From Ferrari to Ford, Cybersecurity Bugs Plague Automotive Safety – Dark Reading

A range of automakers from Acura to Toyota are plagued by security vulnerabilities within their vehicles that could allow hackers to access personally identifiable information (PII), lock owners out of their vehicles, and even take over functions like starting and stopping the vehicle’s engine.According to a team of seven security researchers, whose efforts were detailed … Read more

Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for December 16, 2022 – IT World Canada

Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review edition for the week ending Friday, December 16th, 2022. From Toronto, I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com.In a few minutes David Shipley of Beauceron Security will join me to discuss several events from the past seven days. But first a brief … Read more

Schools hit by cyber attack and documents leaked – BBC

Highly confidential documents from 14 schools have been leaked online by hackers, the BBC can reveal.One of those was Pates Grammar School in Gloucestershire, targeted by a hacking group called Vice Society.The documents, seen by the BBC, include children's SEN information, child passport scans, staff pay scales and contract details, taken in 2021 & 2022.A … Read more

FIU awarded over $2M to prepare students for careers in cybersecurity – FIU News

By Eddy MaderoAugust 24, 2022 at 10:52amCyber Florida has awarded FIU more than $2 million to fund four projects focused on educating and preparing students for careers in cybersecurity and information technology.  These grants, funded by the Cybersecurity and Information Technology Pathways (Cyber/IT Pathways) program, will help expand FIU-led programs meant to address the national skills shortage … Read more

New U.S. cyber strategy will require critical infrastructure companies … – The Washington Post

Sign inThe Biden administration is set to unveil a national strategy that for the first time calls for comprehensive cybersecurity regulation of the nation’s critical infrastructure, explicitly recognizing that years of a voluntary approach have failed to secure the nation against cyberattacks, according to senior administration officials.The strategy builds on the first-ever oil and gas … Read more

Japan, US finalising memorandum of understanding on cyber … – Reuters.com

TOKYO, Jan 5 (Reuters) – Japan and the United States are finalising a memorandum of understanding on cyber security, Japan's Nikkei newspaper reported on Thursday.Japan's trade minister, Yasutoshi Nishimura, is likely to meet U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas on Friday in Washington D.C. to reach an agreement, the Nikkei added.Our Standards: The Thomson … Read more