September’s month-end cybersec & datasec news
Cybersecurity news in September 2021 covered issues and reports including: the rise of ransomware and its connection with cryptocurrencies; facial recognition in COVID-19 containment; Lithuania’s advice around discontinuing use of Chinese smartphones; Australia’s cybercrime exposure; and more.
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- ICYMI: US gov’t to target cryptocurrency in ransomware, imposing sanctions, fines and more to prevent ransomware payments and payment facilitation
- Download: Global Ransomware Report, August 2021 edition – a brief, 3-page look at emerging issues, from BlackFog (pdf)
- Download: Global Threat Intelligence Center report for August 2021, looking at ransomware, application security and currently-active hacking groups (pdf)
- “The rise of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has enabled ransomware to become one of the most profitable business models in the cyber criminal’s arsenal…”
- Download: Australian Cyber Security Centre Annual Cyber Threat Report, 2020 to 2021 (pdf)
- Australia: An intro to Tide Foundation, competing in TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield with blockchain-based data encryption built on zero-trust authentication
- “…Australian Cyber Security Centre’s latest Annual Cyber Threat Report revealed more than 67,500 cybercrimes were reported in the 2020-21 financial year…”
- The Sydney Dialogue, an annual summit for emerging, critical and cyber technologies, set for November 17-19
- Download: Global Threat Intelligence Center report for August 2021, looking at ransomware, application security and currently-active hacking groups (pdf)
- Indonesia: Vida gains funding, focusing on digital signature and identity authentication services to improve the security of electronic transactions for MSMEs
- Australia: New South Wales and Victoria reportedly trialling facial recognition software in COVID-19 containment, raising concerns over data security, accuracy and more
- China: Lithuania National Cyber Security Centre urges citizens to replace Xiaomi and Huawei phones following research finding risk of remote censorship and data transmission
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