Cyber Defense Advisors

Month: December 2022

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  • December 1, 2022

The CHRISTMA EXEC network worm – 35 years and counting!

“Uh-oh, this viruses-and-worms scene could turn out quite troublesome.” If only we’d been wrong…

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  • December 1, 2022

S3 Ep111: The business risk of a sleazy “nudity unfilter” [Audio + Text]

Latest episode – listen now (or read if you prefer)…

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Hackers Target Colombia’s Healthcare System With Ransomware

The attack disrupted IT operations, websites and scheduling of medical appointments

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Unwrapping Some of the Holiday Season’s Biggest Scams

Even with the holidays in full swing, scammers won’t let up. In fact, it’s high time for some of their nastiest cons as people travel, donate to charities, and simply try to enjoy their time with friends and family.  Unfortunate as it is, scammers see this time of year as a tremendous opportunity to profit. […]

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  • December 1, 2022

Researchers found security pitfalls in IBM’s cloud infrastructure

Security researchers recently probed IBM Cloud’s database-as-a-service infrastructure and found several security issues that granted them access to the internal server used to build database images for customer deployments. The demonstrated attack highlights some common security oversights that can lead to supply chain compromises in cloud infrastructure. Developed by researchers from security firm Wiz, the […]

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WhatsApp Files on Dark Web Show Millions of Records For Sale

The list went on sale for four days and is now being distributed for free among dark web users

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Spyware Vendor Variston Exploited N-Days in Chrome, Firefox, Windows

The claims come from Google’s Threat Analysis Group, which published an advisory about the threat

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  • December 1, 2022

Google Accuses Spanish Spyware Vendor of Exploiting Chrome, Firefox, and Windows Zero-Days

A Barcelona-based surveillanceware vendor named Variston IT is said to have surreptitiously planted spyware on targeted devices by exploiting several zero-day flaws in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Windows, some of which date back to December 2018. “Their Heliconia framework exploits n-day vulnerabilities in Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Defender, and provides all the tools necessary […]

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Sirius XM Software Vulnerability

This is new: Newly revealed research shows that a number of major car brands, including Honda, Nissan, Infiniti, and Acura, were affected by a previously undisclosed security bug that would have allowed a savvy hacker to hijack vehicles and steal user data. According to researchers, the bug was in the car’s Sirius XM telematics infrastructure […]

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