Cisco Releases Security Updates

Cisco has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple Cisco products. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Cisco Security Advisories page and apply the necessary...

Mozilla Releases Security Updates for Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird

Mozilla has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Mozilla security advisories for...

Using CHIRP to Detect Post-Compromise Threat Activity in On-Premises Environments

CISA Hunt and Incident Response Program CHIRP is a new forensics collection tool that CISA developed to help network defenders find indicators of compromise IOCs associated with the SolarWinds and Active Directory/M365 Compromise. CHIRP is freely available on the CISA GitHub repository. Similar t...

Cisco Releases Security Updates

Cisco has released security updates to address a vulnerability in Cisco Small Business routers. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review Cisco Advisory cisco-sa-rv-132w134w-overflow-Pptt4H2p and...

TTP Table for Detecting APT Activity Related to SolarWinds and Active Directory/M365 Compromise

CISA has released a table of tactics, techniques, and procedures TTPs used by the advanced persistent threat APT actor involved with the recent SolarWinds and Active Directory/M365 compromise. The table uses the MITRE ATT&CK framework to identify APT TTPs and includes detection recommendations...

Microsoft Releases Exchange On-premises Mitigation Tool

Microsoft has released the Exchange On-premises Mitigation Tool EOMT.ps1 that can automate portions of both the detection and patching process. Microsoft stated the following along with the release: "the tool is intended to help customers who do not have dedicated security or IT teams to apply...

Microsoft Releases March 2021 Security Updates

Microsoft has released updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. A remote attacker can exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review Microsoft’s March 2021 Security Update Summary and...

FBI-CISA Joint Advisory on Compromise of Microsoft Exchange Server

CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have released a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA to address recently disclosed vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server. CISA and FBI assess that adversaries could exploit these vulnerabilities to compromise networks, steal information, encrypt...

F5 Security Advisory for RCE Vulnerabilities in BIG-IP, BIG-IQ

F5 has released a security advisory to address remote code execution RCE vulnerabilities—CVE-2021-22986, CVE-2021-22987—impacting BIG-IP and BIG-IQ devices. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators review the F...

Adobe Releases Security Updates

Adobe has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple Adobe products. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following Adobe Security Bulletins and apply the necessa...

Apple Releases Security Updates

Apple has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Apple security pages for the following products and apply the...

SAP Releases March 2021 Security Updates

SAP has released security updates to address vulnerabilities affecting multiple products. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the SAP Security Notes for March 2021 and apply the necessary...

VMware Releases Security Update

VMware has released a security update to address a vulnerability in View Planner. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2021-0003 and apply the necessary update. This...

Update to Alert on Mitigating Microsoft Exchange Server Vulnerabilities

CISA is aware of threat actors using open source tools to search for vulnerable Microsoft Exchange Servers and advises entities to investigate for signs of a compromise from at least September 1, 2020. CISA has updated the Alert on the Microsoft Exchange server vulnerabilities with additional...

Cisco Releases Security Updates

Cisco has released security updates to address a vulnerability in multiple Cisco products. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service condition. For updates addressing lower severity vulnerabilities, see the Cisco Security Advisories page. CISA encourages users and...

Google Releases Security Updates for Chrome

Google has released Chrome version 89.0.4389.72 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This version addresses vulnerabilities that an attacker could exploit to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Chrome Release Note and apply the necessary updates. Thi...

Apache Releases Security Advisory for Tomcat

The Apache Software Foundation has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability in multiple versions of Apache Tomcat 9.0. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access sensitive information. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Apache security advisory for...

Amazon Dismisses Claims Alexa 'Skills' Can Bypass Security Vetting Process

Researchers warn Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa is vulnerable to malicious third-party “skills” – voice assistant capabilities developed by third parties – that could leave smart-speaker owners vulnerable to a wide range of cyberattacks. The security-threat claim is roundly dismissed by Amazon...

NSA Releases Guidance on Zero Trust Security Model

The National Security Agency NSA has released Cybersecurity Information Sheet: Embracing a Zero Trust Security Model, which provides information about, and recommendations for, implementing Zero Trust within networks. The Zero Trust security model is a coordinated system management strategy that...

VMware Releases Multiple Security Updates

VMware has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities—CVE-2021-21972, CVE-2021-21973, CVE-2021-21974—in ESXi, vCenter Server, and Cloud Foundation. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and...