Weekly Cyber Roundup (August 5, 2022)

CYBER BYTES 📅

• Children’s National Hospital (Washington, D.C.) adds “Code Dark” for cyberattack response protocol
  
  
• Australian Hacker charged with manufacturing and dealing Spyware
  
  
• Crypto bridge exploited for $190M. Cooperation underway to trace funds.
  
  
• German semiconductor falls victim to LV ransomware attack

CYBER GOVERNMENT NEWS 📃

• The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee clears two cybersecurity bills – Federal Data Center Enhancement Act and Quantum Computer Cybersecurity Preparedness Act
  
  
• TMF Board allocated funds for IT modernization initiatives, cybersecurity is one of the funded initiatives
  
  
• DISA Thunderdome project expanded to include the Security Internet Protocol Router Network (SPIRNet)

THE READING CORNER 📖

• ‘The Impact of Ransomware on Businesses’ by Caplock Security
• ‘Top 5 Ransomware Prevention Tips’ by Caplock Security
• President Biden 2021 Cybersecurity Executive Order