The Best, The Worst and The Ugliest in Cybersecurity | 2023 Edition – SentinelOne>
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The article summarizes the best, worst, and ugliest cybersecurity events of 2023\) It highlights positive developments, including the launch of the National Cybersecurity Strategy, successful arrests of cybercriminals like DoppelPaymer and Joseph James O’Connor, and the AI Cyber Challenge aimed at protecting U.S. infrastructure.
Here are the cybersecurity events summarized in the article:
### The Best
1\) Launch of the National Cybersecurity Strategy by the Biden-Harris administration
2\) Arrests of core members of the DoppelPaymer ransomware gang and Joseph James O’Connor
3\) AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC) led by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
4\) Introduction of Purple AI, a generative AI for threat-hunting, analysis, and response by SentinelOne
### The Worst
1\) Winter Vivern APT’s exploitation of a zero-day vulnerability in Roundcube’s webmail software
2\) Ransomware attacks on MGM, Caesars, and a 95% year-on-year increase in extortion attacks
3\) Focus on compromising ESXi hypervisors through variants of the Babuk code
### The Ugliest
1\) North Korea’s involvement in supply chain attacks, espionage, and financially-motivated cybercrime
2\) High-severity vulnerability (CVE-2023-26360) found in Adobe’s ColdFusion used to compromise U.S. government servers
3\) A record year for Apple’s iOS platform with 19 zero-day vulnerabilities being abused by threat actors
4\) Microsoft’s continued patching and response to security issues, including a bypass vulnerability in MS Teams
The article provides a comprehensive review of significant cybersecurity events from 2023 and emphasizes the need for a proactive and secure approach for the ongoing year.
Link: https://www.sentinelone.com/blog/the-best-the-worst-and-the-ugliest-in-cybersecurity-2023-edition/