Cyber Defense Advisors

Month: July 2023

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  • July 9, 2023

Two Spyware Apps on Google Play with 1.5 Million Users Sending Data to China

Two file management apps on the Google Play Store have been discovered to be spyware, putting the privacy and security of up to 1.5 million Android users at risk. These apps engage in deceptive behaviour and secretly send sensitive user data to malicious servers in China. Pradeo, a leading mobile security company, has uncovered this […]

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The Importance of Penetration Testing in Cloud Security

Read about penetration testing in cloud security and its importance, details about how it’s done and the most common threats to cloud security. The post The Importance of Penetration Testing in Cloud Security appeared first on TechRepublic.

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  • July 7, 2023

iPhone Update — Apply It Now If You Haven’t Already

Apple recently issued an urgent iPhone update, iOS version 16.5.1. If you haven’t updated yet, you should.  Owners of iPads should update to iOS 16.5.1 as well.  The update contains two critical security fixes that prevent bad actors from executing malicious code on iPhones and iPads.   One of the fixes addresses an issue with the […]

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  • July 7, 2023

Startup Spotlight: Endor Labs Focuses on Reachability

The company, one of four finalists in Black Hat USA’s 2023 startup competition, looks to find the vulnerabilities an attacker could actually access.

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Smashing Security podcast #329: Pornhub, Barbie dolls, and can you trust a free TV?

Just how much do porn websites know about your sexual peccadillos? How are Barbie dolls involved in identity scams? And would you trust a completely free telly? Oh, and Graham has some opinions to share about “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”. All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition […]

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  • July 6, 2023

Mitigating Risk With Threat Intelligence

Dark Reading’s latest publication looks at a missing, but necessary, ingredient to effective third-party risk management.

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  • July 6, 2023

3 Critical RCE Bugs Threaten Industrial Solar Panels, Endangering Grid Systems

Exposed and unpatched solar power monitoring systems have been exploited by both amateurs and professionals, including Mirai botnet hackers.

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  • July 6, 2023

Startup Spotlight: Gomboc.ai Balances Cloud Infrastructure Security

The startup, one of four finalists in Black Hat USA’s 2023 startup competition, uses deterministic AI to optimize cloud security.

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