Cyber Defense Advisors

Year: 2024

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  • July 12, 2024

The NSA Has a Long-Lost Lecture by Adm. Grace Hopper

The NSA has a video recording of a 1982 lecture by Adm. Grace Hopper titled “Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People.” The agency is (so far) refusing to release it. Basically, the recording is in an obscure video format. People at the NSA can’t easily watch it, so they can’t redact it. So they […]

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  • July 12, 2024

Ever Wonder How Hackers Really Steal Passwords? Discover Their Tactics in This Webinar

In today’s digital age, passwords serve as the keys to our most sensitive information, from social media accounts to banking and business systems. This immense power brings with it significant responsibility—and vulnerability. Most people don’t realize their credentials have been compromised until the damage is done. Imagine waking up to drained bank accounts, stolen identities, […]

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  • July 12, 2024

Critical Exim Mail Server Vulnerability Exposes Millions to Malicious Attachments

A critical security issue has been disclosed in the Exim mail transfer agent that could enable threat actors to deliver malicious attachments to target users’ inboxes. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-39929, has a CVSS score of 9.1 out of 10.0. It has been addressed in version 4.98. “Exim through 4.97.1 misparses a multiline RFC 2231 […]

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  • July 12, 2024

RansomHub ransomware – what you need to know

What’s RansomHub? Despite first appearing earlier this year, RansomHub is already considered one of the most prolific ransomware groups in existence. It operates a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation, meaning that a central core of the group creates and maintains the ransomware code and infrastructure, and rents it out to other cybercriminals who act as affiliates. How […]

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  • July 12, 2024

U.S. Seizes Domains Used by AI-Powered Russian Bot Farm for Disinformation

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said it seized two internet domains and searched nearly 1,000 social media accounts that Russian threat actors allegedly used to covertly spread pro-Kremlin disinformation in the country and abroad on a large scale. “The social media bot farm used elements of AI to create fictitious social media profiles — […]

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  • July 11, 2024

Palo Alto Networks Patches Critical Flaw in Expedition Migration Tool

Palo Alto Networks has released security updates to address five security flaws impacting its products, including a critical bug that could lead to an authentication bypass. Cataloged as CVE-2024-5910 (CVSS score: 9.3), the vulnerability has been described as a case of missing authentication in its Expedition migration tool that could lead to an admin account […]

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  • July 11, 2024

Apple Is Alerting iPhone Users of Spyware Attacks

Not a lot of details: Apple has issued a new round of threat notifications to iPhone users across 98 countries, warning them of potential mercenary spyware attacks. It’s the second such alert campaign from the company this year, following a similar notification sent to users in 92 nations in April. Tags: Apple, cybersecurity, iPhone, spyware […]

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  • July 11, 2024

60 New Malicious Packages Uncovered in NuGet Supply Chain Attack

Threat actors have been observed publishing a new wave of malicious packages to the NuGet package manager as part of an ongoing campaign that began in August 2023, while also adding a new layer of stealth to evade detection. The fresh packages, about 60 in number and spanning 290 versions, demonstrate a refined approach from […]

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  • July 11, 2024

Exposed! The AI-enhanced social media bot farm that pumped out Kremlin propaganda on Twitter

Graham CLULEY July 11, 2024 Promo Protect all your devices, without slowing them down. Free 30-day trial The US Justice Department, working in coordination with Canadian and Dutch authorities, has seized two domain names which it claims were being used by Russian-backed hackers to spread disinformation on social media. The FBI has issued a joint […]

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