MuddyWater is taking advantage of old vulnerabilities

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, the Australian Cyber Security Centre ACSC, and the United Kingdoms National Cyber Security Centre NCSC have issued a joint...

NCSC Releases 2021 Annual Review

The United Kingdom UK National Cyber Security Centre NCSC has released its Annual Review 2021, which focuses on its response to evolving and challenging cyber threats. The publication contains highlights of NCSC’s collaboration with trusted cybersecurity partners, including CISA. Examples include...

Drupal Releases Security Updates

Drupal has released security updates to address vulnerabilities that could affect versions 8.9, 9.1, and 9.2. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review Drupal Security Advisory SA-CORE-2021-011 and app...

Philips IntelliBridge EC 40 and EC 80 Hub

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 8.1 ATTENTION: Low attack complexity Vendor: Philips Equipment: IntelliBridge EC 40 and EC 80 Hub Vulnerabilities: Use of Hard-coded Credentials, Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of these...

Exchange, Fortinet Flaws Being Exploited by Iranian APT, CISA Warns

A state-backed Iranian threat actor has been using multiple CVEs – including both serious Fortinet vulnerabilities for months and a Microsoft Exchange ProxyShell weakness for weeks – looking to gain a foothold within networks before moving laterally and launching BitLocker ransomware and other...

CISA Adds Four Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

CISA has added four new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, which require remediation from federal civilian executive branch FCEB agencies by December 1, 2021. CISA has evidence that threat actors are actively exploiting the vulnerabilities listed in the table below...

New Federal Government Cybersecurity Incident and Vulnerability Response Playbooks

The White House, via Executive Order EO 14028: Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity, tasked CISA, as the operational lead for federal cybersecurity, to “develop a standard set of operational procedures i.e., playbook to be used in planning and conducting cybersecurity vulnerability and incident...

Google Releases Security Updates for Chrome

Google has released Chrome version 96.0.4664.45 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 as...

FATEK Automation WinProladder

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.8 ATTENTION: Low attack complexity Vendor: FATEK Automation Equipment: WinProladder Vulnerabilities: Out-of-bounds Write, Stack-based Buffer Overflow 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow for arbitrary code execution. 3...

North Korean Hackers Target Cybersecurity Researchers with Trojanized IDA Pro

Lazarus, the North Korea-affiliated state-sponsored group, is attempting to once again target security researchers with backdoors and remote access trojans using a trojanized pirated version of the popular IDA Pro reverse engineering software. The findings were reported by ESET security researche...

VMware Releases Security Update for Tanzu Application Service for VMs

VMware has released a security update to address a vulnerability in Tanzu Application Service for VMs. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service condition. CISA encourages users and administrators to review VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2021-0026 and apply th...

Palo Alto Networks Release Security Updates for PAN-OS

Palo Alto Networks has released security updates to address a vulnerability affecting PAN-OS firewall configurations with GlobalProtect portal and gateway interfaces. These updates address a vulnerability that only affects old versions of PAN-OS 8.1.16 and earlier. An unauthenticated attacker wit...

CISA Releases Advisory on Vulnerabilities in Multiple Data Distribution Service Implementations 

CISA has released an Industrial Control Systems Advisory ICSA related to a public report detailing vulnerabilities found in multiple open-source and proprietary Object Management Group OMG Data-Distribution Service DDS implementations. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could result...

TrickBot Operators Partner with Shathak Attackers for Conti Ransomware

The operators of TrickBot trojan are collaborating with the Shathak threat group to distribute their wares, ultimately leading to the deployment of Conti ransomware on infected machines. "The implementation of TrickBot has evolved over the years, with recent versions of TrickBot implementing...

VMware Releases Security Advisory

VMware has released a security advisory to address a privilege escalation vulnerability in vCenter Server and Cloud Foundation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review VMware Security Advisory...

Apple Releases Security Update for iCloud for Windows 13

Apple has released a security update to address multiple vulnerabilities in iCloud for Windows 13. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Apple security page and apply the necessary update. This...

Siemens Climatix POL909 (Update A)

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 6.4 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely Vendor: Siemens --------- Begin Update A Part 1 of 3 --------- Equipment: Climatix POL909 AWM and AWB modules --------- End Update A Part 1 of 3 --------- Vulnerability: Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data 2. RISK EVALUATION...

WECON PLC Editor

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.8 ATTENTION: Low attack complexity Vendor: WECON Equipment: PLC Editor Vulnerabilities: Stack-based Buffer Overflow, Out-of-bounds Write 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow arbitrary code execution. 3. TECHNICAL DETAILS 3.1...

CVE-2021-43287 Allows Pre-Authenticated Build Takeover of GoCD Pipelines

On October 26, 2021, open-source CI/CD solution GoCD released version 21.3.0, which included a fix for CVE-2021-43287, a critical information disclosure vulnerability whose exploitation allows unauthenticated attackers to leak configuration information, including build secrets and encryption keys...

Microsoft Nov. Patch Tuesday Fixes Six Zero-Days, 55 Bugs

Microsoft reported a total of 55 vulnerabilities, six of which are rated critical, with the remaining 49 being rated important. The flaws are found in Microsoft Windows and Windows Components, Azure, Azure RTOS, Azure Sphere, Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Edge Chromium-based, Exchange Server,...