October 2021: Cybersecurity headlines
News headlines from the broad cybersecurity, datasec and infosec field in October 2021 covered a range of developments, issues, and concerns including: maritime cybersecurity; Australia’s Ransomware Action Plan; China’s Hikvision camera giant’s security issues; Singapore’s moves to address money laundering; and many more.
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- ICYMI: UK’s Action Fraud centre for fraud and cyber crime finds £146M lost to crypto fraud since the start of 2021, near 30% more than reported lost in entirety of 2020
- “2020 was a standout year for industrial data extortion. More companies have been affected by cyberattacks in recent months than in the last 15 years combined.”
- Maritime cybersecurity: “No global supply chain is independent of the maritime transportation sector, and most, in fact, are existentially dependent.”
- ICYMI: In August, Microsoft foiled huge DDOS attack on Azure, driven by 70,000 bots spread across Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan, Japan, and China, as well as the US
- “…vast majority of the world’s semiconductor companies have glaring security gaps which may have already been exploited by threat actors, according to a new study from BlueVoyant…”
- ICYMI: Microsoft launches Microsoft Security Program for Nonprofits comprising AccountGuard Program, free security assessments, and free training for admins and end-users
- Singapore: Monetary Authority to launch data sharing platform, COSMIC, in bid to fight money laundering, sharing data with 6 of region’s largest financial institutions
- Singapore: ASEAN-Singapore Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence opens, aiming to help ASEAN member states develop cybersecurity capabilities
- Philippines: A brief interview intro to the Cybersecurity Bureau’s Genalyn Macalinao, Policy Lead creating cybersec plans for the country’s government
- Download: ‘Securing The Digital Economy – Reinventing the Internet for Trust’ from Accenture (pdf)
- Singapore Cybersecurity Strategy 2021 available to download, outlining 3 strategic pillars and 2 ‘foundational enabler’ statements
- Australian Cyber Week 2021 runs from October 25 to 29
- China’s Hikvision camera products found to have issue that ‘permits an attacker to gain full control of the device’, giving the cameras ‘the highest level of critical vulnerability’
- Australia: Gov’t unveils Ransomware Action Plan, in part mandating reporting of incidents and updating legislation to prevent payments
- China’s ZTE Corp partners YesWeHack bug bounty platform to draw in 30K security researchers in bid to further secure ZTE products and discover vulnerabilities
- Women in Cyber: A brief interview intro to COL Vicky Wang, Commander of Singapore’s Cyber Defence Group
- ICYMI: Microsoft, Intel and Goldman Sachs partner for Supply Chain Security work group, focusing on standards in hardware supply chains in bid to pre-empt cyber threats
- Cybersecurity: Australian Federal Police may be set to introduce a ‘more aggressive’ cyber division with legislation passed granting extensive new powers
- China: Washington revokes US licence of China Telcom, citing national security concerns, with the firm to cease services in the US within 60 days
- Australia: Introductory webinar for the new Questacon Cyber Ready Program set for tomorrow, October 29th, aiming to improve cybersecurity skills, awareness and job readiness
- Women in Cyber: An interview intro to South Australia’s Paula Oliver, manager of the AustCyber South Australia Node
- Asia’s tech news, issue 092: Indonesian MSME accelerator, India’s EV energy-tech, BollyCoin NFTs, ASEAN cybersec centre…
- 2022 Global Digital Trust Insights available now from pwc, a survey of 3602 business, tech and security execs looking at broad corporate cyber-readiness
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