Why Everyone Needs to Take the Latest CISA Directive Seriously

Government agencies publish notices and directives all the time. Usually, these are only relevant to government departments, which means that nobody else really pays attention. It's easy to see why you would assume that a directive from CISA just doesn't relate to your organization. But, in the...

CISA Warns of Actively Exploited Critical Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk Vulnerability

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA are warning of active exploitation of a newly patched flaw in Zoho's ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus product to deploy web shells and carry out an array of malicious activities. Tracked as...

Mozilla Releases Security Updates for Network Security Services

Mozilla has released security updates to address a vulnerability in Network Security Services NSS. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Mozilla Security Advisory for NSS and apply the necessary...

NSA and CISA Release Part III of Guidance on Securing 5G Cloud Infrastructures

CISA has announced the joint National Security Agency NSA and CISA publication of the third of a four-part series, Security Guidance for 5G Cloud Infrastructures. Part III: Data Protection examines security during all phases of the data lifecycle—in transit, in use, and at rest. The guidance...

Schneider Electric SESU

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 3.8 ATTENTION: Low attack complexity Vendor: Schneider Electric Equipment: Schneider Electric Software Update SESU Vulnerability: Insufficient Entropy 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could cause unintended connection from an internal...

CISA and FBI Release Alert on Active Exploitation of CVE-2021-44077 in Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus

CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory identifying active exploitation of a vulnerability—CVE-2021-44077—in Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus. CVE-2021-44077 is an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability that affects all...

Hitachi Energy PCM600 Update Manager

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 6.7 Vendor: Hitachi Energy Equipment: PCM600 Update Manager Vulnerability: Improper Certificate Validation 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to bypass the certificate validation and install an untrusted software...

Distributed Data Systems WebHMI

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 10.0 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity Vendor: Distributed Data Systems Equipment: WebHMI Vulnerabilities: Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness, Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of...

CISA Adds Five Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

CISA has added five new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence that threat actors are actively exploiting the vulnerabilities listed in the table below. These types of vulnerabilities are a frequent attack vector for malicious cyber actors of all types a...

Active Exploitation of Apache HTTP Server CVE-2021-40438

CVE | Vendor Advisory | AttackerKB | IVM Content | Patching Urgency | Last Update ---|---|---|---|---|--- CVE-2021-40438 | Apache Advisory | AttackerKB | 09/16/2021 multiple | ASAP | December 1, 2021 14:00 ET On September 16, 2021, Apache released version 2.4.49 of HTTP Server, which included a f...

Delta Electronics CNCSoft

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.8 ATTENTION: Low attack complexity Vendor: Delta Electronics Equipment: CNCSoft Vulnerability: Stack-based Buffer Overflow 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow for arbitrary code execution. 3. TECHNICAL DETAILS 3.1 AFFECTED...

Xylem Aanderaa GeoView

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 8.2 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity Vendor: Xylem, Inc. Equipment: Aanderaa GeoView Vulnerability: SQL Injection 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to manipulate the database server. 3...

Johnson Controls CEM Systems AC2000

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.8 ATTENTION: Low attack complexity Vendor: Controlled Electronic Management Systems, Ltd., a subsidiary of Johnson Controls, Inc. Equipment: CEM Systems AC2000 Vulnerability: Off-by-one Error 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could...

Improving security for mobile devices: CISA issues guides

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has released two actionable Capacity Enhancement Guides CEGs to help users and organizations improve mobile device cybersecurity. Consumers One of the guides is intended for consumers. There are an estimated 294 million smart phone users i...

VMware Releases Security Updates

VMware has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in vCenter Server and Cloud Foundation. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to obtain access to sensitive information. CISA encourages users and administrators to review VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2021-0027 a...

CISA Releases Capacity Enhancement Guides to Enhance Mobile Device Cybersecurity for Consumers and Organizations

CISA has released actionable Capacity Enhancement Guides CEGs to help users and organizations improve mobile device cybersecurity. The CEG: Mobile Device Cybersecurity Checklist for Consumers provides steps for consumers, including using strong authentication and enabling automatic operating syst...

APT Actors Exploiting Newly Identified Vulnerability in ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus

Summary This Joint Cybersecurity Advisory uses the MITRE Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge ATT &CK® framework, Version 8. See the ATT&CK for Enterprise for referenced threat actor tactics and for techniques. This joint advisory is the result of analytic efforts between the...

North Korean Hackers Found Behind a Range of Credential Theft Campaigns

A threat actor with ties to North Korea has been linked to a prolific wave of credential theft campaigns targeting research, education, government, media and other organizations, with two of the attacks also attempting to distribute malware that could be used for intelligence gathering. Enterpris...

Iranian Government-Sponsored APT Cyber Actors Exploiting Microsoft Exchange and Fortinet Vulnerabilities in Furtherance of Malicious Activities

Summary Actions to Take Today to Protect Against Iranian State-Sponsored Malicious Cyber Activity • Immediately patch software affected by the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-34473, 2018-13379, 2020-12812, and 2019-5591. • Implementmulti-factor authentication. • Usestrong, unique passwords.v...

Updated: APT Exploitation of ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus Vulnerability

The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, CISA, and Coast Guard Cyber Command CGCYBER have updated the Joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA published on September 16, 2021, which details the active exploitation of an authentication bypass vulnerability CVE-2021-40539 in Zoho ManageEngine ADSelfService...