(This is our CINS Army Brief for June 2021. Learn more and subscribe here.)

You know when you get in the car that’s been sitting outside in the heat of summer and your leg touches the seat belt? Burned, you get burned, son. Not only are temperatures on the rise; ransomware attacks are climbing as well. Don’t get burned, read on for a few compelling articles to help you through the cyber-heat.

• One in Five Manufacturing Firms Targeted by Cyberattacks
  https://beta.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/one-in-five-manufacturing-firms-targeted-by-cyberattacks
• Have we reached peak ransomware? How the internet’s biggest security problem has grown and what happens next
  https://www.zdnet.com/article/have-we-reached-peak-ransomware-how-the-internets-biggest-security-problem-has-grown-and-what-happens-next/
• Cyberattacks Are Tailored to Employees … Why Isn’t Security Training?
  https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/cyberattacks-are-tailored-to-employees–why-isnt-security-training/a/d-id/1341261
• Smishing – what is it? And why should it be a top priority for CISOs?
  https://www.itproportal.com/features/smishing-what-is-it-and-why-should-it-be-a-top-priority-for-cisos/
• VPN Attacks Surged in First Quarter
  https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/vpn-attacks-surged-in-first-quarter/d/d-id/1341300
• U.S. Water and Power Are Shockingly Vulnerable to Cyberhacks
  https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/u-s-water-and-power-are-shockingly-vulnerable-to-cyberhacks-1
• Ransomware Is Not the Problem
  https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/ransomware-is-not-the-problem/a/d-id/1341171
• This is how fast a password leaked on the web will be tested out by hackers
  https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-is-how-fast-a-password-leaked-on-the-web-will-be-tested-out-by-hackers/
• Ransomware Attack Response Should Extend Beyond Money to Your Team’s Morale
  https://securityintelligence.com/posts/ransomware-response-beyond-money-to-morale/
• The security implications for private messaging apps
  https://www.techradar.com/news/the-security-implications-for-private-messaging-apps