Cyber Defense Advisors

Year: 2023

Why You Shouldn’t Ignore SOX Compliance

Why You Shouldn’t Ignore SOX Compliance In the ever-evolving landscape of corporate governance and financial transparency, one acronym stands out prominently: SOX. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, commonly referred to as SOX, is a critical piece of legislation that plays a pivotal role in ensuring the integrity of financial reporting and maintaining trust in the business world. […]

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  • November 25, 2023

New ‘HrServ.dll’ Web Shell Detected in APT Attack Targeting Afghan Government

An unspecified government entity in Afghanistan was targeted by a previously undocumented web shell called HrServ in what’s suspected to be an advanced persistent threat (APT) attack. The web shell, a dynamic-link library (DLL) named “hrserv.dll,” exhibits “sophisticated features such as custom encoding methods for client communication and in-memory execution,” Kaspersky security researcher Mert Degirmenci […]

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  • November 25, 2023

Warning: 3 Critical Vulnerabilities Expose ownCloud Users to Data Breaches

The maintainers of the open-source file-sharing software ownCloud have warned of three critical security flaws that could be exploited to disclose sensitive information and modify files. A brief description of the vulnerabilities is as follows – CVE-2023-49103 (CVSS score: 10.0) – Disclosure of sensitive credentials and configuration in containerized deployments impacting graphapi versions from 0.2.0 […]

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  • November 24, 2023

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Nebula

Pretty photograph. The Squid Nebula is shown in blue, indicating doubly ionized oxygen—­which is when you ionize your oxygen once and then ionize it again just to make sure. (In all seriousness, it likely indicates a low-mass star nearing the end of its life). As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk […]

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  • November 24, 2023

Chocolate Swiss Army Knife

It’s realistic looking. If I drop it in a bin with my keys and wallet, will the TSA confiscate it?  

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  • November 24, 2023

Cybercriminals Using Telekopye Telegram Bot to Craft Phishing Scams on a Grand Scale

More details have emerged about a malicious Telegram bot called Telekopye that’s used by threat actors to pull off large-scale phishing scams. “Telekopye can craft phishing websites, emails, SMS messages, and more,” ESET security researcher Radek Jizba said in a new analysis. The threat actors behind the operation – codenamed Neanderthals – are known to […]

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  • November 24, 2023

LitterDrifter USB Worm

A new worm that spreads via USB sticks is infecting computers in Ukraine and beyond. The group­—known by many names, including Gamaredon, Primitive Bear, ACTINIUM, Armageddon, and Shuckworm—has been active since at least 2014 and has been attributed to Russia’s Federal Security Service by the Security Service of Ukraine. Most Kremlin-backed groups take pains to […]

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  • November 24, 2023

Tell Me Your Secrets Without Telling Me Your Secrets

The title of this article probably sounds like the caption to a meme. Instead, this is an actual problem GitGuardian’s engineers had to solve in implementing the mechanisms for their new HasMySecretLeaked service. They wanted to help developers find out if their secrets (passwords, API keys, private keys, cryptographic certificates, etc.) had found their way […]

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  • November 24, 2023

Hamas-Linked Cyberattacks Using Rust-Powered SysJoker Backdoor Against Israel

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a Rust version of a cross-platform backdoor called SysJoker, which is assessed to have been used by a Hamas-affiliated threat actor to target Israel amid the ongoing war in the region. “Among the most prominent changes is the shift to Rust language, which indicates the malware code was entirely […]

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