Cyber Defense Advisors

Month: October 2022

We Can Save Security Teams From Crushing Workloads. Will We?

Today, the processing of mountain-high stacks of alarms is considered “security.” That system is failing customers and the cybersecurity workforce.

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Why Don’t You Go Dox Yourself?

Whether or not you’ve heard the term “doxxing” before, you’re probably familiar with the problem it names: collecting personal information about someone online to track down and reveal their real-life identity. The motivations for doxxing are many, and mostly malicious: for some doxxers, the goal in tracking someone is identity theft. For others, it’s part […]

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Spyware Maker Intellexa Sued by Journalist

The Greek journalist Thanasis Koukakis was spied on by his own government, with a commercial spyware product called “Predator.” That product is sold by a company in North Macedonia called Cytrox, which is in turn owned by an Israeli company called Intellexa. Koukakis is suing Intellexa. The lawsuit filed by Koukakis takes aim at Intellexa […]

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Hackers Can Use ‘App Mode’ in Chromium Browsers’ for Stealth Phishing Attacks

In what’s a new phishing technique, it has been demonstrated that the Application Mode feature in Chromium-based web browsers can be abused to create “realistic desktop phishing applications.” Application Mode is designed to offer native-like experiences in a manner that causes the website to be launched in a separate browser window, while also displaying the […]

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3 actions Latin American leaders must take to reduce risk of cyberattacks

We have witnessed increased cyberattacks on the Latin American region in recent days. Mexico’s President Obrador confirmed that its government has suffered what is perhaps a sensitive attack on its intelligence and armed forces. Chilean Armed Forces suffered a similar attack and its judiciary system was also compromised. The Colombian National Institute for Drug and […]

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The CSO guide to top security conferences

There is nothing like attending a face-to-face event for career networking and knowledge gathering, and we don’t have to tell you how helpful it can be to get a hands-on demo of a new tool or to have your questions answered by experts. Fortunately, plenty of great conferences are coming up in the months ahead. […]

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US Warns of Foreign Disinfo Ops Ahead of Midterms

False narratives will try to sow doubt over outcome of election

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Ransomware – undeniably top of mind

A brief walk down memory lane: Ransomware is not a new threat   Ransomware’s first documented attack was relatively rudimentary. It was delivered via floppy disk containing a malware program in 1989 that told its victims to pay $189 in ransom to a PO Box in Panama. Today ransomware criminals are significantly more sophisticated, thanks to advances in […]

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Hacker Steals Over $570m from Binance Bridge

Cypro-thieves target popular cross-chain bridging service

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