Cyber Defense Advisors

Year: 2024

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  • July 30, 2024

Providing Security Updates to Automobile Software

Auto manufacturers are just starting to realize the problems of supporting the software in older models: Today’s phones are able to receive updates six to eight years after their purchase date. Samsung and Google provide Android OS updates and security updates for seven years. Apple halts servicing products seven years after they stop selling them. […]

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  • July 30, 2024

Cybercriminals Target Polish Businesses with Agent Tesla and Formbook Malware

Cybersecurity researchers have detailed widespread phishing campaigns targeting small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Poland during May 2024 that led to the deployment of several malware families like Agent Tesla, Formbook, and Remcos RAT. Some of the other regions targeted by the campaigns include Italy and Romania, according to cybersecurity firm ESET. “Attackers used previously […]

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  • July 30, 2024

Cyber Threat Intelligence: Illuminating the Deep, Dark Cybercriminal Underground

Learn about critical threats that can impact your organization and the bad actors behind them from Cybersixgill’s threat experts. Each story shines a light on underground activities, the threat actors involved, and why you should care, along with what you can do to mitigate risk. The deep and dark web, otherwise known as the cybercriminal […]

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  • July 30, 2024

Israeli athletes doxed at Olympic Games by Zeus hacking group

Graham CLULEY July 30, 2024 Promo Protect all your devices, without slowing them down. Free 30-day trial On Friday posts were published on the internet containing what appeared to be the personal information of Israeli Olympic athletes. As the Times of Israel reports, information including athletes’ names, phone numbers, addresses, passwords, family relationships, photographs, military […]

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  • July 30, 2024

New SideWinder Cyber Attacks Target Maritime Facilities in Multiple Countries

The nation-state threat actor known as SideWinder has been attributed to a new cyber espionage campaign targeting ports and maritime facilities in the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. The BlackBerry Research and Intelligence Team, which discovered the activity, said targets of the spear-phishing campaign include countries like Pakistan, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, and […]

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  • July 30, 2024

OneDrive Phishing Scam Tricks Users into Running Malicious PowerShell Script

Cybersecurity researchers are warning about a new phishing campaign that targets Microsoft OneDrive users with the aim of executing a malicious PowerShell script. “This campaign heavily relies on social engineering tactics to deceive users into executing a PowerShell script, thereby compromising their systems,” Trellix security researcher Rafael Pena said in a Monday analysis. The cybersecurity […]

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  • July 30, 2024

VMware ESXi Flaw Exploited by Ransomware Groups for Admin Access

A recently patched security flaw impacting VMware ESXi hypervisors has been actively exploited by “several” ransomware groups to gain elevated permissions and deploy file-encrypting malware. The attacks involve the exploitation of CVE-2024-37085 (CVSS score: 6.8), an Active Directory integration authentication bypass that allows an attacker to obtain administrative access to the host. “A malicious actor […]

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The CrowdStrike Meltdown Has Rocked Fortune 500s to the Tune of $5.4 Billion

The CrowdStrike Meltdown Has Rocked Fortune 500s to the Tune of $5.4 Billion Strategic Takeaways for IT & Cybersecurity Leaders In an unprecedented blow to the corporate world, the recent CrowdStrike outage we’ve been covering for you has sent shockwaves through Fortune 500 companies, causing financial losses estimated at $5.4 billion, as revealed by cloud […]

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  • July 29, 2024

Hacking gang leaks documents stolen from Pentagon IT provider

Graham CLULEY July 29, 2024 Promo Protect all your devices, without slowing them down. Free 30-day trial Hackers have released internal documents stolen from one of America’s largest IT services providers, which counts various US government agencies, including the Department of Defense, amongst its customers. Bloomberg reports that the leaked data, which belonged to Virginia-based […]

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