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CISA Adds Two Known Vulnerabilities to Catalog

CISA has added two new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2023-37450 Apple Multiple Products WebKit Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2022-29303 SolarView Compact Command Injection Vulnerability These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risks to the federal enterprise. Note: To view other newly added vulnerabilities in the catalog, click on the arrow in the “Date Added to Catalog” column—which will sort by descending…

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Cisco Releases Security Update for SD-WAN vManage API

Cisco has released a security update to address a critical vulnerability affecting SD-WAN vManage API. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Cisco security release Cisco SD-WAN vManage Unauthenticated REST API Access Vulnerability and apply the necessary updates.

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CISA and FBI Release Cybersecurity Advisory on Enhanced Monitoring to Detect APT Activity Targeting Outlook Online

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA), Enhanced Monitoring to Detect APT Activity Targeting Outlook Online, to provide guidance to agencies and critical infrastructure organizations on enhancing monitoring in Microsoft Exchange Online environments.  In June 2023, a Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agency observed unexpected events in Microsoft 365 (M365) audit logs. After reporting the incident to Microsoft, network defenders deemed the…

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Apple & Microsoft Patch Tuesday, July 2023 Edition

Microsoft Corp. today released software updates to quash 130 security bugs in its Windows operating systems and related software, including at least five flaws that are already seeing active exploitation. Meanwhile, Apple customers have their own zero-day woes again this month: On Monday, Apple issued (and then quickly pulled) an emergency update to fix a zero-day vulnerability that is being exploited on MacOS and iOS devices. On July 10, Apple pushed a “Rapid Security Response”…

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Microsoft Releases July 2023 Security Updates

Microsoft has released updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. An attacker can exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review Microsoft’s July 2023 Security Update Guide and Deployment Information and apply the necessary updates.

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CISA Adds Five Known Vulnerabilities to Catalog

CISA has added five new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2023-32046 Microsoft Windows MSHTML Platform Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVE-2023-32049 Microsoft Windows Defender SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability CVE-2023-35311 Microsoft Outlook Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability CVE-2023-36874 Microsoft Windows Error Reporting Service Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVE-2022-31199 Netwrix Auditor Insecure Object Deserialization Vulnerability These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risks to the federal enterprise. Note: To…

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Top Suspect in 2015 Ashley Madison Hack Committed Suicide in 2014

When the marital infidelity website AshleyMadison.com learned in July 2015 that hackers were threatening to publish data stolen from 37 million users, the company’s then-CEO Noel Biderman was quick to point the finger at an unnamed former contractor. But as a new documentary series on Hulu reveals [SPOILER ALERT!], there was just one problem with that theory: Their top suspect had killed himself more than a year before the hackers began publishing stolen user data.…

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