Cyber Defense Advisors

Month: November 2023

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  • November 6, 2023

Who’s Behind the SWAT USA Reshipping Service?

Last week, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that one of the largest cybercrime services for laundering stolen merchandise was hacked recently, exposing its internal operations, finances and organizational structure. In today’s Part II, we’ll examine clues about the real-life identity of “Fearlless,” the nickname chosen by the proprietor of the SWAT USA Drops service. Based in […]

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  • November 6, 2023

Critical Atlassian Bug Exploit Now Available; Immediate Patching Needed

In-the-wild exploit activity from dozens of cyberattacker networks is ramping up for the security vulnerability in Confluence, tracked as CVE-2023-22518.

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  • November 6, 2023

Recently Visited IAM And Not On Recently Visited Services List

Testing users in AWS console and just noticed this Continue reading on Bugs That Bite »

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  • November 6, 2023

To Improve Cyber Defenses, Practice for Disaster

Trained teams can implement and test security measures and protocols to prevent and mitigate cyber breaches.

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  • November 6, 2023

Restricting Users to Changing Their Own Credentials

ACM.370 Also, the nightmare policy caused by inconsistent resources in API requests Continue reading on Cloud Security »

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  • November 6, 2023

Google Play Store Highlights ‘Independent Security Review’ Badge for VPN Apps

Google is rolling out a new banner to highlight the “Independent security review” badge in the Play Store’s Data safety section for Android VPN apps that have undergone a Mobile Application Security Assessment (MASA) audit. “We’ve launched this banner beginning with VPN apps due to the sensitive and significant amount of user data these apps […]

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  • November 6, 2023

Okta’s Recent Customer Support Data Breach Impacted 134 Customers

Identity and authentication management provider Okta on Friday disclosed that the recent support case management system breach affected 134 of its 18,400 customers. It further noted that the unauthorized intruder gained access to its systems from September 28 to October 17, 2023, and ultimately accessed HAR files containing session tokens that could be used for session hijacking […]

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