Weekly #InfoSec News Roundup

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InfoSecSherpa (Tracy Z. Maleeff)
2 min readNov 25, 2024

Sunday, November 17, 2024 — Sunday, November 24, 2024

A baker’s dozen of Information Security & Data Privacy news items that you may have missed!

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  1. Army Cyber AI monitoring tool, Panoptic Junction or PJ, moves to 12-month pilot
    (Defense Scoop, November 18th)
  2. ‘Critical’ cyber vulnerabilities found in many water utilities, warns EPA inspector general
    (State Scoop, November 18th)
  3. Energy Department’s ‘Energy Threat Analysis Center’ cyber threat center goes operational
    (Federal News Network, November 18th)
  4. United Kingdom’s largest water and waste treatment company Thames Water’s IT ‘falling apart’ and is hit by cyber-attacks, sources claim
    (The Guardian, November 18th)
  5. Moody’s rates education sector at ‘high’ cyber risk in 2024
    (K-12 Dive, November 19th)
  6. Rail and pipeline representatives push to dial back Transportation Security Administration’s cyber mandates
    (Cyber Scoop, November 19th)
  7. Note to Industry: Make Spanish Language-Enabled Cybersecurity Tools
    (The Cyber Edge by Signal, November 21st)
  8. Now Hackers Are Using Snail Mail In Cyber Attacks — Here’s How
    (Forbes, November 21st)
  9. The Philippine army is recruiting young tech civilians to fight cyber attacks
    (Rest of World, November 21st)
  10. Report: Media &Entertainment taking longer to recover from cyber attacks
    (Advanced Television, November 21st)
  11. U.S. Coast Guard Sounds Alarm on Cyber Threats from Chinese Port Cranes
    (gCaptain, November 22nd)
  12. Russia ‘aggressive’ and ‘reckless’ in cyber realm and threat to Nato, UK minister to warn
    (The Guardian, November 23rd)
  13. Iranian Handala Hacking Group Claims Cyber Attack on Silicom, Mossad’s Cover Company
    (Sri Lanka Guardian, November 25th)
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InfoSecSherpa (Tracy Z. Maleeff)
InfoSecSherpa (Tracy Z. Maleeff)

Written by InfoSecSherpa (Tracy Z. Maleeff)

#Librarian turned #InformationSecurity professional. Your guide up a mountain of information! https://sherpaintel.com

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