InfoSecSherpa’s News Round Up for Thursday, October 14, 2021
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1 min readOct 14, 2021
- US Water and Wastewater Facilities Targeted in Cyberattacks, Feds Warn
(Dark Reading, October 14th) - Missouri education department calls journalist ‘hacker’ for flagging security flaws on state website
(The Hill, October 14th) - Hackers a growing risk for insurers: Fitch
(Advisor’s Edge, October 14th) - Chinese APT group IronHusky exploits zero-day Windows Server privilege escalation
(Reseller, October 14th) - WhatsApp’s got your back(ups) with encryption for stored messages
(The Register, October 14th) - Israeli hospital cancels non-urgent procedures following ransomware attack
(The Daily Swig, October 14th) - Google’s VirusTotal reports that 95% of ransomware spotted targets Windows
(The Register, October 14th) - Is it time for small businesses to rethink their cyber security strategies?
(IT World Canada, October 14th) - Ghana plans to license cyber security companies and professionals
(Telecompaper, October 14th) [free registration required] - WilmerHale’s Stephanie Avakian on the SEC’s cyber crackdown
(Reuters, October 14th)
