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Today, CISA, in collaboration with U.S. and international partners, published a joint fact sheet, Defending OT Operations Against Ongoing Pro-Russia Hacktivist Activity. This fact sheet provides information and mitigations associated with cyber operations conducted by pro-Russia hacktivists who seek to compromise industrial control systems (ICS) and small-scale operational technology (OT) systems in North American and European critical infrastructure sectors, including Water and Wastewater Systems, Dams, Energy, and Food and Agriculture Sectors. The pro-Russia hacktivist activity…

Today, Cisco released security updates to address ArcaneDoor—exploitation of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) devices and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) software. A cyber threat actor could exploit vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-20353, CVE-2024-20359, CVE-2024-20358) to take control of an affected system.  Cisco has reported active exploitation of CVE 2024-20353 and CVE-2024-20359 and CISA has added these vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog.  CISA strongly encourages users and administrators to apply the necessary updates, hunt for any malicious activity,…

Cisco has released security advisories for vulnerabilities in the Cisco integrated management controller. A remote cyber threat actor could exploit one of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.  Users and administrators are encouraged to review the following advisories and apply the necessary updates:  Cisco Integrated Management Controller CLI Command Injection Vulnerability Cisco Integrated Management Controller Web-Based Management Interface Command Injection Vulnerability

Oracle released its quarterly Critical Patch Update Advisory for April 2024 to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. A cyber threat actor could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.  Users and administrators are encouraged to review the following Critical Patch Update Advisory and apply the necessary updates:   April 2024 Critical Patch Update Advisory

Today, CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), and the Netherlands’ National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NL) released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA), #StopRansomware: Akira Ransomware, to disseminate known Akira ransomware tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and indicators of compromise (IOCs) identified through FBI investigations as recently as February 2024. Evolving from an initial focus on Windows systems to a Linux variant targeting VMware ESXi virtual machines, Akira threat actors began…