Cyber Defense Advisors

Month: October 2023

How Australia’s Banking Sector Can Embrace Cross-Collaboration to Combat the Scam Epidemic

The ACCC has given the green light for cross-banking collaboration to address scams. Here’s how IT pros in financial services can take advantage of this opportunity.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

How Australia’s Banking Sector Can Embrace Cross-Collaboration to Combat the Scam Epidemic

The ACCC has given the green light for cross-banking collaboration to address scams. Here’s how IT pros in financial services can take advantage of this opportunity.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

How Australia’s Banking Sector Can Embrace Cross-Collaboration to Combat the Scam Epidemic

The ACCC has given the green light for cross-banking collaboration to address scams. Here’s how IT pros in financial services can take advantage of this opportunity.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

US Government Issues Open-Source Security Guidance for Critical Infrastructure

The recommendations are designed to reduce the life-safety implications of cyber incidents in ICS environments

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

US Government Issues Open-Source Security Guidance for Critical Infrastructure

The recommendations are designed to reduce the life-safety implications of cyber incidents in ICS environments

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

Securing the future of Industry 4.0: WALLIX white paper reveals key strategies – get your copy today!

Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at WALLIX. Thanks to the great team there for their support! In the rapidly evolving landscape of Industry 4.0, marked by rapid innovation and unparalleled connectivity, safeguarding your critical assets is non-negotiable. As industries like Manufacturing, Utilities, Energy, and Transportation undergo profound digital transformations, […]

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  • October 11, 2023

U.S. Cybersecurity Agency Warns of Actively Exploited Adobe Acrobat Reader Vulnerability

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added a high-severity flaw in Adobe Acrobat Reader to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. Tracked as CVE-2023-21608 (CVSS score: 7.8), the vulnerability has been described as a use-after-free bug that can be exploited to achieve remote code execution (RCE) with the

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  • October 11, 2023

Over 17,000 WordPress Sites Compromised by Balada Injector in September 2023

More than 17,000 WordPress websites have been compromised in the month of September 2023 with malware known as Balada Injector, nearly twice the number of detections in August. Of these, 9,000 of the websites are said to have been infiltrated using a recently disclosed security flaw in the tagDiv Composer plugin (CVE-2023-3169, CVSS score: 6.1) that […]

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  • October 11, 2023

Microsoft, American Express most spoofed brands in financial services phishing emails

Technology giant Microsoft and multinational banking firm American Express are the most spoofed companies in phishing emails targeting financial services. That’s according to the 2023 Financial Services Sector Threat Landscape report by Trustwave SpiderLabs, which examines a multitude of threats faced by the financial services industry. The report cited phishing and email-borne malware as the […]

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