Weekly Cyber Roundup (May 27, 2022)
WEEKLY CYBER BITS 📅
- Twitter fined $150M for misrepresenting privacy practices
- DuckDuckGo browser allows MSFT trackers – DuckDuckGo CEO responds
- INTERPOL arrest suspected Nigerian cybercrime OP leader
LATEST GOVERNMENT NEWS 📃
- CISA proposes a 5G Security evaluation process to be used by agencies
- Chicago public school notifies parents EdTech vendor was victim to ransomware in December 2021
- FBI asking for budget increase to address cybersecurity
NOTORIOUS CYBER HACKS… 👾
- Somerset County in NJ hit by ransomware attack. Urges public to use temporary Gmail addresses for email communications.
- Austrian federal state will not meet $5M bitcoin ransom and expects to recover
- SpiceJet Airline ransomware attempt leaves passengers stranded
- Cooper University Health begins notifying all potentially affected individuals from Nov 2021 intrusion
THE READING CORNER 📖
- ‘Cult of the Dead Cow‘ by Joseph Menn
- ‘Countdown to Zero Day‘ by Kim Zetter
- ‘Spam Nation‘ by Brian Krebs
- ‘Snow Crash‘ by Neal Stephenson
