Cybersecurity

From Macro to Payload: Decrypting the Sidewinder Cyber Intrusion Tactics – CYFIRMA

Published On : 2023-12-15 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY At CYFIRMA, our mission is to empower you with the latest insights into the dynamic landscape of cybersecurity threats, addressing risks that impact both organizations and individuals. This report details a sophisticated cyber threat involving a malicious Word file with an embedded macro that, upon opening, prompts victims to […]

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Tech Giants Launch Post-Quantum Cryptography Coalition

A new tech consortium launched today with a mission to drive adoption of post-quantum cryptography (PQC). The PQC Coalition features Microsoft, IBM Quantum, MITRE, PQShield, SandboxAQ and the University of Waterloo among its founding members. The goal will be to improve uptake of PQC in commercial and open source technologies. Quantum computing represents an existential threat […]

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US Cyber Command wrapped second ‘hunt forward’ mission to Lithuania

U.S. Cyber Command announced Tuesday that it completed its second “hunt forward” mission to uncover vulnerabilities in Lithuania’s networks. The operation is one of dozens the elite digital warfighting organization has undertaken since 2018 as part of a larger push to help the U.S. government understand weaknesses or malicious activity in foreign systems and how […]

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CISA, FBI, and CNMF Release Advisory on Multiple Nation-State Threat Actors Exploit CVE-2022-47966 and CVE-2022-42475 | CISA

Today, CISA, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and U.S. Cyber Command’s Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) published a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA), Multiple Nation-State Threat Actors Exploit CVE-2022-47966 and CVE-2022-42475. This CSA provides information on an incident at an Aeronautical Sector organization, with malicious activity occurring as early as January 2023.  CISA, FBI, and CNMF […]