InfoSecSherpa’s News Roundup for Sunday, August 15, 2021
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1 min readAug 15, 2021
- Mysterious Hacker Group Suspected in July Cyberattack on Iranian Trains
(The New York Times, August 14th) - What Nigeria’s cybersecurity council is doing to fight threats — NSA
(Premium Times Nigeria, August 15th) - Social Security numbers of 84,860 NC employees uploaded to internal site, state says
(The State, August 15th) - Cambrian College introducing new cybersecurity program in early 2022
(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, August 15th) - Memorial Health System Experiences Cyber Attack
(The Marietta Times, August 15th) - In Des Moines, U.S. cybersecurity official calls for nonpartisan path to securing the vote
(Telegraph Herald, August 14th) - GeoEdge discovers ad-based cyberattack on smart home IoT devices
(Israel Defense, August 15th) - Intrusion: 52% of IT decision-makers report experiencing a data breach in the past
(VentureBeat, August 15th) - Xiaomi disables Mi MIX 4’s anti-theft security feature here’s why
(MENA FN, August 15th) - Cybersecurity in hospitals is unaligned with reality, says report
(Calcalist CTech, August 15th)