Cyber Defense Advisors

Month: October 2023

New CISA and NSA Identity and Access Management Guidance Puts Vendors on Notice

This CISA-NSA guidance reveals concerning gaps and deficits in the multifactor authentication and Single Sign-On industry and calls for vendors to make investments and take additional steps.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

New CISA and NSA Identity and Access Management Guidance Puts Vendors on Notice

This CISA-NSA guidance reveals concerning gaps and deficits in the multifactor authentication and Single Sign-On industry and calls for vendors to make investments and take additional steps.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

Fraudsters target Booking.com customers claiming hotel stay could be cancelled

One of the world’s largest online travel agencies, Booking.com, is being used by fraudsters to trick hotel guests into handing over their payment card details. How do I know? The fraudsters tried the trick with me.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
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  • October 16, 2023

‘RomCom’ Cyber Campaign Targets Women Political Leaders

A threat group known as “Void Rabisu” used a spoofed Women Political Leaders Summit website to target attendees to the actual conference with espionage malware.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

Fraudsters target Booking.com customers claiming hotel stay could be cancelled

One of the world’s largest online travel agencies, Booking.com, is being used by fraudsters to trick hotel guests into handing over their payment card details. How do I know? The fraudsters tried the trick with me.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

Ransomware Targets Unpatched WS_FTP Servers

The threat actors attempted to escalate privileges using the open-source GodPotato tool

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
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  • October 16, 2023

Pro-Israeli Hacktivist Group Predatory Sparrow Reappears

It’s been a year since its last communication and attack on Iran — but the conflict with Hamas appears to have reactivated the group.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
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  • October 16, 2023

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Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

Ransomware Targets Unpatched WS_FTP Servers

The threat actors attempted to escalate privileges using the open-source GodPotato tool

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends