News of the Week for 22 August 2020

Ransomeware and Universities, Government Authorities, and CSOs going to Trial all this week.

– www.cyberscoop.com: FBI, DHS expose North Korean government malware used in fake job posting campaign

– www.theregister.com: Australian government wants power to run cyber-response for businesses under attack

– threatpost.com: Cyberattacks Hit Thousands of Canadian Tax, Benefit Accounts

– attheu.utah.edu: University of Utah update on data security incident

– www.zdnet.com: University of Utah pays $457,000 to ransomware gang

– www.zdnet.com: Google fixes major Gmail bug seven hours after exploit details go public

– www.scmagazine.com: Hackers hijack design platform to go phishing

– www.zdnet.com: Ritz London suspects data breach, fraudsters pose as staff in credit card data scam

– www.zdnet.com: World’s largest cruise line operator discloses ransomware attack

– www.bleepingcomputer.com: U.S. spirits and wine giant hit by cyberattack, 1TB of data stolen

– www.scmagazine.com: Maze delivers on threat to publish data stolen from Canon

– www.darkreading.com – Smart Locks, hackers, and larger IoT Problems

– www.darkreading.com – Former Uber CSO Charged in Hack Cover up

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