Cyber Defense Advisors

Year: 2023

Architecting XDR to Save Money and Your SOC’s Sanity

XDR can lower platform costs and improve detection, but it requires committing to a few principles that go against the established way of thinking about SOC.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

Friday Squid Blogging: See-Through Squid

Doryteuthis opalescens is known as the market squid, and was critical in the recent squid RNA research. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here.

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  • July 3, 2023

Getting to UDM Pro Setup Behind PFSense ~ No Internet

One of my posts on Network Security, PFSense, and a Ubiquiti Dream Machine Pro Continue reading on Cloud Security »

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  • July 3, 2023

Firewall Rules for UDM Pro Setup

Why. So. Many. IP. Ranges? And domains don’t resolve. Continue reading on Cloud Security »

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  • July 3, 2023

Beware: New ‘RustBucket’ Malware Variant Targeting macOS Users

Researchers have pulled back the curtain on an updated version of an Apple macOS malware called RustBucket that comes with improved capabilities to establish persistence and avoid detection by security software. “This variant of RustBucket, a malware family that targets macOS systems, adds persistence capabilities not previously observed,” Elastic Security Labs researchers said in a report

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  • July 3, 2023

Hackers Exploiting Unpatched WordPress Plugin Flaw to Create Secret Admin Accounts

As many as 200,000 WordPress websites are at risk of ongoing attacks exploiting a critical unpatched security vulnerability in the Ultimate Member plugin. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-3460 (CVSS score: 9.8), impacts all versions of the Ultimate Member plugin, including the latest version (2.6.6) that was released on June 29, 2023. Ultimate Member is a popular […]

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  • July 3, 2023

Shifting security left: DevSecOps meets virtualization

The practice of shifting security left has its roots in DevOps, an agile methodology designed to reduce the time it takes for software projects to go from concept to production. By taking a proactive approach to secure development, organizations can reduce the risk of cyber attacks and system outages due to malicious actors or accidental […]

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  • July 3, 2023

Ubiquiti Dream Machine Pro: No Power over Ethernet

An expensive Wifi solution if you want to power your devices with PoE Continue reading on Cloud Security »

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  • July 3, 2023

Wifi with Ubiquiti Dream Machine Pro

Device adoption and connecting to WiFi Continue reading on Cloud Security »

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