Cyber Defense Advisors

Year: 2023

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  • November 17, 2023

Palestine-aligned cyberespionage actor shifts infection chain tactics

Researchers warn that a cyberespionage actor that targets government entities in the Middle East and North Africa and is generally aligned with Palestinian interests has changed its infection chain tactics three times in recent months. The group is known for targeting a very small number of organizations in every campaign to deliver a custom malware […]

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
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  • November 17, 2023

Dangerous Apache ActiveMQ Exploit Allows Stealthy EDR Bypass

There’s no time to waste: For organizations on the fence about patching the critical bug in ActiveMQ, the new proof-of-concept exploit should push them towards action.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
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  • November 17, 2023

CrowdStrike’s new Falcon Go delivers AI security to SMBs

Cybersecurity provider CrowdStrike has released a version of its Falcon platform, called Falcon Go, that’s aimed at small and medium size (SMB) businesses and designed to provide a one-stop, frictionless security product that lets AI do the work instead of IT staff. Falcon Go is designed to act as endpoint protection that’s easy to deploy, […]

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  • November 16, 2023

Alleged Extortioner of Psychotherapy Patients Faces Trial

Prosecutors in Finland this week commenced their criminal trial against Julius Kivimäki, a 26-year-old Finnish man charged with extorting a once popular and now-bankrupt online psychotherapy practice and thousands of its patients. In a 2,200-page report, Finnish authorities laid out how they connected the extortion spree to Kivimäki, a notorious hacker who was convicted in […]

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FTC’s Voice Cloning Challenge

The Federal Trade Commission is running a competition “to foster breakthrough ideas on preventing, monitoring, and evaluating malicious voice cloning.”

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

FTC’s Voice Cloning Challenge

The Federal Trade Commission is running a competition “to foster breakthrough ideas on preventing, monitoring, and evaluating malicious voice cloning.”  

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Biden Admin Issues Sweeping New AI & Cybersecurity Regulations

Biden Issues Sweeping New AI & Cybersecurity Regulations Tech Enters Its ‘Obamacare’ Phase with the Advent of ‘Obamacode’ Obama’s back and Judgment Day’s here. In a significant policy shift reminiscent of the healthcare reform under Obamacare, the Biden Administration has announced a comprehensive new set of regulations addressing the rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence […]

Cyber Thoughts
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  • November 16, 2023

Zero-Day Flaw in Zimbra Email Software Exploited by Four Hacker Groups

A zero-day flaw in the Zimbra Collaboration email software was exploited by four different groups in real-world attacks to pilfer email data, user credentials, and authentication tokens. “Most of this activity occurred after the initial fix became public on GitHub,” Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) said in a report shared with The Hacker News. The […]

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  • November 16, 2023

Experts Uncover DarkCasino: New Emerging APT Threat Exploiting WinRAR Flaw

A hacking group that leveraged a recently disclosed security flaw in the WinRAR software as a zero-day has now been categorized as an entirely new advanced persistent threat (APT). Cybersecurity company NSFOCUS has described DarkCasino as an “economically motivated” actor that first came to light in 2021. “DarkCasino is an APT threat actor with strong […]

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