Cyber Defense Advisors

Month: August 2023

Friday Squid Blogging: 2023 Squid Oil Global Market Report

I had no idea that squid contain sufficient oil to be worth extracting. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

Friday Squid Blogging: 2023 Squid Oil Global Market Report

I had no idea that squid contain sufficient oil to be worth extracting. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

Friday Squid Blogging: 2023 Squid Oil Global Market Report

I had no idea that squid contain sufficient oil to be worth extracting. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

Stealthy npm Malware Exposes Developer Data

Phylum said the attack demonstrated a carefully crafted development cycle

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  • August 4, 2023

“Crocodile of Wall Street” and her husband plead guilty to giant-sized cryptocrimes

Sentences still to be decided, but she could get up to 10 years and he could get as many as 20.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

Pixel Binary Transparency: verifiable security for Pixel devices

Jay Hou, Software Engineer, TrustFabric (transparency.dev)  Pixel Binary Transparency With Android powering billions of devices, we’ve long put security first. There’s the more visible security features you might interact with regularly, like spam and phishing protection, as well as less obvious integrated security features, like daily scans for malware. For example, Android Verified Boot strives […]

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  • August 4, 2023

Hawaii’s Gemini North Observatory Suspended After Cyberattack

It is unclear who the threat actors were or what kind of cyberattack was attempted on the observatory, but for now it, and a sister site in Chile, remain closed to the skies.

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  • August 4, 2023

Burger King Serves Up Sensitive Data, No Mayo

The incident marks the second time since 2019 that a misconfiguration could have let threat actors “have it their way” when it comes to BK’s data.

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  • August 4, 2023

Researchers warn Amazon’s AWS System Manager agent can be used as a RAT

For many years now, attackers have pivoted from using primarily custom automated malware to attacks that involve hands-on hacking through utilities that already exist on computers. Known as living of the land, this approach also extends to cloud infrastructure by leveraging services and tools cloud providers make available as part of their ecosystem. Researchers from […]

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