Cyber Defense Advisors

Year: 2022

US Charges Two Chinese Agents in Huawei Obstruction Case

Indictments form one of three cases involving Chinese spies

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
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  • October 25, 2022

Apple Releases Patch for New Actively Exploited iOS and iPadOS Zero-Day Vulnerability

Tech giant Apple on Monday rolled out updates to remediate a zero-day flaw in iOS and iPadOS that it said has been actively exploited in the wild. The weakness, given the identifier CVE-2022-42827, has been described as an out-of-bounds write issue in the Kernel, which could be abused by a rogue application to execute arbitrary […]

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Protect yourself from scams this Diwali

It’s Diwali, a time of light, a time of togetherness, and, of course, a time of celebration. Along with Diwali comes the traditional acts of dana and seva, as well as gift-giving to the friends and family members they honor and love. However, it’s also a time when thieves get busy—where they hop online and […]

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Ransomware Masquerading as Microsoft Update Targets Home Computers

A new ransomware threat is currently sweeping its way across home computers. And what’s making it extra tricky is that it’s disguised as an operating system update.  Be on the lookout for this new ransomware scheme and protect yourself from ransomware with a few of these tips.  What Is Magniber Ransomware?  Magniber is a new type of […]

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  • October 24, 2022

Apple megaupdate: Ventura out, iOS and iPad kernel zero-day – act now!

Ventura hits the market with 112 patches, Catalina’s gone missing, and iPhones and iPads get a critical kernel-level zero-day patch…

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Car dealer group Pendragon refuses to pay $60 million to ransomware extortionists

Pendragon – the car dealership group which owns Evans Halshaw, CarStore, and Stratstone, and operates around 160 showrooms across the UK – has confirmed that its IT servers have been hacked by cybercriminals who claim to have stolen five per cent of its data.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
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  • October 24, 2022

Download eBook: Top virtual CISOs share 7 tips for vCISO service providers

Virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO) services (also known as ‘Fractional CISO’ or ‘CISO-as-a-Service’) are growing in popularity, especially as growing cyber threats, tightening regulatory demands and strict cyber insurance requirements are driving small to medium-sized enterprises demand for strategic cybersecurity and compliance guidance and management. But vCISO services are

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  • October 24, 2022

Serious Security: You can’t beat the house at Blackjack – or can you?

What if you could guess the next card correctly twice as often as you should?

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends