Cyber Defense Advisors

Year: 2022

Top cybersecurity M&A deals for 2022

The number of cybersecurity mergers and acquisitions deals in 2021 set a record pace. The first three quarters of the year saw 151 transactions in the industry, according to 451 Research. That’s up from 94 for the same period in 2020. That trend is likely to continue in 2022. Many of the 2021 transactions CSO […]

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NCSC: UK Organizations Can Learn from Ukraine’s Impressive Cyber Defenses

NCSC CEO, Lindy Cameron, outlines the UK’s observations of the cyber dimension of the Russia-Ukraine conflict

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Microsoft Confirms 2 New Exchange Zero-Day Flaws Being Used in the Wild

Microsoft officially disclosed it investigating two zero-day security vulnerabilities impacting Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019 following reports of in-the-wild exploitation. “The first vulnerability, identified as CVE-2022-41040, is a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability, while the second, identified as CVE-2022-41082, allows remote code execution (RCE) when PowerShell is

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Manufacturers Failing to Address Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities Liable Under New European Rules

The liability rules allow for compensation for damage when manufacturers fail to address cybersecurity vulnerabilities

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How analyzing employee behavior can improve your cybersecurity posture

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. Despite the ongoing rise in social engineering attacks, the idea that cybersecurity is only about technology manifests within most of our minds. Organizations often neglect human behavior’s impact on their cybersecurity postures. Instead, they spend lavishly on endpoint security tools, threat hunting programs, and building incident […]

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WARNING: New Unpatched Microsoft Exchange Zero-Day Under Active Exploitation

Security researchers are warning of previously undisclosed flaws in fully patched Microsoft Exchange servers being exploited by malicious actors in real-world attacks to achieve remote code execution on affected systems. That’s according to Vietnamese cybersecurity company GTSC, which discovered the shortcomings as part of its security monitoring and incident response efforts in August 2022. The

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Israel Cybersecurity Enterprise (ICE) Teams with CybeReady to Deliver World-Class Security Training

Security service provider selects cybersecurity training platform to safeguard enterprises in LATAM.

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Safous Adds Browser Isolation to Its Zero-Trust Network Access Service

This new function offers secure access to corporate applications and external SaaS through a virtual browser.

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Cyera Survey Finds One in Three Respondents Want to Minimize Cloud Data Risk

Multiple providers say ‘cloud data sprawl’ makes managing cloud data risk a priority initiative within the next 12 months.

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