Insights

Today, CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a joint Secure by Design Alert, Eliminating SQL Injection Vulnerabilities in Software. This Alert was crafted in response to a recent, well-publicized exploitation of SQL injection (SQLi) defects in a managed file transfer application that impacted thousands of organizations. Additionally, the Alert highlights the prevalence of this class of vulnerability. Despite widespread knowledge and documentation of SQLi vulnerabilities over the past two decades, along with…

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Ivanti has released security advisories to address vulnerabilities in Ivanti Neurons for ITSM and Standalone Sentry. A cyber threat actor could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.  CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following Ivanti advisories and apply the necessary updates:  CVE-2023-46808 (Authenticated Remote File Write) for Ivanti Neurons for ITSM CVE-2023-41724 (Remote Code Execution) for Ivanti Standalone Sentry

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Today, CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) released an updated joint guide, Understanding and Responding to Distributed Denial-Of-Service Attacks, to address the specific needs and challenges faced by organizations in defending against DDoS attacks. The guidance now includes detailed insight into three different types of DDoS techniques:  Volumetric, attacks aiming to consume available bandwidth.  Protocol, attacks which exploit vulnerabilities in network protocols.  Application, attacks targeting…

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Today, CISA, the National Security Agency (NSA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and other U.S. and international partners are issuing a joint fact sheet, People’s Republic of China State-Sponsored Cyber Activity: Actions for Critical Infrastructure Leaders. Partners of this publication include:  U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA)  U.S. Department of Treasury   Australian Signals Directorate’s (ASD’s) Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC)  Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS)…

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Software producers who partner with the federal government can now upload their Secure Software Development Attestation Forms to CISA’s Repository for Software Attestation and Artifacts. Software producers that provide the government software can fill out the form to attest to implementation of specific security practices. CISA and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released the form on March 11, 2024, following extensive stakeholder and industry engagement. See the recent blog post from Federal CISO…

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Cisco released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS XR software. A cyber threat actor could exploit one of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected device.  CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following advisories and apply the necessary updates:  Cisco IOS XR Software for ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers PPPoE Denial of Service Vulnerability  Cisco IOS XR Software SSH Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Cisco IOS XR Software Layer 2 Services…

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