Cyber Defense Advisors

Month: October 2023

.US Harbors Prolific Malicious Link Shortening Service

The top-level domain for the United States — .US — is home to thousands of newly-registered domains tied to a malicious link shortening service that facilitates malware and phishing scams, new research suggests. The findings come close on the heels of a report that identified .US domains as among the most prevalent in phishing attacks […]

Cyber News

White House Executive Order on AI Provides Guidelines for AI Privacy and Safety

The Biden administration directed government organizations, including NIST, to encourage responsible and innovative use of AI.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
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  • October 31, 2023

Boeing Breached by Ransomware, LockBit Gang Claims

LockBit gives Boeing a Nov. 2 deadline to pay the ransom or have its sensitive documents leaked to the public, but it hasn’t given evidence of the compromise.

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  • October 31, 2023

Biden’s Artificial Intelligence Executive Order Covers Broad Concerns

The executive order is ambitious and seeks to protect a variety of different groups that are most at risk from the irresponsible use of AI.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
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  • October 31, 2023

Budget Cuts at CISA Could Affect Enterprise Cybersecurity

Politicians are suggesting massive cuts to CISA’s budget, threatening its missions to secure federal networks and help critical infrastructure operators fend off cyberattacks.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
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  • October 31, 2023

Search by Status on AWS KMS Key Page

Would like to be able to search by status on KMS Key page. Continue reading on Bugs That Bite »

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  • October 31, 2023

KMS Keys for AWS Organizations Environments

ACM.358 A common template for key deployment that includes organization and environment names — logs, deploy, and appdata keys Continue reading on Cloud Security »

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  • October 31, 2023

Google Dynamic Search Ads Abused to Unleash Malware ‘Deluge’

An advanced feature of Google targeted ads can allow a rarely precedented flood of malware infections, rendering machines completely useless.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

For Cyber Villains, Every Day is Halloween

For Cyber Villains, Every Day is Halloween How to Protect Yourself from Spine-Chilling Social Engineering Tricks Remember when your parents checked your Halloween candy before you wolfed it down? Hopefully your cybersecurity company is just as vigilant! While Halloween comes just once a year, the risk from cyber villains is a clear and ever-present danger. […]

Cyber Thoughts