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News

− US Agencies Publish Cybersecurity Report on Deepfake Threats

CISA, FBI and NSA have published a cybersecurity report on deepfakes and recommendations for identifying and responding to such threats.
 https://media.defense.gov/2023/Sep/12/2003298925/-1/-1/0/CSI-DEEPFAKE-THREATS.PDF 
   

− Russian Journalist's iPhone Compromised by NSO Group's Zero-Click Spyware

The iPhone belonging to Galina Timchenko, a prominent Russian journalist and critic of the government, was compromised with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware, a new collaborative investigation from Access Now and the Citizen Lab has revealed. The infiltration is said to have happened on or around February 10, 2023.
 https://citizenlab.ca/2023/09/pegasus-infection-of-galina-timchenko-exiled-russian-journalist-and-publisher/ 
   

− Pentagon’s 2023 Cyber Strategy Focuses on Helping Allies

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has released its 2023 Cyber Strategy, emphasizing a commitment to enhancing the cyber capabilities of allies and partners while increasing collective resilience against cyber threats.
 https://www.securityweek.com/pentagons-2023-cyber-strategy-focuses-on-helping-allies/ 
   

− Canadian Government Targeted With DDoS Attacks by Pro-Russia Group

The pro-Russian cybercrime group tracked as NoName057(16) is launching DDoS attacks against Canadian organizations.
 https://www.cyber.gc.ca/en/alerts-advisories/distributed-denial-service-campaign-targeting-multiple-canadian-sectors
 
   

Vulnerabilities

− NCSC Alert _ Vulnerability in remote access VPN feature of Cisco device software - CVE-2023-20269

Cisco has released a security advisory on a zero-day vulnerability, which is currently being exploited in
the wild. This vulnerability currently affects the remote access VPN feature of Cisco Adaptive Security
Appliance (ASA) and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) software. T
 https://www.ncsc.gov.ie/pdfs/Cisco_remote_access_VPN_unauthorised_access_vulnerability.pdf 
   



Community News

− Cyber Ireland National Conference 2023

CINC is Cyber Ireland’s flagship event where leaders and professionals across industry, academia and government come together each year. In association with Cyber Ireland’s West Chapter and ITAG Cyber Forum, we are hosting CINC23 in Galway. This year’s theme is ‘Securing our resilient digital future’. It will examine what Ireland’s cyber security ecosystem, which contributes over €1 billion to the Irish economy annually, must do today to ensure a safe, democratic cyberspace in ten years’ time.
 https://cyberireland.ie/ci-event/cyber-ireland-national-conference-twentythree/ 
   




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