Attacks

Atlassian Releases Security Advisories for Multiple Products

Atlassian has released security updates to address vulnerabilities affecting multiple Atlassian products. A cyber threat actor could exploit one of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following advisories and apply the necessary updates or mitigations. CVE-2023-22522 – RCE Vulnerability In Confluence Data Center and Confluence Server CVE-2023-22524 – RCE Vulnerability in Atlassian Companion App for MacOS CVE-2023-22523 – RCE Vulnerability in Assets Discovery CVE-2022-1471 –…

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CISA and International Partners Release Advisory on Russia-based Threat Actor Group, Star Blizzard

Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)—in coordination with the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (UK-NCSC), Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC), Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS), New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NZ), and the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Cyber Command Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF)—released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) Russian FSB Cyber Actor Star Blizzard Continues Worldwide Spear-phishing Campaigns.…

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CISA Releases Joint Guide for Software Manufacturers: The Case for Memory Safe Roadmaps

Today, as part of the Secure by Design campaign, CISA published The Case for Memory Safe Roadmaps: Why Both C-Suite Executives and Technical Experts Need to Take Memory Safe Coding Seriously in collaboration with the following partners: United States National Security Agency United States Federal Bureau of Investigation Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre Canadian Centre for Cyber Security United Kingdom National Cyber Security Centre New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre Computer Emergency Response…

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CISA Releases Advisory on Threat Actors Exploiting CVE-2023-26360 Vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion

Today, CISA released a Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA), Threat Actors Exploit Adobe ColdFusion CVE-2023-26360 for Initial Access to Government Servers, to disseminate known indicators of compromise (IOCs) and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs). The vulnerability in ColdFusion (CVE-2023-26360) presents as an improper access control issue and exploitation of this CVE can result in arbitrary code execution. CISA encourages network defenders and critical infrastructure organizations to review the CSA to improve their cybersecurity posture and protect against…

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CISA Removes One Known Exploited Vulnerability From Catalog

CISA is continually collaborating with partners across government and the private sector. As a result of this collaboration, CISA has concluded that there is insufficient evidence to keep the following CVE in the catalog and has removed it: CVE-2022-28958 DIR-816L Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: Reducing the Significant Risk of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities established the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog as a living list of known Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) that carry significant…

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CISA and Partners Release Joint Advisory on IRGC-Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploiting PLCs

Today, CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Security Agency (NSA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD) released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) IRGC-Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploit PLCs in Multiple Sectors in response to the active exploitation of Unitronics programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in multiple sectors, including U.S. Water and Wastewater Systems (WWS) facilities, by Iranian Government Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-affiliated advanced persistent threat (APT) cyber actors.  IRGC-affiliated cyber…

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Multiple Vulnerabilities Affecting Web-Based Court Case and Document Management Systems

CISA has assisted a researcher with coordinating the disclosure of multiple researcher-discovered vulnerabilities affecting web-based case and document management systems used by multiple state, county, and municipal courts. Affected systems include products from Tyler Technologies and Catalis and custom software used by specific counties in Florida. In summary, the vulnerabilities allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive documents by manipulating identifiers and file names in URLs. CISA understands that some of the vulnerabilities may…

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The biggest cyber security attacks in November

Cyber Security Hub takes a look at the most significant cyber security incidents in November. Contents 2.2 million people impacted by McLaren Health Care data breach Toyota Financial Services systems forced offline by cyber attack Data breach at US nuclear energy firm exposes sensitive employee information BlackCat/APLHV ransomware gang reports victim’s “undisclosed” data breach Canadian Government data exposed by contractor cyber attack LockBit ransomware affiliates actively exploit Citrix Bleed vulnerability General Electric investigates claims of…

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CISA Releases First Secure by Design Alert

Today, CISA published guidance on How Software Manufacturers Can Shield Web Management Interfaces From Malicious Cyber Activity as a part of a new Secure by Design (SbD) Alert series.    This SbD Alert urges software manufacturers to proactively prevent the exploitation of vulnerabilities in web management interfaces by designing and developing their products using SbD principles:   Take Ownership of Customer Security Outcomes.  Embrace Radical Transparency and Accountability.    For more information on SbD principles,…

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