Cyber Defense Advisors

Month: October 2023

Persistent Espionage Campaign Targets APAC Governments

Kaspersky said the campaign exploiting USB drives first came to light in early 2023

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

Tech CEO Sentenced to 5 Years in IP Address Scheme

Amir Golestan, the 40-year-old CEO of the Charleston, S.C. based technology company Micfo LLC, has been sentenced to five years in prison for wire fraud. Golestan’s sentencing comes nearly two years after he pleaded guilty to using an elaborate network of phony companies to secure more than 735,000 Internet Protocol (IP) addresses from the American […]

Cyber News

Fake Browser Updates Used in Malware Distribution

Proofpoint have identified at least four distinct threat clusters

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

Corporate Casualties of the 2023 Cyber Wars

Corporate Casualties of the 2023 Cyber Wars The Most Notorious Incidents So Far—Key Takeaways & Lessons Learned If the past year has taught us anything, we all need to batten down the hatches for what’s to come. 2023 has been a whirlwind, with multiple incidents revealing various organizations’ Achilles’ heels. There’s a lot we can […]

Cyber Thoughts

Fake Browser Updates Used in Malware Distribution

Proofpoint have identified at least four distinct threat clusters

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

Rising AI-Fueled Phishing Drives Demand for Password Alternatives

FIDO Alliance’s third Online Authentication Barometer showed that AI-powered phishing is slowly prompting users to switch passwords for multi-factor authentication methods

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
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  • October 17, 2023

Cybercriminals register .AI domains of trusted brands for malicious activity

Almost half of Forbes Global 2000 companies do not have control over their branded artificial intelligence (.AI) domain names, which are registered by third parties. That’s according to the 2023 Domain Security Report from CSC, which revealed that cybercriminals are exploiting AI’s popularity by attempting to register the domains of trusted brands for malicious activity. […]

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
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  • October 17, 2023

Top 6 Mistakes in Incident Response Tabletop Exercises

Avoid these errors to get the greatest value from your incident response training sessions.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

Rising AI-Fueled Phishing Drives Demand for Password Alternatives

FIDO Alliance’s third Online Authentication Barometer showed that AI-powered phishing is slowly prompting users to switch passwords for multi-factor authentication methods

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends