The top 5 most routinely exploited vulnerabilities of 2021

A joint Cybersecurity Advisory, coauthored by cybersecurity authorities of the United States CISA, NSA, and FBI, Australia ACSC, Canada CCCS, New Zealand NZ NCSC, and the United Kingdom NCSC-UK has detailed the top 15 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVEs routinely exploited by malicious cybe...

2021 Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities

CISA, the National Security Agency NSA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, the Australian Cyber Security Centre ACSC, the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security CCCS, the New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre NZ NCSC, and the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre NCSC-UK have...

Pegasus spyware found on UK government office phone

“When we found the No. 10 case, my jaw dropped." John Scott-Railton recalled after finding out on July 7, 2020 that Pegasus, the highly sophisticated flagship spyware of Israels NSO Group, was used to infect a phone linked to the network at 10 Downing Street, the UK Prime Ministers home and offic...

Spring Framework insecurely handles PropertyDescriptor objects with data binding

Overview The Spring Framework insecurely handles PropertyDescriptor objects, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description The Spring Framework is a Java framework that can be used to create applications such as web applications...

Iran's MuddyWater Hacker Group Using New Malware in Worldwide Cyber Attacks

Cybersecurity agencies from the U.K. and the U.S. have laid bare a new malware used by the Iranian government-sponsored advanced persistent threat APT group in attacks targeting government and commercial networks worldwide. "MuddyWater actors are positioned both to provide stolen data and accesse...

Iranian Government-Sponsored Actors Conduct Cyber Operations Against Global Government and Commercial Networks

Summary Actions to Take Today to Protect Against Malicious Activity Search for indicators of compromise. Use antivirus software. Patch all systems. Prioritize patching known exploited vulnerabilities. Train users to recognize and report phishing attempts. Use multi-factor authentication. Note: th...

New Sandworm Malware Cyclops Blink Replaces VPNFilter

Summary The Sandworm actor, which the United Kingdom and the United States have previously attributed to the Russian GRU, has replaced the exposed VPNFilter malware with a new more advanced framework. The United Kingdom's UK National Cyber Security Centre NCSC, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructur...

New Sandworm Malware Cyclops Blink Replaces VPNFilter

The United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre, CISA, the National Security Agency, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA reporting that the malicious cyber actor known as Sandworm or Voodoo Bear is using new malware, referred to as Cyclops...

NCSC-NZ Releases Advisory on Cyber Threats Related to Russia-Ukraine Tensions

The New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre NCSC-NZ has released a General Security Advisory GSA on preparing for cyber threats relating to tensions between Russia and Ukraine. The advisory recommends organizations review their security posture and monitor for cyber incidents and provides...

2021 Trends Show Increased Globalized Threat of Ransomware

CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, the National Security Agency NSA, the Australian Cyber Security Centre ACSC, and the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre NCSC-UK have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA highlighting a global increase in sophisticated, high-impact...

Combatting SMS and phone fraud: UK government issues guidance

The UK’s National Cyber Secuity Centre NCSC has published a guide to help make your organizations SMS and telephone messages effective and trustworthy. SMS and telephone calls represent an extremely effective means of mass communication. As such they are essential tools for most organizations,...

Mitigating Log4Shell and Other Log4j-Related Vulnerabilities

Summary The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, National Security Agency NSA, Australian Cyber Security Centre ACSC, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security CCCS, the Computer Emergency Response Team New Zealand CERT NZ, the New Zealand...

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...

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...

The value of regulator-driven red teaming: CBEST

How do we in the UK avoid something like the Colonial Oil Pipeline ransomware attack happening? How would you feel if your mobile phone suddenly stopped working altogether? What if ambulances couldn’t respond to 999 emergency calls? What if the mechanism of government suddenly ground to a halt? T...

Experts Uncover Several C&C Servers Linked to WellMess Malware

Cybersecurity researchers on Friday unmasked new command-and-control C2 infrastructure belonging to the Russian threat actor tracked as APT29, aka Cozy Bear, that has been spotted actively serving WellMess malware as part of an ongoing attack campaign. More than 30 C2 servers operated by the...

Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities

CISA, the Australian Cyber Security Centre ACSC, the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre NCSC, and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have released the Joint Cybersecurity Advisory Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities, which details the top vulnerabilities routinely...

Joint NCSC-CISA-FBI-NSA Cybersecurity Advisory on Russian SVR Activity

CISA has joined with the United Kingdom's National Cyber Security Centre NCSC, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, and the National Security Agency NSA, in releasing a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory on Russian Foreign Intelligence Service SVR tactics, techniques, and procedures. Further TTPs...

Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-2498-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...