Exploit for Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Siemens 6Bk1602-0Aa12-0Tp0_Firmware

CVE-2021-44228-Advisories Please open Issues to include an adv...

Zero Day in Ubiquitous Apache Log4j Tool Under Active Attack

An excruciating, easily exploited flaw in the ubiquitous Java logging library Apache Log4j could allow unauthenticated remote code execution RCE and complete server takeover — and it’s being exploited in the wild. The flaw first turned up on sites that cater to users of the world’s favorite game,...

NSA and CISA Release Part III of Guidance on Securing 5G Cloud Infrastructures

CISA has announced the joint National Security Agency NSA and CISA publication of the third of a four-part series, Security Guidance for 5G Cloud Infrastructures. Part III: Data Protection examines security during all phases of the data lifecycle—in transit, in use, and at rest. The guidance...

NSA and CISA Release Guidance on Securing 5G Cloud Infrastructures

CISA has announced the joint National Security Agency NSA and CISA publication of the second of a four-part series, Security Guidance for 5G Cloud Infrastructures. Part II: Securely Isolate Network Resources examines threats to 5G container-centric or hybrid container/virtual network, also known ...

RE:WIRED 2021: Jen Easterly Wants Hackers to Help US Cyber Defense

The retired Army officer played offense at the NSA and the Pentagon. Now she's learning to play defense...

NSA-CISA Series on Securing 5G Cloud Infrastructures

The National Security Agency NSA and CISA have published the first of a four-part series, Security Guidance for 5G Cloud Infrastructures. Security Guidance for 5G Cloud Infrastructures – Part I: Prevent and Detect Lateral Movement provides recommendations for mitigating lateral movement attempts ...

Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4989-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 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...

Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-2788-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 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...

Protect yourself from BlackMatter ransomware: Advice issued

Despite promises made by the BlackMatter ransomware gang about which organizations and business types they would avoid, multiple US critical infrastructure entities have been targeted. Now, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, in conjunction with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security...

[SECURITY] [DSA 4989-1] strongswan security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-4989-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Yves-Alexis Perez October 18, 2021 https://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

BlackMatter Ransomware

Summary Actions You Can Take Now to Protect Against BlackMatter Ransomware • Implement and enforce backup and restoration policies and procedures. • Usestrong, unique passwords. • Usemulti-factor authentication. • Implement network segmentation and traversal monitoring. Note: this advisory uses t...

NSA Releases Guidance on Avoiding the Dangers of Wildcard TLS Certificates and ALPACA Techniques

The National Security Agency NSA has released a Cybersecurity Information CSI sheet with guidance to help secure the Department of Defense, National Security Systems, and Defense Industrial Base organizations from poorly implemented wildcard Transport Layer Security TLS certificates and the...

Hardening Your VPN

The NSA and CISA have released a document on how to harden your VPN...

Microsoft, CISA and NSA offer security tools and advice, but will you take it?

Microsoft offers to help you with patching Exchange servers, CISA offers an insider threat tool, and together with the NSA they offer advice on how to choose and harden your VPN. These initiatives from major parties aim to help organizations assess and manage their security needs. But will they...

CISA and NSA Release Guidance on Selecting and Hardening VPNs

The National Security Agency NSA and CISA have released the cybersecurity information sheet Selecting and Hardening Standards-based Remote Access VPN Solutions to address the potential security risks associated with using Virtual Private Networks VPNs. Remote-access VPN servers allow off-site use...

Even the CIA and NSA Use Ad Blockers to Stay Safe Online

Plus: The ransomware scourge continues, a massive botnet gets wounded, and more of the week’s top security news...

More Detail on the Juniper Hack and the NSA PRNG Backdoor

We knew the basics of this story, but its good to have more detail. Heres me in 2015 about this Juniper hack. Heres me in 2007 on the NSA backdoor...

More Military Cryptanalytics, Part III

Late last year, the NSA declassified and released a redacted version of Lambros D. Callimahoss Military Cryptanalytics, Part III. We just got most of the index. Its hard to believe that there are any real secrets left in this 44-year-old volume...

NSA Watchdog Will Review Tucker Carlson Spy Claims

The National Security Agency’s Inspector General Robert Storch has announced a review of whether the agency illegally conducted cyber-espionage and collected the electronic communications of Fox News opinion-show host Tucker Carlson, who has accused the NSA of trying to capture embarrassing...

A week in security (August 2 – August 8)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: RDP brute force attacks explained The 3 biggest threats reaching for your antivirus software’s off switch Zoom and gloom? Video comms org agrees to settle for $85m COVID-19 vaccine appointment system attacked in Italy Chrome casts away the padlock - is it good...