InfoSecSherpa’s News Roundup for Thursday, August 31, 2023
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1 min readAug 31, 2023
- Department of Energy opens $9 million in competitive cyber funding to small electric utilities
(SC Media, August 30th) - Philadelphia’s former airport cyber chief is the city’s new CISO
(State Scoop, August 31st) - Colombian Navy Leads First Cyber Operations Exercise in UNITAS
(Dialogo Americas, August 31st) - Anonymous Sudan hacks X to put pressure on Elon Musk over Starlink
(BBC, August 31st) - High profile cyberattacks increase emphasis upon cyber resilience in South Africa’s energy sector
(Lexology/Herbert Smith Freehills, August 30th) - LockBit ransomware gang targets electrical infrastructure organization in Montreal
(Teiss, August 31st) - Hackers Launch MiTM Attack to Bypass VMware Tools SAML Authentication
(GB Hackers, August 31st) - Paramount Admits Data Breach — Report
(Silicon, August 31st) - Russian Malware Targeting Ukrainian Mobile Devices
(VOA News, August 31st) - Malwarebytes Does Layoffs, to Split Consumer, Corporate Arms
(Gov Info Security, August 31st)
