News of the Week for 19 September 2020. The DOJ had a big week, the first death related to ransomware, schools still under siege, and an update that warns you are compromised, all this week. – www.zdnet.com: US charges two Russians for stealing cryptocurrency – www.zdnet.com: First death reported following a ransomware attack on a…

Hacking the Election, Banks, Schools, and Semiconductors…all this week. – www.wired.com: Hackers Are Hitting US Campaign Targets Again – www.cnet.com: Phones for low-income users hacked before they’re turned on – www.bleepingcomputer.com: Netwalker ransomware hits Argentinian government, – www.politico.eu: Facebook to stop moving data from EU to US – www.bleepingcomputer.com: Netwalker ransomware hits Pakistan’s largest private…

A data breach, kids hacking schools, and foreign nationals stealing secrets, all happened this past week. –www.darkreading.com Warner Music Group Admits Breach – www.theregister.com:Voting app maker roasted by computer boffins for poor security – www.zdnet.com: European ISPs report mysterious wave of DDoS attacks – www.nbcnews.com: Miami-Dade Public Schools’ endures days of cyberattacks – www.zdnet.com: MIT…

Telsa Hacked, The DNC wars staffers about Dating Apps, and the electric grid is a prime target, and more this week. Links to the Articles – www.wired.com: A Former Uber Exec’s Indictment Is a Warning Shot – www.zdnet.com: Elon Musk confirms Russian hacking plot targeted Tesla factory – www.reuters.com: New Zealand’s stock exchange not to…

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…

threatpost.com Mac Users Targeted by Spyware Spreading via Xcode Projects threatpost.com Instagram Retained Deleted User Data Despite GDPR Rules scmagazine.com SANS Institute breach proves anyone can fall victim to a ‘consent phishing’ scam Scmagazine.com California under counted COVID-19 cases after certificate expired www.zdnet.com: A mysterious group has hijacked Tor exit nodes threatpost.com: TikTok Collected MAC…

Referenced Articles: www.bleepingcomputer.com: Canon confirms ransomware attack in internal memo www.wired.com: Chinese Hackers Have Pillaged Taiwan’s Semiconductor Industry www.wired.com: Voting Machine Makers Are Finally Playing Nice With Hackers www.zdnet.com: Capital One fined $80 million for 2019 hack arstechnica.com: More than 20GB of Intel source code and proprietary data dumped online www.theregister.com: ‘We stopped ransomware’ boasts…

– www.bleepingcomputer.com: New ‘Meow’ attack has deleted almost 4,000 unsecured databases– us-cert.cisa.gov: Alert (AA20-209A) | Potential Legacy Risk from Malware Targeting QNAP NAS Devices – www.theregister.com: If you own one of these 45 Netgear devices, replace it: Firm won’t patch vulnerable gear despite live proof-of-concept code – threatpost.com: Lazarus Group Brings APT Tactics to Ransomware…

In this week’s podcast, hacks abound in multiple sectors, some of which happened months back, and we are only getting details on now. www.justice.gov: Two Alleged Criminals – A Hezbollah Associated Narco-Money Launderer and a Computer Hacker – Extradited from Cyprus to the United States www.wired.com: Chinese Hackers Charged in Decade-Long Crime and Spying Spree…

In this episode, we go over cybersecurity news that stuck out to me over the past week, as things we all need to pay attention to. Article links listed below. This episode’s format is based on a segment I teach in my class on cybersecurity risk management, to help students better understand the reading materials…