Cyber Defense Advisors

Month: December 2022

Friday Squid Blogging: Grounded Fishing Boat Carrying 16,000 Pounds of Squid

Rough seas are hampering efforts to salvage the boat: The Speranza Marie, carrying 16,000 pounds of squid and some 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel, hit the shoreline near Chinese Harbor at about 2 a.m. on Dec. 15. Six crew members were on board, and all were rescued without injury by another fishing boat. […] However, […]

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Geopolitical Tensions Expected to Further Impact Cybersecurity in 2023

The global political landscape will continue to have an impact on cybersecurity as nation-state backed cyber-attacks continue

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  • December 30, 2022

US passes the Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act – and why not?

Cryptographic agility: the ability and the willingness to change quickly when needed.

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  • December 30, 2022

The horror! The horror! NOTEPAD gets tabbed editing (very briefly)

Is there a special meaning of “don’t” that means “go right ahead”?

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  • December 30, 2022

Happy 13th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

KrebsOnSecurity turns 13 years old today. That’s a crazy long time for an independent media outlet these days, but then again I’m bound to keep doing this as long as they keep letting me. Heck, I’ve been doing this so long I briefly forgot which birthday this was! Thanks to your readership and support, I […]

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QR Code Scam

An enterprising individual made fake parking tickets with a QR code for easy payment.

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  • December 29, 2022

Twitter data of “+400 million unique users” up for sale – what to do?

If the crooks have connected up your phone number and your Twitter handle… what could go wrong?

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FIN7 threat actor updated its ransomware activity

Researchers from PRODAFT reveal that the infamous FIN7 threat actor updated its ransomware activities and provide a unique view into the structure of the group. Learn how to protect against it. The post FIN7 threat actor updated its ransomware activity appeared first on TechRepublic.

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  • December 28, 2022

Critical “10-out-of-10” Linux kernel SMB hole – should you worry?

It’s serious, it’s critical, and you could call it severe… but in HHGttG terminology, it’s probably “mostly harmless”.

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