Cyber Defense Advisors

Year: 2023

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  • June 4, 2023

New Linux Ransomware Strain BlackSuit Shows Striking Similarities to Royal

An analysis of the Linux variant of a new ransomware strain called BlackSuit has covered significant similarities with another ransomware family called Royal. Trend Micro, which examined an x64 VMware ESXi version targeting Linux machines, said it identified an “extremely high degree of similarity” between Royal and BlackSuit. “In fact, they’re nearly identical, with 98% similarities […]

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  • June 4, 2023

All My Post Links Are Broken

Post.News changed profile links, Twitter is potentially breaking, Medium isn’t paying enough ~ can someone get this right? Continue reading on Bugs That Bite »

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  • June 4, 2023

Changing the Ubuntu Path to Run Programs Without Their Full Path

Add a directory to the Ubuntu path permanently so it remains after a reboot Continue reading on Cloud Security »

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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Chromolithographs

Beautiful illustrations. 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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Insurers Predict $33bn Bill for Catastrophic “Cyber Event”

One-in-200 year event could stem from cloud, data breach or ransomware

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  • June 2, 2023

Camaro Dragon Strikes with New TinyNote Backdoor for Intelligence Gathering

The Chinese nation-stage group known as Camaro Dragon has been linked to yet another backdoor that’s designed to meet its intelligence-gathering goals. Israeli cybersecurity firm Check Point, which dubbed the Go-based malware TinyNote, said it functions as a first-stage payload capable of “basic machine enumeration and command execution via PowerShell or Goroutines.” What the malware lacks in

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The role of cybersecurity in financial institutions -protecting against evolving threats

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.  Cybersecurity is practice of protecting information technology (IT) infrastructure assets such as computers, networks, mobile devices, servers, hardware, software, and data (personal & […]

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Learn how to protect your company from cyberattacks for just $46

Cloud computing brings many business benefits, but it’s essential to know how to protect your data and operations. The post Learn how to protect your company from cyberattacks for just $46 appeared first on TechRepublic.

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