Cyber Defense Advisors

Month: October 2022

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  • October 19, 2022

Сryptocurrency and Ransomware — The Ultimate Friendship

Both cryptocurrency and ransomware are nothing new in the digital world; both have been there for a very long time, which was enough for them to find common pieces for starting their relationship. Ransomware can be like a virtual car that works on all types of fuels, and crypto is the one that is currently […]

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  • October 19, 2022

User-Specific Secrets on AWS: KMS

ACM.84 Granting an IAM Group permission to use a KMS key in a Key Policy This is a continuation of my series of posts on Automating Cybersecurity Metrics. We’ve been working on adding a user-specific secret in Secrets Manager in the past few posts and considered how to deploy secrets in a manner that supports non-repudiation. […]

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Spyder Loader Malware Deployed Against Hong Kong Organizations

The attackers reportedly remained active on some networks for more than a year

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HelpSystems Patch Falls Short, RCE Vulnerability in Cobalt Strike Remains

Certain components in Java Swing will interpret text as HTML content if it starts with

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Zoom Patches High-Severity Flaw in macOS Client

The flaw could allow an attacker to connect to clients and control the Zoom Apps running in it

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  • October 19, 2022

Dangerous hole in Apache Commons Text – like Log4Shell all over again

Third time unlucky. Time to put your patching boots on again…

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  • October 19, 2022

Zoom for Mac patches sneaky “spy-on-me” bug – update now!

Hey! That back door isn’t supposed to be there at all, let alone propped open…

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Plugging holes remote work punched through security

Mike Arrowsmith, chief trust officer at NinjaOne, makes the case for a permanent shift in the way businesses conduct remote security. The post Plugging holes remote work punched through security appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Gartner: IT force multipliers for sustainable growth, cyber resiliency and responsible investment

Gartner analysts outline the steps CIOs need to take to “revolutionize work” for the next stage of digital and detail how to power sustainability outcomes during a keynote address at the Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo Monday. The post Gartner: IT force multipliers for sustainable growth, cyber resiliency and responsible investment appeared first on TechRepublic.

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