LockBit Ransomware Exploiting Critical Citrix Bleed Vulnerability to Break In

Multiple threat actors, including LockBit ransomware affiliates, are actively exploiting a recently disclosed critical security flaw in Citrix NetScaler application delivery control ADC and Gateway appliances to obtain initial access to target environments. The joint advisory comes from the U.S...

CISA and Partners Update the #StopRansomware Guide, Developed through the Joint Ransomware Task Force (JRTF)

Today, CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, the National Security Agency NSA, and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center MS-ISAC published an updated version of the StopRansomware Guide, as ransomware actors have accelerated their tactics and techniques since its initia...

Compromise of U.S. Water Treatment Facility

Summary On February 5, 2021, unidentified cyber actors obtained unauthorized access to the supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA system at a U.S. drinking water treatment facility. The unidentified actors used the SCADA system’s software to increase the amount of sodium hydroxide, also...

CIS Releases Newsletter on Cleaning Up Data and Devices

The Center for Internet Security CIS July Newsletter reminds users to properly dispose of old or unused data and devices. Without careful management of online accounts, cloud storage, physical storage, and electronic devices, users could inadvertently disclose sensitive information that can be...

Oracle Releases Security Alert

Oracle has released a security alert to address a vulnerability in multiple versions of Oracle Database. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. NCCIC encourages users and administrators to review the Oracle Security Alert and the Multi-State...

CIS Releases 2017 Year in Review

The Center for Internet Security CIS has released its 2017 Year in Review. CIS is home to the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center MS-ISAC, an NCCIC partner focused on cyber threat prevention, protection, response, and recovery for U.S. state, local, tribal, and territorial...