Attacks

CISA Releases Nine Industrial Control Systems Advisories

CISA released nine Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on June 29, 2023. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS.  ICSA-23-180-01 Delta Electronics InfraSuite Device Master ICSA-23-180-02 Schneider Electric EcoStruxure ICSA-23-180-03 Ovarro TBox RTUs ICSA-23-180-04 Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series ICSMA-23-180-01 Medtronic Paceart Optima System ICSA-19-120-01 Rockwell Automation CompactLogix 5370 (Update A) ICSA-20-245-01 Mitsubishi Electric Multiple Products (Update F) ICSA-22-333-05 Mitsubishi Electric FA Engineering Software (Update B) ICSA-23-171-02 Enphase Installer…

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CISA and NSA Release Joint Guidance on Defending Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) Environments

Today, CISA, together with the National Security Agency (NSA), released a Cybersecurity Information Sheet (CSI) to provide recommendations and best practices for organizations to strengthen the security of their CI/CD pipelines against the threat of malicious cyber actors (MCAs). Recognizing the various types of security threats that could affect CI/CD operations and taking steps to defend against each one is critical in securing a CI/CD environment. Organizations will find in this guide a list of…

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CISA Releases SCuBA TRA and eVRF Guidance Documents

CISA has released several documents as part of the Secure Cloud Business Applications (SCuBA) project: The Technical Reference Architecture (TRA) document, previously released for public comment on April 19, 2022, is the final version of a security guide that agencies can use to adopt technology for cloud deployment, adaptable solutions, secure architecture, and zero trust frameworks.  The extensible Visibility Reference Framework (eVRF) guidebook provides an overview of the eVRF framework, which enables organizations to identify visibility…

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Blizzard Entertainment hit by DDoS attack

Video game comoany, Blizzard Entertainment, has been the vicitm of a distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) cyber attack. The DDoS attack was launched against the company on June 25, and caused a number of games that Blizzard hosts to go offline, including Diablo 4 and World of Warcraft. The disruption was noted by players across Blizzard’s titles, with some taking to Blizzard’s forums to post about the cyber attack. One user, who uses the screen name ‘Gibs’, made…

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CISA Adds Five Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

CISA has added five new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2023-32434 Apple Multiple Products Integer Overflow Vulnerability CVE-2023-32435 Apple iOS and iPadOS WebKit Memory Corruption Vulnerability CVE-2023-32439 Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS WebKit Type Confusion Vulnerability CVE-2023-20867 VMware Tools Authentication Bypass Vulnerability CVE-2023-27992 Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird Use-After-Free Vulnerability These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risks to the federal enterprise. Note: To view…

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IOTW: A full timeline of the MOVEit cyber attack

Ransomware gang Clop, which has taken responsibility for the cyber attack launched against document transfer service MOVEit, has announced that it has not stolen data from companies thought to be impacted by data breaches linked to the attack. These companies include the UK’s British Broadcasting Company (BBC), British Airways and high street health and beauty retailer Boots. Since June 14, Clop has been posting company profiles of companies allegedly impacted by data breaches caused by…

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PwC and EY impacted by MOVEit cyber attack

Multinational accounting firms PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Ernst & Young (EY) are among the seemingly ever-growing list of victims linked to a cyber security incident that originated with data transfer service, MOVEit.  A supply chain cyber attack launched at MOVEit by ransomware gang Clop has resulted in a series of data breaches for a large number of high-profile brands including Health Service Ireland (HSE) and payroll services provider Zellis. The breach of Zellis has also led to…

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BlackCat threatens to leak 80GB of Reddit data

Ransomware gang ALPHV, most commonly known as BlackCat, is allegedly responsible for the theft of 80GB of data from social media site Reddit.  The allegation comes directly from the ransomware gang, who have claimed responsibility for a data breach that happened in February of this year. In a post on the gang’s data leaks site, BlackCat claimed to have stolen 80GB of compressed data during the attack and are planning on selling it.  The malicious actors…

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