Cybersecurity - Weekly Update - August 2022

The PGA Weekly Cybersecurity Update is prepared by the International Peace and Security Program of PGA and is provided strictly for informational purposes only. Any opinions expressed in articles contained in this Update are not necessarily shared by PGA or any individual/s associated with PGA, nor does PGA, or any individual/s associated with PGA, vouch for the accuracy of the contents of these articles.

August26

Country	Topic	Source
Global	Agriculture is vulnerable to cybercrime and government needs to act, say experts	iPolitics News
Australia	IAC: ‘More progress needed’ on Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy	ARN - The voice of the Australian IT channel
Azerbaijan	Bakou entend moderniser l'infrastructure cyber de ses services	Information stratégique, économique et politique - Intelligence Online
Bahamas	Bahamian Government warns of increase in digital threats and malicious cyber activities	Caribbean National Weekly - CNW Network
Brazil	Accounts Court warns of serious cybersecurity risks in the public sector	The Brazilian Report - News from Brazil in English \| Politics, Economics
Cameroon	Maha: Three Cameroon nationals held for cyber fraud	News: Latest News, India News, World News, Opinion, Politics, Governance, Defence, Economy, Education \| ThePrint
Canada	Cybercrime is on the rise, here’s how to fight it	Technology News for IT Professionals in Canada \| IT World Canada
Canada	Alleged cyber attacks on MLA Leela Aheer's Facebook accounts lead to RCMP investigation	CBC.ca - watch, listen, and discover with Canada's Public Broadcaster
Canada	Québec veut aider à développer la cybersécurité et l’intelligence artificielle	Accueil - L'Écho de la Tuque
China	Experts nervously eye cyber threats from China	Politics, Policy, Political News- POLITICO
China	China’s cyber crime problem is growing	SupChina
Costa Rica	13 Billion Colones Will Cost Costa Rica To Rehabilitate And Rebuild Systems After Cyberattack	The Costa Rica News - Costa Rica Travel, Hospitality, Events, and More ⋆ The Costa Rica News
Estonia	Estonia's Battle Against a Deluge of DDoS Attacks	Infosecurity Magazine - Information Security & IT Security News and Resources
États-Unis	Google a contré la plus puissante cyberattaque de l’histoire	Presse-citron - Connectez-vous Ã l'innovation
Finland	Finland scores highly for cybersecurity: Digital Nomads	Helsinki Times
France	French hospital hit in $10m cyberattack by “diabolical” ransomware hackers	Tech Monitor - Navigating the horizon of business technology
France	Près de Rennes, la DGA-MI en guerre contre les cyber-espions Réservé aux abonnés	Le Télégramme \| Actualités et infos de Bretagne en direct
France	Le Centre Hospitalier Sud-Francilien de Corbeil-Essonne victime d’une cyber-attaque	Actualités - France 3 Régions
France	Alerte Cyber : Failles de sécurité critiques dans Zimbra	Assistance aux victimes de cybermalveillance
Ghana	Government investing in cyber security to protect online businesses – Official	GhanaWeb
Ghana	Ghana: Microsoft Sounds the Alarm Over Dangerously Simple Ransomware Kits	Home - allAfrica.com
India	India saw 18 million cyber attacks in first quarter of 2022: Google's Royal Hansen	Business News LIVE Today: Latest Business News, Share Market News, Economy & Finance News \| Moneycontrol
India	Google announces cyber security upskilling program for 100,000 developers in India	TechCircle: India's leading Tech business information website.
Israel	US and Israeli agencies use new agreement to defend against cyberattacks	WRAL \| News in Raleigh NC, Breaking News, Weather, Traffic
Mexico/US	U.S.-Mexico Cyber Talks Begin With Focus On Critical Infrastructure	Nextgov - Federal Technology News and Analysis for IT Managers & Acquisition Teams
Nigeria	Nigeria signs Budapest Convention on Cybercrime	Premium Times - Nigeria leading newspaper for news, investigations
Nigeria	Nigeria Joins Budapest Convention on Cybercrime	THISDAYLIVE – Truth and Reason
Nigeria	Nigerian journalist Agba Jalingo detained over defamation, cyberattack complaint	Committee to Protect Journalists – Defending Journalists Worldwide. - Committee to Protect Journalists
Norvège	Le fonds souverain norvégien se dit plus inquiet des risques cyber que des remous boursiers	Les Echos : actualités en direct, Économie, Finance, Marchés, Politique, Entreprises, Start-up \| Les Echos
Norway	Norway’s oil fund warns cyber security is top concern	Financial Times
Poland	Ukraine and Poland agree to jointly counter Russian cyberattacks	Homepage - The Record by Recorded Future
Qatar	Fans heading to the World Cup in Qatar and firms involved in tournament warned about cybercrime risk	Sky News
Global	Ransomware: Cyber criminals are coming for the Global South	Deutche Well
Russia	Russian invasion boosting fear of nation-backed cyberattacks, report finds	Cybernews – Latest Cybersecurity and Tech News, Research & Analysis
UAE	More than 25,000 cybercrimes reported last year, say Dubai Police	The National - Latest US news, sport & opinion
Ukraine	Enemy hackers attack Ukraine more than a thousand times since Feb 24	Interfax-Ukraine - news from Ukraine and the world
Ukraine	The war in Ukraine has threatened its vital agriculture. Now it could be crippled by a cyberattack	Euronews
United Kingdom	Cyber security experts team up to protect UK construction projects	NCSC
United Kingdom	Nato investigates hacker sale of missile firm data	BBC - Homepage
United Kingdom	UK: Major city car dealership hit by huge data theft cyber attack in July	DataBreaches.net — “The Office of Inadequate Security”
United Kingdom	Cyberattack Raises Pressure on European Water Providers During Drought	The Wall Street Journal
United Kingdom	Hampshire's Hantec Systems say hundreds of UK businesses at risk of cyber attack	Business Mag
United States	Reported cyber attacks near a million, hit health care sector hardest	Central Illinois News & Weather \| Champaign, IL \| WCIA 3 WCIX \| WCIA.com
United States	U.S. Government Spending Billions on Cybersecurity	The Hacker News - Most Trusted Cyber Security and Computer Security Analysis
United States	Report: 46 Percent of Orgs Hit By Cyberattack in Past 24 Months	StackPath
United States	DOE Announces $45 Million for Power Grid Cyber Resilience	Homeland Security Today
United States	How NSA, U.S. Cyber Command are defending midterms elections: One team, one fight	National Security Agency/Central Security Service > Home
United States	Fremont County, Ohio, Extends Disaster After Cyber Attack	ERROR: The request could not be satisfied
United States	Federal officials, local experts say cybercrime is on the rise	Daily Journal

August19

Country	Topic	Source
Africa	Africa must act now to address cybersecurity threats. Here's why	The World Economic Forum
Afrique	« Cybersécurité : Quel avenir pour l’économie numérique en Afrique ? », entretien avec Adnane Ben Halima	La Tribune
Afrique	Droits des femmes en Afrique : Les 9 recommandations de la Commission africaine des droits humains et des peuples sur la violence numérique	leFaso.net - L'actualité au Burkina Faso
Argentina	Argentina's Judiciary of Córdoba hit by PLAY ransomware attack	Bleeping Computer
Brazil	Brazilian Federal Police Launches Cybercrime Unit	Diálogo Americas
Brazil	Brazil is the second country that suffers the most cyber attacks in Latin America	BNamericas - Develop your Latin America business
Canada	BRP RESUMES OPERATIONS AFTER CYBERATTACK Français	Cision \| News distribution, targeting, monitoring, and marketing solutions
Canada	Waterloo public board confirms student database also accessed in cyberattack	CBC.ca - watch, listen, and discover with Canada's Public Broadcaster
Canada	L’INRS victime d’une cyberattaque	Journal de Quebec
China	Suspected Chinese hackers spied on gov’ts, NGOs, media: Report	Al Jazeera
China	China's cyber watchdog wants 'affectionate' ties with domestic internet firms	Reuters
Croatia/US	“Partnership in Action”: Croatian, U.S. cyber defenders hunting for malicious actors	Home USCYBERCOM
Estonia	Estonia Repels Cyber Attacks as Pro-Kremlin Group Takes Credit	Bloomberg
États-Unis	Microsoft déclare qu'elle stoppera les cyber-attaques russes contre les cibles de l'OTAN	Technologie - DataNews
France	Victime d’une cyberattaque, le français Nexeya déplore une fuite de données "considérable"	Actualités en continu et info en direct et replay - BFMTV
India	'Cyber Crime A Major Concern': Know How Pathik & Kamaljeet Are Providing Information On Cybersecurity Through Their Book	The Logical Indian
India	Cyber sharks lurking in the dark depths of digital India deter online payment	News9 Live - Breaking News, Latest News, Online News Headlines, Live News, Todays News on News9 Live
India	Urgent Need of Data Protection Framework and Bill in India	GWPrime : The First Subscription based Geospatial Media Platform
Indonesia	The growing cyber threat to Bharat from Far East	HinduPost
Iran	Iran suspected of cyber ops against Israel. Wipers and cyberespionage during Russia's hybrid war. Cyber war clauses becoming mandatory. BlackByte 2.0.	Your Cybersecurity News Connection - Cyber News \| CyberWire
Italy	RansomHouse breaches 8 Italian municipalities in fresh wave of ransomware attacks	Teiss
Japan	Japan plans cybersecurity tax break for defense contractors	Nikkei Asia - Business, Politics, Economy and Tech News & Analysis
Japan	Verizon supports Fujifilm's cybersecurity advancements	SecurityBrief Australia - Australia's leading source of cybersecurity and cyber-attack news
Maroc	Le Maroc rayé de la liste des pays autorisés à utiliser Pegasus	Bladi.net : Les Marocains du monde
Mexico/US	Joint Statement on U.S.-Mexico Working Group on Cyber Issues	U.S. Department of State - United States Department of State
New Zealand	NZ’s Cyber Resilience Framework to be evolving and potentially automated	SecurityBrief New Zealand - New Zealand's leading source of cybersecurity and cyber-attack news
New Zealand	NZ isn't ready for quantum hackers	Stuff
North Korea	North Korean hackers target IT job seekers with macOS malware	Technology News for IT Professionals in Canada \| IT World Canada
Russia	Russian cyber attacks on Ukraine driven by government groups	Purchase Intent Data for Enterprise Tech Sales and Marketing - TechTarget
Russia	Russian invasion has dangerously destabilized cyber security norms	The Register
Russia	Russia’s Shuckworm cyber group launching ongoing attacks on Ukraine	TechRepublic: News, Tips & Advice for Technology Professionals
South East Asia	67% of businesses in SEA found themselves as victims of ransomware attacks	Tech Wire Asia - Where technology and business intersect
Togo	Togo commits to African cybersecurity hub in Lomé	Africa Times
Togo	Cybersécurité: Un centre africain prévu à Lomé	Togo Breaking News
Turquie	Comment Erdogan met l'industrie cyber turque en coupe réglée	Intelligence Online
Ukraine	Ukraine nuclear operator reports Russian cyberattack on website	France24
Ukraine	Ukraine war drives DDoS attack volumes ever higher	ComputerWeekly.com \| Information Technology (IT) News, UK IT Jobs, Industry News
United Kingdom	The UK Lost £1.7 Billion to Fraud and Cybercrime in 2022: Counties Most Impacted	Startup News and Tech News London UK - TechRound
United Kingdom	UK government websites among those leaving Git files ‘vulnerable’ to attack	Tech Monitor - Navigating the horizon of business technology
United Kingdom	New maritime security strategy to target physical and cyber threats	Sucuri WebSite Firewall - Access Denied
United Kingdom	NHS cyber attacks hit record levels in four in five trusts after Russian invasion	The Telegraph - Telegraph Online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph - Telegraph
United Kingdom	UK Water Supplier Hit by Cyber Attack, Highlighting Critical Infrastructure Vulnerabilities	Insurance Journal - Property Casualty Insurance News
United States	DOE to support development of ‘next-generation cyber tools’ to protect grid	Utility and Energy Transmission & Distribution News \| Utility Dive
United States	Ransomware attacks increase by 60%, FBI encourages safe cyber practices	WDBJ \| Virginia Local News, Weather, Sports \| Roanoke, VA
United States	'Unprecedented' increase in cybercrime hits hard for Montanans, seniors	Montana News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News \| KECI
United States	Cybercrime is on the rise in Alabama, FBI says	Alabama Local News, Breaking News, Sports & Weather
United States	Cyberattacks on schools are on the rise, experts offer advice on keeping kids safe	Nashville News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News \| WZTV

August12

Country	Topic	Source
Allemagne	Cyberattaque massive aux portes de la France, l’Allemagne frappée	LeBigData.fr : Le Magazine Big Data et Cloud Computing
Argentina	Argentinian health services plan hit by LockBit	DataBreaches.net — “The Office of Inadequate Security”
Brazil	Manifesto for democracy targeted with cyberattacks	The Brazilian Report
Canada	'Web Patrol': Montreal opposition propose task force to tackle cybercrime	Montreal News \| Local Breaking \| CTV News Montreal
Canada	Quebec farmers union under ransomware cyberattack	Home \| Montreal Gazette \| Montreal Gazette
Canada	Une cyberattaque perturbe le transport adapté à Lévis	Radio-Canada.ca \| Information, radio, télé, sports, art
China	China steps up cyberattacks, disinformation campaigns targeting Taiwan	Radio Free Asia
China	Russia and China behind majority of state-sponsored cyber attacks	Strategic Risk Europe
Costa Rica	The Costa Rica Ransomware Attacks: The Implications of Cyberattacks on Critical Infrastructure	Solutions Review
Global	Cybercrime Damages To Cost The World $7 Trillion USD in 2022	Online Newswires and News Monitoring Service - EIN Presswire
Denmark	7-Eleven closes Denmark stores after latest cyberattack on retail point-of-sale systems	Tech Monitor - Navigating the horizon of business technology
Finland	Finland’s parliament hit with cyberattack following US move to admit the country to NATO	Google News
Germany	German Chambers of Industry and Commerce hit by cyberattack	Digital Journal \| Elevating voices
India	The growing cyber threat to India from Far East	Business News Today: Read Latest Business news, India Business News Live, Share Market & Economy News \| The Economic Times
Mali	L'administration malienne victime d'une cyberattaque	Deutche Well
Morocco	Morocco court in favour of extraditing French cybercrime suspect to US	France24
Nigeria	Nigeria Arrests 17 Cybercrime Suspects	Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project - OCCRP
North Korea	Lazarus Group behind the DeBridge Finance Cyberattack	Crypto News: Get All Latest Updates On Bitcoin, Ethereum, And NFT.
Russia	Russian cybercrime gang Killnet claims Lockheed Martin employee data hack	Tech Monitor - Navigating the horizon of business technology
Russia	HIMARS-Maker Lockheed Martin 'Confident' Against Russian Hackers	Newsweek
South Africa	Central Bank Identifies Cybercrime's Growing Threats to SA's Banking Sector	Home - allAfrica.com
Ukraine	Russian invasion has dangerously destabilized cyber security norms	The Register
United Kingdom	Suspected Russian cyber attack on British soil as firm subjected to ‘daily’ hacks	The Telegraph - Telegraph Online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph - Telegraph
United Kingdom	Cyberattack disrupts emergency services in UK, drives calls for healthcare continuity	SC Media \| Cybersecurity News, Awards, Webinars, eSummits, Research \| SC Media
United States	FBI Cincinnati pushes for more cybercrime reports after $133 million taken from Ohioans in one year	WCPO 9 News \| Cincinnati, Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana breaking news, weather, sports and traffic
United States	NHS Cyber-Attack Delays Ambulances	Infosecurity Magazine - Information Security & IT Security News and Resources
United States	Cyberattacks targeting ag co-ops, Nebraska hospital thwarted by FBI	WOWT \| Nebraska Breaking News, Weather, Sports \| Omaha, NE
United States	Hillicon Valley — US warns against North Korea cyber capabilities	The Hill - covering Congress, Politics, Political Campaigns and Capitol Hill
United States	Cyber ambassador nominee calls for more cyber policy muscle at US State Dept	FinTech Global - FinTech Global
United States	US: Transit Is Seeing More Cyber Threats, Many Agencies Aren't Ready	StackPath

August5

Country	Topic	Source
Africa	Only 4% of MEA business leaders are confident their company can handle a cyber attack	Hypertext
Australia	Australian Hacker Charged with Creating, Selling Spyware to Cyber Criminals	The Hacker News - Most Trusted Cyber Security and Computer Security Analysis
Australia	The Laws Relating to Cyber Bullying and Online Abuse in Australia	Criminal & Traffic Lawyers Sydney \| Sydney Criminal Lawyers®
Cameroun	Cameroun: Près de 90% des cyber-arnaques visent le Mobile Money	Cameroon-Info.Net
Corée du Nord	FBI : la Corée du Nord a tenté de pirater les technologies liées aux vaccins anti-COVID	KBS WORLD Radio
Cote d'Ivoire	Côte d'Ivoire-AIP/Inter/ Cybercrime: ECOWAS strengthens the capacities of first responders	Ivorian Press Agency
ECOWAS	ECOWAS strengthens capacity of Cybercrime First Responders	African Business - World leading source of analysis & debate on African economic issues
France	Cybersécurité, les attaques de ransomwares contre l’éducation connaissent une forte hausse	CarnetdeBord – Actualités du message marketing Multicanal
Germany	'Massive' cyberattack targets the German Chambers of Industry and Commerce	Computing - The UK's leading source for the analysis of business technology
Ghana	Ghana: Need to Tackle Terrorism Threat, Cybercrime Confronting Police	Home - allAfrica.com
India	Cybercrime up 4 times in Punjab in a year	News Headlines: Top News Today & Breaking News \| Tribune India
India	Highly potent North Korean malware under scanner of Indian cyber law enforcement agencies	Latest News, Breaking News, Today Headlines, India News, Mumbai News \| Free Press Journal
India	India Rolls Back Personal Data Bill, To Plan A New Law	GWPrime : The First Subscription based Geospatial Media Platform
Italy	Suspected Lockbit Ransomware Attack on Italian Tax Agency Potentially Leaked About 100 GB of Data	Data Protection, Privacy and Cyber Security Leaders - CPO Magazine
Malaysia	Police: 11,367 cybercrime cases reported from January to July this year	Malay Mail \| Breaking News, Malaysia, World, Lifestyle News
Morocco	Morocco Detains Frenchman Wanted in US Over Cybercrime: Police Source	Cybersecurity News, Insights and Analysis \| SecurityWeek
Pakistan	Meta Warns Users Against Organized Cybercrime Syndicates from India and Pakistan	Home - Tekedia
Philippines	The Philippine-US Alliance Has a Major Blind Spot: Cybersecurity	The Diplomat – The Diplomat is a current-affairs magazine for the Asia-Pacific, with news and analysis on politics, security, business, technology and life across the region.
Russia	Lessons from the Russian Cyber Warfare Attacks	#1 in Cloud Security & Endpoint Cybersecurity \| Trend Micro
South Africa	South Africa needs stronger security in place to stop the sabotage of its power supply	ZAWYA - Your trusted source for business and finance news
Spain	Spanish research center suffers cyberattack linked to Russia	Associated Press News
Taiwan	Taiwan presidential office website hit by cyberattack ahead of Pelosi visit	Politics, Policy, Political News- POLITICO
Taiwan	Des sites web gouvernementaux taïwanais aux prises avec des cyber-attaques	Technologie - DataNews
Togo	Togo – Compte rendu du Conseil des ministres du mercredi 03 août 2022	Home \| Icilome
United Kingdom	UK regulator makes U-turn on Avast-Norton cyber security deal	Financial Times
United Kingdom	UK Government Still Seeks Input on Data Storage and Processing Infrastructure, Security, and Resilience	Lexology
United Kingdom	A Frontier Without Direction? The U.K.’s Latest Position on Responsible Cyber Power	Lawfare - Hard National Security Choices
United States	Minnesota FBI director warns of increased cyber attacks against individuals	5 EYEWITNESS NEWS - KSTP.com Eyewitness News
United States	To make US more cyber-resilient, government and business need far greater collaboration	The Hill - covering Congress, Politics, Political Campaigns and Capitol Hill
United States	How the Cyber Ambassador In Waiting Plans to Control $1.5 Billion for Open Networks	Nextgov - Federal Technology News and Analysis for IT Managers & Acquisition Teams
United States	White House tiptoes into more cyber regulation	Politics, Policy, Political News- POLITICO
United States	Cyber Attacks Against Critical Infrastructure Quietly Increase	Home - Security Boulevard

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Cybersecurity - Weekly Update - August 2022