Cyber Defense Advisors

Month: November 2023

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  • November 1, 2023

Malware ‘Meal Kits’ Serve Up No-Fuss RAT Attacks

The wider availability of turnkey cyberattack kits in the criminal underground is leading to a glut of campaigns using remote access Trojans (RATs).

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
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  • November 1, 2023

Step-by-step through the Money Message ransomware

Money Message is an insidious ransomware family known for resisting detection and remediation in various ways. We walk through a recent case

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  • November 1, 2023

Inconsistencies in AWS IAM Access Advisor

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  • November 1, 2023

Third Wave Innovations rolls security into all-in-one NOC offering

Third Wave Innovations wants to be one-stop shopping for both security and network operations management, having grafted a host of network operations center (NOC) capabilities onto its existing C4 Intelligence Platform and dubbing it a Cyber Network Operations Center. The company, which announced cNOC today, said that the service is meant to act as a […]

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  • November 1, 2023

SEC Charges Against SolarWinds CISO Send Shockwaves Through Security Ranks

The legal actions may have a chilling effect on hiring CISOs, who are already in short supply, but may also expose just how budget-constrained most security executives are.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
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  • November 1, 2023

Alert: F5 Warns of Active Attacks Exploiting BIG-IP Vulnerability

F5 is warning of active abuse of a critical security flaw in BIG-IP less than a week after its public disclosure that could result in the execution of arbitrary system commands as part of an exploit chain. Tracked as CVE-2023-46747 (CVSS score: 9.8), the vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the BIG-IP system through the management […]

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