ISC Releases Security Advisories for BIND

The Internet Systems Consortium ISC has released security advisories that address vulnerabilities affecting multiple versions of ISC Berkeley Internet Name Domain BIND. A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to cause a denial-of-service condition. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructu...

Adobe Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products

Adobe 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. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following...

Google Releases Security Updates for Chrome

Google has released Chrome version 83.0.4103.106 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This version addresses vulnerabilities that an attacker could exploit to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review the...

Ripple20 Vulnerabilities Affecting Treck IP Stacks

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA is aware of multiple vulnerabilities, known as Ripple20, affecting Treck IP stack implementations for embedded systems. A remote attacker can exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages user...

WordPress Releases Security and Maintenance Update

WordPress 5.4.1 and prior versions are affected by multiple vulnerabilities. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected website. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review the WordPress Securi...

IC3 Releases Alert on Mobile Banking Apps

The Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3 has released an alert warning consumers of cyber risks associated with mobile banking apps. As more consumers rely on mobile apps for banking, malicious cyber actors are likely to increasingly target them with app-based banking Trojans and fake banking apps...

VMware Releases Security Update for Horizon Client for Windows

VMware has released a security update to address a vulnerability in Horizon Client for Windows. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review VMware Securi...

Microsoft Releases June 2020 Security Updates

Microsoft has released updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review...

Adobe Releases Security Updates

Adobe has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Flash Player, Experience Manager, and Framemaker. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and...

CERT/CC Reports Vulnerability in Universal Plug and Play Protocol

The CERT Coordination Center CERT/CC has released information on a vulnerability—CVE-2020-12695—affecting versions of the Universal Plug and Play UPnP protocol released before April 17, 2020. UPnP protocol allows networked devices to discover and connect with each other. A remote attacker could...

Unpatched Microsoft Systems Vulnerable to CVE-2020-0796

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA is aware of publicly available and functional proof-of-concept PoC code that exploits CVE-2020-0796 in unpatched systems. Although Microsoft disclosed and provided updates for this vulnerability in March 2020, malicious cyber actors are...

Google Releases Security Updates for Chrome

Google has released Chrome version 83.0.4103.97 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This version addresses vulnerabilities that an attacker could exploit to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review the...

Cisco Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products

Cisco has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Cis...

Mozilla Releases Security Updates for Firefox and Firefox ESR

Mozilla has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators t...

Apple Releases Security Updates

Apple has released security updates to address a vulnerability in multiple products. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Apple security pages...

Cisco Releases Security Updates for NX-OS Software

Cisco has released security updates to address a vulnerability in NX-OS Software. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service condition. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Cisco Security...

Hurricane-Related Scams

June 1 marks the official start of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA warns users to remain on alert for malicious cyber activity targeting potential disaster victims and charitable donors following a hurricane. Fraudulent emails—often...

Cisco Releases Security Updates for CML and VIRL-PE

Cisco has released security updates to address SaltStack FrameWork vulnerabilities in Cisco Modeling Labs Corporate Edition CML and Virtual Internet Routing Lab Personal Edition VIRL-PE. A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity...

VMware Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products

VMware has released security updates to address vulnerabilities affecting multiple products. An attacker could exploit one of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review the...

NSA Releases Advisory on Sandworm Actors Exploiting an Exim Vulnerability

The National Security Agency NSA has released a cybersecurity advisory on Russian advanced persistent threat APT group Sandworm exploiting a vulnerability—CVE-2019-10149—in Exim Mail Transfer Agent MTA software. An unauthenticated remote attacker can use this vulnerability to send a specially...

Apple Releases Security Updates

Apple has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review the App...

Microsoft Releases Security Update for Edge

Microsoft has released a security update to address a vulnerability in Edge Chromium-based. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to write files to arbitrary locations and gain elevated privileges. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and...

ACSC Releases Cyber Criminal and APT Tradecraft Trends for 2019-2020

The Australian Cyber Security Centre ACSC has released a summary of trends for 2019-2020 outlining tactics, techniques, and procedures TTPs used by cyber criminals and advanced persistent threat APT groups to target Australian networks. ACSC uses the MITRE Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and...

Cisco Releases Security Updates

Cisco has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Unified CCX software and Prime Network Registrar. A remote attacker could exploit one of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and...

CISA, DOE, and UK’s NCSC Issue Guidance on Protecting Industrial Control Systems

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, the Department of Energy DOE, and the UK's National Cyber Security Centre NCSC have released Cybersecurity Best Practices for Industrial Control Systems, an infographic providing recommended cybersecurity practices for industrial control...

Apple Releases Security Update for Xcode

Apple has released a security update to address a vulnerability in Xcode. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Apple security page for...

Drupal Releases Security Updates

Drupal has released security updates to address vulnerabilities affecting Drupal 7, 8.7, and 8.8. A remote attacker could exploit one of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to...

CISA, IRS, USSS, and Treasury Release Joint Alert on Scams Related to Coronavirus Economic Impact Payments

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service IRS, and United States Secret Service USSS have released a Joint Alert with mitigations to help Americans avoid scams related to coronavirus economic impact payments—particularly...

Adobe Releases Security Updates

Adobe has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to obtain sensitive information. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following Adobe Securit...

VMware Releases Security Update for Cloud Director

VMware has released security updates to address a vulnerability in VMware Cloud Director formerly known as vCloud Director. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and...

Google Releases Security Updates for Chrome

Google has released Chrome version 83.0.4103.61 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This version addresses vulnerabilities that an attacker could exploit to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review the...

Microsoft Releases Security Advisory for Windows DNS Servers

Microsoft has released a security advisory that addresses a vulnerability affecting Windows DNS Servers. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service condition. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review...

ISC Releases Security Advisory for BIND

The Internet Systems Consortium ISC has released security advisories that addresses vulnerabilities affecting multiple versions of ISC Berkeley Internet Name Domain BIND. A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to cause a denial-of-service condition. The Cybersecurity and...

CISA-FBI Joint Announcement on PRC Targeting of COVID-19 Research Organizations

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have jointly released a Public Service Announcement on the People’s Republic of China’s targeting of COVID-19 research organizations. CISA and FBI encourage COVID-19 research organizations to...

North Korean Malicious Cyber Activity

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, and the Department of Defense DoD have identified three malware variants—COPPERHEDGE, TAINTEDSCRIBE, and PEBBLEDASH—used by the North Korean government. In addition, U.S. Cyber Command has released...

Microsoft Releases May 2020 Security Updates

Microsoft has released updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review...

Adobe Releases Security Updates

Adobe has released security updates to address vulnerabilities affecting Adobe DNG Software Development Kit, Acrobat, and Reader. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourag...

VMware Publishes Workarounds for Vulnerabilities in vRealize Operations Manager

VMware has published workarounds to address unpatched vulnerabilities in vRealize Operations Manager vROps. A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to...

Cisco Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products

Cisco has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Cis...

Google Releases Security Updates for Chrome 

Google has released Chrome version 81.0.4044.138 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This version addresses vulnerabilities that an attacker could exploit to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review the...

Mozilla Releases Security Updates for Firefox and Firefox ESR 

Mozilla has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Firefox and Firefox ESR. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review the...

Unpatched Oracle WebLogic Servers Vulnerable to CVE-2020-2883

Oracle has released a blog post warning users that a previously disclosed Oracle WebLogic Server remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2020-2883 is being exploited in the wild. Oracle disclosed the vulnerability and provided software patches in their April 2020 Critical Patch Update; however,...

SaltStack Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in Salt

SaltStack has released a security update to address critical vulnerabilities affecting Salt versions prior to 2019.2.4 and 3000.2. Salt is an open-source remote task and configuration management framework widely used in data centers and cloud servers. A remote attacker could exploit these...

Cisco Releases Security Updates for IOS XE SD-WAN Solution Software

Cisco has released security updates to address a vulnerability in IOS XE SD-WAN Solution software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Cisco...

WordPress Releases Security Update

WordPress 5.4 and prior versions are affected by multiple vulnerabilities. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected website. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review the WordPress Security...

VMware Releases Security Updates for ESXi

VMware has released security updates to address a vulnerability in ESXi. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review VMware Security Advisory...

Adobe Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products

Adobe 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. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following...

Google Releases Security Updates for Chrome

Google has released Chrome version 81.0.4044.129 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This version addresses vulnerabilities that an attacker could exploit to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review the...

Juniper Releases Security Updates for Junos OS

Juniper has released security updates to address a vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Junos operating systems. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and...

Samba Releases Security Updates

The Samba Team has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple versions of Samba. An attacker could exploit one of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to...