Cyber Defense Advisors

Year: 2023

Phony Corsair job vacancy targets LinkedIn users with DarkGate malware

A Vietnamese cybercrime gang is being blamed for a malware campaign that has seen bogus adverts posted on LinkedIn, pretending to be related to jobs at computer memory and gaming accessories firm Corsair. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

Phony Corsair job vacancy targets LinkedIn users with DarkGate malware

Job hunters should be on their guard. Researchers at security firm WithSecure have described how fake job opportunities are being posted on LinkedIn with the intent of spreading malware. A Vietnamese cybercrime gang is being blamed for a malware campaign that has seen bogus adverts posted on LinkedIn, pretending to be related to jobs at […]

Cyber News

Small Businesses Are Swimming in Shark-Infested Cyber Waters

Small Businesses Are Swimming in Shark-Infested Cyber Waters A Stunning New Report Reveals a 2023 Feeding Frenzy If you’re a small business owner, you’re gonna need a bigger boat. The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), a stalwart non-profit in the domain of identity crime support, has just unveiled its annual 2023 Business Impact Report (BIR) […]

Cyber Thoughts

Ensuring robust security of a containerized environment

The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author.  AT&T does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article.  In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, containerized microservices have become the lifeblood of application development and deployment. Resembling miniature virtual machines, these entities […]

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

Ambulances diverted after New York hospitals hit by cyber attack

Graham CLULEY October 26, 2023 Promo Protect all your devices, without slowing them down. Free 30-day trial It’s all too easy sometimes to imagine that a cyber attack is confined to the digital world, and that – although disruptive – it may not have serious consequences in real life. Maybe the attack which happened last […]

Cyber News

ASVEL basketball club slam dunked by NoEscape ransomware gang, data stolen

Graham CLULEY October 26, 2023 Promo Protect all your devices, without slowing them down. Free 30-day trial A high profile French basketball team has fallen victim to the NoEscape ransomware-as-a-service group, who claim to have stolen 32 GB of data including sensitive personal information about the club’s star players. Lyon-based ASVEL, owned by former NBA […]

Cyber News

Smashing Security podcast #345: Cyber sloppiness, and why does Google really want to hide your IP address?

Ahoy! There’s trouble in the South China Seas as Filipino organisations fail to secure their systems, we take a close look at Google IP protection, and we take a look at just how so much genetic profile data leaked out of 23andMe. All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of […]

Cyber News

Winter Vivern: Zero-Day XSS Exploit Targets Roundcube Servers

ESET Research reported the vulnerability to the Roundcube team on October 12

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
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  • October 26, 2023

Citrix urges immediate patching of critically vulnerable product lines

Citrix has urged customers of NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway to install updated versions of the networking products to prevent active exploitation of vulnerabilities that could lead to information disclosure and DoS attacks. NetScaler ADC (Application Delivery Controller) and NetScaler Gateway were designed to enhance the performance, security, and availability of applications and services within […]

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends