InfoSecSherpa’s News Roundup for Tuesday, December 27, 2022
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2 min readDec 27, 2022
- For Sale on eBay: A Military Database of Fingerprints and Iris Scans
(The New York Times, December 27th) - Cyber insurers “missing” key nuances in their underwriting strategies
(Insurance Business America, December 27th) - Ukraine Repels Up to 10 Cyber Attacks Daily
(Giz China, December 27th) - National Cybersecurity Authority (NCA) to conduct more than 7,000 cybersecurity assessments for national entities
(Saudi Gazette, December 27th) - Ransomware attacks hit Iowa schools, including Davenport, although public often left in dark
(Quad-City Times, December 27th) - ByteDance Inquiry Finds Employees Obtained User Data of 2 Journalists
(The New York Times, December 22nd) - Rostelecom subsidiary acquires cybersecurity company
(Telecompaper, December 27th) - Average cost of data breaches expected to surpass US$5 million per incident in 2023
(The Edge Singapore, December 27th) - Over 44000 utility vulnerabilities have been found by ethical hackers in the last year, according to Cyber Security Specialist Vimal Kallyat Panoli
(The Free Press Journal, December 27th) - Japan’s security agency warns against cyberattacks during New Year holidays
(NHK World Japan, December 27th)
