Microsoft Releases Out-of-Band Security Updates for PrintNightmare

Microsoft has released out-of-band security updates to address a remote code execution RCE vulnerability—known as PrintNightmare CVE-2021-34527—in the Windows Print spooler service. According to the CERT Coordination Center CERT/CC, “The Microsoft Windows Print Spooler service fails to restrict...

Kaseya Attack Fallout: CISA, FBI Offer Guidance

The REvil cybergang is taking credit for Friday’s massive ransomware attack against managed service provider Kaseya Ltd. The criminals behind the attack claim it infected 1 million systems tied to Kaseya services and are demanding $70 million in bitcoin in exchange for a decryption key. Federal...

CISA-FBI Guidance for MSPs and their Customers Affected by the Kaseya VSA Supply-Chain Ransomware Attack

CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI continue to respond to the recent supply-chain ransomware attack leveraging a vulnerability in Kaseya VSA software against multiple managed service providers MSPs and their customers. CISA and FBI strongly urge affected MSPs and their customers to...

CISA Offers New Mitigation for PrintNightmare Bug

The U.S. government has stepped in to offer a mitigation for a critical remote code execution RCE vulnerability in the Windows Print Spooler service that may not have been fully patched by Microsoft’s initial effort to fix it. To mitigate the bug, dubbed PrintNightmare, the CERT Coordination Cent...

Kaseya VSA Supply-Chain Ransomware Attack

CISA is taking action to understand and address the recent supply-chain ransomware attack against Kaseya VSA and the multiple managed service providers MSPs that employ VSA software. CISA encourages organizations to review the Kaseya advisory and immediately follow their guidance to shutdown VSA...

Johnson Controls Facility Explorer

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 8.8 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity Vendor: Johnson Controls Equipment: Facility Explorer Vulnerability: Improper Privilege Management 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could give an authenticated user an unintended...

CISA’s CSET Tool Sets Sights on Ransomware Threat

CISA has released a new module in its Cyber Security Evaluation Tool CSET: the Ransomware Readiness Assessment RRA. CSET is a desktop software tool that guides network defenders through a step-by-step process to evaluate their cybersecurity practices on their networks. CSET—applicable to both...

PrintNightmare, Critical Windows Print Spooler Vulnerability

Updated July 2, 2021 For new information and mitigations, see Microsoft's updated guidance for the Print spooler vulnerability CVE-2021-34527. Updated July 1, 2021 See Microsoft's new guidance for the Print spooler vulnerability CVE-2021-34527 and apply the necessary workarounds. Original post Ju...

ArubaOS-Switch Ripple20 Multiple Vulnerabilities (ARUBA-PSA-2020-006)

The version of ArubaOS-Switch installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the Treck IP stack implementation. The vulnerabilities are collectively known as Ripple20, and can result in remote code execution, denial of service DoS, and information disclosure by remote,...

CISA Begins Cataloging Bad Practices that Increase Cyber Risk

In a blog post by Executive Assistant Director EAD Eric Goldstein, CISA announced the creation of a catalog to document bad cybersecurity practices that are exceptionally risky for any organization and especially dangerous for those supporting designated Critical Infrastructure or National Critic...

Panasonic FPWIN Pro

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 5.9 ATTENTION: Low attack complexity Vendor: Panasonic Equipment: FPWIN Pro Vulnerability: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to retrieve sensitive...

Exacq Technologies exacqVision Web Service

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 5.3 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity Vendor: Exacq Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson Controls Inc. Equipment: exacqVision Web Service Vulnerability: Cross-site Scripting 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability...

Claroty Secure Remote Access Site

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 5.5 ATTENTION: Low attack complexity Vendor: Claroty Equipment: Secure Remote Access SRA Site Vulnerability: Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability enables an attacker with local Linux...

DMARC: The First Line of Defense Against Ransomware

There has been a lot of buzz in the industry about ransomware lately. Almost every other day, it's making headlines. With businesses across the globe holding their breath, scared they might fall victim to the next major ransomware attack, it is now time to take action. The FBI IC3 report of 2020...

Hackers Are Erasing Western Digital Hard Drives Remotely

Amazon acquires Wickr, the Senate holds up CISA, and more of the week’s top security news...

Citrix Releases Security Updates for Hypervisor

Citrix has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Hypervisor. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to cause a denial-of-service condition. CISA encourages users and administrators to review Citrix Security Update CTX316325 and apply the necessary updates. This product ...

Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Web Services Interface Multiple Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-asaftd-xss-multiple-FCB3vPZe)

According to its self-reported version, Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software is affected by multiple vulnerabilities. Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information. TRUSTED...

FATEK Automation WinProladder

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.8 ATTENTION: Low attack complexity Vendor: FATEK Automation Equipment: WinProladder Vulnerabilities: Out-of-bounds Read, Out-of-bounds Write, Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of these...

VMware Releases Security Updates

VMware has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in the VMware Carbon Black App Control management server as well as VMware Tools for Windows, VMware Remote Console for Windows, and VMware App Volumes. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected...

CODESYS Control V2 Linux SysFile library

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 5.3 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity Vendor: CODESYS, GmbH Equipment: CODESYS V2 Runtime Toolkit Vulnerability: OS Command Injection 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow the control programmer to call...