Cyber Defense Advisors

Month: December 2023

Why You Shouldn’t Ignore CMMC Compliance

Why You Shouldn’t Ignore CMMC Compliance The world of cybersecurity is a bustling realm of constant evolution, with new threats emerging and existing ones becoming increasingly sophisticated. Amidst this ever-changing landscape, the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) has been established to bring some structure, consistency, and reliability. If you’re a business that interacts with the […]

CMMC Compliance

What are the Benefits of Working with a Cyber Security Services Company?

What are the Benefits of Working with a Cyber Security Services Company? Our interconnected world has woven a digital web that touches every corner of our lives, from our morning coffee order to our bank accounts. With this widespread interconnectivity, cyber threats have also multiplied, becoming more sophisticated and potentially harmful than ever before. This […]

Cyber Security Analyst

Simplify Your Penetration Testing

Simplify Your Penetration Testing Penetration testing, or “pen testing”, is an essential tool in the security arsenal of organizations. At its core, it’s about ethically hacking into systems to uncover vulnerabilities before malicious actors do. But as technology evolves and systems become more complex, penetration testing can sometimes seem daunting. However, breaking down this process […]

Penetration Testing

Simplify Your Penetration Testing and Exploitation Assessments

Simplify Your Penetration Testing and Exploitation Assessments The digital realm is vast, complex, and growing by the second. With this expansion, the risk of vulnerabilities in various systems has heightened. Just like a doctor would examine a patient to ensure their health, in the cyber realm, we rely on penetration testing and exploitation assessments to […]

Penetration Testing and Exploitation Assessment
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  • December 9, 2023

SLAM Attack: New Spectre-based Vulnerability Impacts Intel, AMD, and Arm CPUs

Researchers from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam have disclosed a new side-channel attack called SLAM that could be exploited to leak sensitive information from kernel memory on current and upcoming CPUs from Intel, AMD, and Arm. The attack is an end-to-end exploit for Spectre based on a new feature in Intel CPUs called Linear Address Masking […]

Cyber News
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  • December 9, 2023

Researchers Unveil GuLoader Malware’s Latest Anti-Analysis Techniques

Threat hunters have unmasked the latest tricks adopted by a malware strain called GuLoader in an effort to make analysis more challenging. “While GuLoader’s core functionality hasn’t changed drastically over the past few years, these constant updates in their obfuscation techniques make analyzing GuLoader a time-consuming and resource-intensive process,” Elastic Security Labs researcher Daniel Stepanic […]

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  • December 8, 2023

Friday Squid Blogging: Influencer Accidentally Posts Restaurant Table QR Ordering Code

Another rare security + squid story: The woman—who has only been identified by her surname, Wang—was having a meal with friends at a hotpot restaurant in Kunming, a city in southwest China. When everyone’s selections arrived at the table, she posted a photo of the spread on the Chinese social media platform WeChat. What she […]

Cyber News

Simplify Your ISO 27001 Risk Assessment

Simplify Your ISO 27001 Risk Assessment Navigating the intricate web of cybersecurity can often feel like a daunting task for many organizations. Among the plethora of standards and guidelines available, ISO 27001 stands out as a leading international standard for information security management. At the heart of this standard lies the critical process of Risk […]

ISO 27001 Risk Assessment

How Web Application Testing Can Help Keep Your Company Secure

How Web Application Testing Can Help Keep Your Company Secure With the rise of web applications in businesses, from finance to customer support, there’s a growing need to ensure their security. We’re not merely dealing with personal blogs or websites anymore. Web applications handle crucial data, be it financial transactions, user information, or proprietary business […]

Web Application Testing