InfoSecSherpa’s News Roundup for Wednesday, August 4, 2021
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1 min readAug 4, 2021
- Systemic cybersecurity failures persist across federal agencies, Senate report finds
(CNN, August 3rd) - A clever phishing campaign is targeting Office 365 users
(Help Net Security, August 4th) - Facebook Just Suspended the Accounts of Some of its Biggest Critics
(Vice, August 4th) - Italy’s ERG says only minor disruption from cyber breach
(Reuters, August 4th) - Pantami tasks IT professionals to prioritise safety in cyber security
(The Sun Nigeria, August 4th) - 29% of corporate users in Kenya experienced financial malware attacks in the first half of 2021
(EIN Presswire, August 4th) - Sophos uncovers how cybercriminals use Discord to spread malware
(Back End News, August 4th) - Raccoon Stealer Bundles Malware, Propagates Via Google SEO
(Threatpost, August 3rd) - Hackers are taking advantage of teens unsecured social media accounts
(CBS 46, August 3rd) - Google Chrome is removing an essential security feature, but there’s a good reason for it
(Gaming Ideology, August 4th)