matter of abundant precaution, a formal investigation into the matter has been launched by registering a case at Special Cell. - Google Workspace gains client-side encryption amid slew of new security features
(Venture Beat, 14 June 2021)
The new security tools include client-side encryption for Workspace and several enhanced data protection features in the platform’s Drive service, including more granular control over trust rules, enhanced phishing and malware protection, and the addition of integrated data loss prevention (DLP) in Drive labels. - Phishing remains the top threat to consumer safety: Report
(The Hindu Business Line, 14 June 2021)
The report highlighted the top cybersecurity trends from January to March 2021. Phishing campaigns remained the number one threat to consumer Cyber Safety, with top scams relating to the pandemic, including vaccine-oriented, financial relief, and tech support scams.
