Cyber Defense Advisors

Year: 2023

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  • September 7, 2023

Emerging cyber threats in 2023 from AI to quantum to data poisoning

Companies using Microsoft Teams got news earlier in the summer of 2023 that a Russian hacker group was using the platform to launch phishing attacks, putting a new spin on a long-known attack strategy. According to Microsoft Threat Intelligence, the hackers, identified as Midnight Blizzard, used Microsoft 365 tenants owned by small businesses compromised in […]

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Experts Uncover Underground Phishing “Empire” W3LL

Secretive group targets specifically Microsoft 365 accounts

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5 Reasons GRC Is Important to Your Company

Do you want to streamline your IT security budget to handle GRC issues while getting better service for a fraction of the price? GRC (Governance, Risk Management,Compliance) is aninvaluableprogram companies use to save money, streamline operations, and protect their most valuable assets. More than that, GRC is the foundation of a successful and resilient organization. […]

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UK National Cyber Security Centre Gets a New CTO

Industry veteran Ollie Whitehouse is confirmed

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Four Convicted in $18m Investment Fraud Scheme

The Brittingham Group promised outsized returns to victims

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  • September 4, 2023

Why Instagram Threads is a hotbed of risks for businesses

Instagram’s Threads platform launched to great fanfare in July with a massive surge of users signing up for the new text-sharing and public conversation service, including businesses using the service as an extension of existing social media and communications programs. Many have seen it as an alternative to Elon Musk’s X — formerly Twitter — […]

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Freecycle users told to change passwords after data breach

Freecycle, an online community that encourages sharing unwanted items with eachother than chucking them in the bin or taking them to landfill, has told users to change their passwords after it suffered a data breach.

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  • September 3, 2023

PoC Exploit Released for Critical VMware Aria’s SSH Auth Bypass Vulnerability

Proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code has been made available for a recently disclosed and patched critical flaw impacting VMware Aria Operations for Networks (formerly vRealize Network Insight). The flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-34039, is rated 9.8 out of a maximum of 10 for severity and has been described as a case of authentication bypass due to a lack […]

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Friday Squid Blogging: We’re Genetically Engineering Squid Now

Is this a good idea? The transparent squid is a genetically altered version of the hummingbird bobtail squid, a species usually found in the tropical waters from Indonesia to China and Japan. It’s typically smaller than a thumb and shaped like a dumpling. And like other cephalopods, it has a relatively large and sophisticated brain. […]

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