Cybersecurity Update December 2 2022
Channel: Smart Cybersecurity
Date: 2022-12-01

About the “Cybersecurity Update:” 

The Cybersecurity Update is a periodic post in Medium and contains news about Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Network Security, and Securing our IoT/SCADA Networks and Databases. Updates are selected items taken from publicly available resources and present a select set of items to support learning about Cybersecurity. Aside from the news being presented, a discussion of approaches that a cybersecurity professional (or individual) can take pertaining to the updates is also discussed. The intention is to not only bring you the cybersecurity news, but to also discuss with your possible strategies of addressing items posted in the cybersecurity update. Please follow along. Please send me any additional suggestions for addressing any of the updates, suggestions for videos/content that you’d like to see/read, or just keep in contact. My info is provided in the “About the Author” section at the end of this article.

Topics Today: 

Topic 1: Trigona ransomware spotted in increasing attacks worldwide 
Topic 2: Crafty threat actor uses 'aged' domains to evade security platforms 
Topic 3: Defense Department Releases Zero Trust Strategy 

References:

Topic 1: Trigona ransomware spotted in increasing attacks worldwide: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/trigona-ransomware-spotted-in-increasing-attacks-worldwide/

Topic 2: Crafty threat actor uses 'aged' domains to evade security platforms: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/crafty-threat-actor-uses-aged-domains-to-evade-security-platforms/

Topic 3: Defense Department Releases Zero Trust Strategy: https://www.lawfareblog.com/defense-department-releases-zero-trust-strategy 

Supplemental: https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3229211/dod-releases-path-to-cyber-security-through-zero-trust-architecture/#:~:text=%22Zero%20trust%20is%20a%20framework,acting%20chief%20information%20officer%2C%20said. 

About the Author 

Ron McFarland, PhD, CISSP is a Senior Cybersecurity Consultant at CMTC (California Manufacturing Technology Consulting) in Torrance, CA. He received his doctorate from NSU’s School of Engineering and Computer Science, MSc in Computer Science from Arizona State University, and a Post-Doc graduate research program in Cyber Security Technologies from the University of Maryland. He taught Cisco CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate), CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional), CCDA (Design), CCNA-Security and other Cisco courses and was honored with the Cisco Academy Instructor (CAI) Excellence Award in 2010, 2011, and 2012 for excellence in teaching. He also holds multiple security certifications including the prestigious Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification and several Cisco certifications. 

CONTACT Dr. Ron McFarland, PhD, MSc, CDNA, CISSP 

CMTC Email: rmcfarland@cmtc.com 
Email: highervista@gmail.com 
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