Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review edition for the week ending Friday May 20th, 2022. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com.
In a few minutes I’ll be joined by David Shipley, head of Beauceron Security, to talk about some of the news from the past seven days. Here are some of the headlines:
Cyber intelligence agencies from five countries including the U.S. and Canada issued another reminder that attackers routinely exploit poor security configurations, unpatched software and weak login controls. David and I will discuss their recommendations to IT leaders.
We’ll also look at an international survey of CISOs about ransomware and other things that are important to them.
And we’ll analyze the latest proposal by the European Union to update cybersecurity standards for critical infrastructure sectors in the 27 EU countries. Can we do that here?
Elsewhere, the Conti ransomware gang continues trying to pressure Costa Rica with its multi-million dollar financial demands. The gang, which struck some government departments last month, now says it’s trying to overthrow the government with help from…
