Cyber Defense Advisors

Month: October 2023

Revealed! The top 10 cybersecurity misconfigurations, as determined by CISA and the NSA

A joint advisory from the United States’s National Security Agency (NSA) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has shone a light on the top ten most common cybersecurity misconfigurations found in large private and public organisations. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

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  • October 6, 2023

North Korea’s Lazarus Group Launders $900 Million in Cryptocurrency

As much as $7 billion in cryptocurrency has been illicitly laundered through cross-chain crime, with the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group linked to the theft of roughly $900 million of those proceeds between July 2022 and July of this year. “As traditional entities such as mixers continue to be subject to seizures and sanctions scrutiny, the crypto crime […]

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  • October 6, 2023

Moving A Lambda Function to AWS Batch

ACM.328 Considering new risks in a different execution environment with different security configuration options Continue reading on Cloud Security »

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  • October 6, 2023

MGM ransomware attack costs $100 million, in busy month for breaches

The recent ransomware attack on MGM Resort International cost the hotel and casino company $100 million overall from operational disruptions, according to its latest filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). MGM was attacked by ALPHR (aka BlackCat), a ransomware group widely thought to have links to the Russian government. MGM declined to […]

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  • October 6, 2023

Suspected Crime Gang Hacks Israeli President’s Telegram Account

The encrypted messaging app was hacked in the wake of an online scam before access was “swiftly restored.”

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  • October 6, 2023

23andMe Cyberbreach Exposes DNA Data, Potential Family Ties

The information leaked in the breach involves personally identifiable information as well as genetic ancestry data, potential relatives, and geolocations.

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