Cyber Defense Advisors

Month: December 2023

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  • December 6, 2023

$10 million up for grabs in fight against North Korean hackers

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  • December 6, 2023

Atlassian Releases Critical Software Fixes to Prevent Remote Code Execution

Atlassian has released software fixes to address four critical flaws in its software that, if successfully exploited, could result in remote code execution. The list of vulnerabilities is below – CVE-2022-1471 (CVSS score: 9.8) – Deserialization vulnerability in SnakeYAML library that can lead to remote code execution in multiple products CVE-2023-22522 (CVSS score: 9.0) – […]

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  • December 6, 2023

Qualcomm Releases Details on Chip Vulnerabilities Exploited in Targeted Attacks

Chipmaker Qualcomm has released more information about three high-severity security flaws that it said came under “limited, targeted exploitation” back in October 2023. The vulnerabilities are as follows – CVE-2023-33063 (CVSS score: 7.8) – Memory corruption in DSP Services during a remote call from HLOS to DSP. CVE-2023-33106 (CVSS score: 8.4) – Memory corruption in […]

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  • December 5, 2023

Russia’s AI-Powered Disinformation Operation Targeting Ukraine, U.S., and Germany

The Russia-linked influence operation called Doppelganger has targeted Ukrainian, U.S., and German audiences through a combination of inauthentic news sites and social media accounts. These campaigns are designed to amplify content designed to undermine Ukraine as well as propagate anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment, U.S. military competence, and Germany’s economic and social issues, according to a new report […]

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  • December 5, 2023

Warning for iPhone Users: Experts Warn of Sneaky Fake Lockdown Mode Attack

A new “post-exploitation tampering technique” can be abused by malicious actors to visually deceive a target into believing that their Apple iPhone is running in Lockdown Mode when it’s actually not and carry out covert attacks. The novel method, detailed by Jamf Threat Labs in a report shared with The Hacker News, “shows that if […]

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  • December 5, 2023

AI and Mass Spying

Spying and surveillance are different but related things. If I hired a private detective to spy on you, that detective could hide a bug in your home or car, tap your phone, and listen to what you said. At the end, I would get a report of all the conversations you had and the contents […]

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  • December 5, 2023

The Internet Enabled Mass Surveillance. AI Will Enable Mass Spying.

Spying and surveillance are different but related things. If I hired a private detective to spy on you, that detective could hide a bug in your home or car, tap your phone, and listen to what you said. At the end, I would get a report of all the conversations you had and the contents […]

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Simplify Your SOC 2 Compliance

Simplify Your SOC 2 Compliance The world of cybersecurity and data protection can feel like an endless maze of acronyms, regulations, and standards. SOC 2 is one such standard, and while its importance in the tech industry is indisputable, many organizations find the process of achieving and maintaining SOC 2 compliance to be daunting. Let’s […]

SOC 2 Compliance

Simplify Your HIPAA Compliance

Simplify Your HIPAA Compliance HIPAA, or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, has been the talk of the healthcare world since its inception in 1996. For anyone dealing with health information in the United States, it’s a crucial standard to meet, ensuring the privacy and security of patient data. While the importance of HIPAA […]

HIPAA Compliance