Cyber Defense Advisors

Month: July 2023

The Password Game

Amusing parody of password rules. BoingBoing: For example, at a certain level, your password must include today’s Wordle answer. And then there’s rule #27: “At least 50% of your password must be in the Wingdings font.”

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  • July 4, 2023

The T of Trust in the Internet is not for Triangle

but it should be Continue reading on The CISO Den »

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  • July 4, 2023

Mexico-Based Hacker Targets Global Banks with Android Malware

An e-crime actor of Mexican provenance has been linked to an Android mobile malware campaign targeting financial institutions globally, but with a specific focus on Spanish and Chilean banks, from June 2021 to April 2023. The activity is being attributed to an actor codenamed Neo_Net, according to security researcher Pol Thill. The findings were published by […]

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  • July 4, 2023

New Chinese APT campaign found targeting European embassies

A China-based advanced persistent threat (APT) campaign has been targeting European government entities focused on foreign and domestic policies, according to research by Check Point. The campaign, dubbed SmugX, uses HTML smuggling, a technique in which attackers hide malicious payloads inside HTML documents. Active since December 2022, the campaign is likely a direct continuation of […]

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Four Men Face 20 Years For Money Laundering Charges

They allegedly helped to clean money stolen from the elderly and vulnerable

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Four Men Face 20 Years For Money Laundering Charges

They allegedly helped to clean money stolen from the elderly and vulnerable

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

Four Men Face 20 Years For Money Laundering Charges

They allegedly helped to clean money stolen from the elderly and vulnerable

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends