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CISA Upgrades to Version 2.0 of Traffic Light Protocol in One Week – Join Us!

Original release date: October 25, 2022 On Nov. 1, 2022, CISA will upgrade from Traffic Light Protocol (TLP) 1.0 to TLP 2.0 in accordance with the recommendation by the Forum of Incident Response Security Teams (FIRST) that organizations move to 2.0 by the end of 2022. TLP Version 2.0 brings the following key updates: TLP:CLEAR replaces TLP:WHITE for publicly releasable information. TLP:AMBER+STRICT supplements TLP:AMBER, clarifying when information  may be shared with the recipient’s organization only. CISA…

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Why Employers Should Embrace Competency-Based Learning in Cybersecurity

Credit: Shutterstock/EtiAmmos There is a growing movement toward increasing the use of competency and skills-based education and hiring practices in both the public and private sectors. For example, the Executive Order on Modernizing and Reforming the Assessment and Hiring of Federal Job Candidates calls upon the Federal Government to “ensure that the individuals most capable of performing the roles and responsibilities required of a specific position are those hired for that position”—resulting in “merit-based reforms…

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CISA Adds Six Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

Original release date: October 24, 2022 CISA has added six vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. These types of vulnerabilities are a frequent attack vector for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risk to the federal enterprise. Note: to view the newly added vulnerabilities in the catalog, click on the arrow in the “Date Added to Catalog” column, which will sort by descending dates.       Binding Operational Directive (BOD)…

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2022: Recognizing & Reporting Phishing

This blog will officially wrap up our 2022 Cybersecurity Awareness Month blog series — today we have a special interview from Marian Merritt, deputy director, lead for industry engagement for the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE)! Marian will be discussing the importance of recognizing and reporting phishing incidents in detail. A phishing attack is an attempt to fool an individual into sharing private information or taking an action that gives criminals access to your…

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#StopRansomware: Daixin Team

Original release date: October 21, 2022 CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA), #StopRansomware: Daixin Team to provide information on the “Daixin Team,” a cybercrime group actively targeting U.S. businesses, predominantly in the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector, with ransomware and data extortion operations. This joint CSA provides Daixin actors’ tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and indicators of…

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Cisco Releases Security Update for Cisco Identity Services Engine 

Original release date: October 21, 2022 Cisco has released a security update to address vulnerabilities affecting Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE). A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. For updates addressing high and low severity vulnerabilities, see the Cisco Security Advisories page.  CISA encourages users and administrators to review Cisco Advisory cisco-sa-ise-path-trav-Dz5dpzyM and apply the necessary updates. This product is provided subject to this Notification and this Privacy &…

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CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog   

Original release date: October 20, 2022 CISA has added two vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. These types of vulnerabilities are a frequent attack vector for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risk to the federal enterprise. Note: to view the newly added vulnerabilities in the catalog, click on the arrow in the “Date Added to Catalog” column, which will sort by descending dates.       Binding Operational Directive (BOD)…

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Battle with Bots Prompts Mass Purge of Amazon, Apple Employee Accounts on LinkedIn

On October 10, 2022, there were 576,562 LinkedIn accounts that listed their current employer as Apple Inc. The next day, half of those profiles no longer existed. A similarly dramatic drop in the number of LinkedIn profiles claiming employment at Amazon comes as LinkedIn is struggling to combat a significant uptick in the creation of fake employee accounts that pair AI-generated profile photos with text lifted from legitimate users. Jay Pinho is a developer who…

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CISA Releases Three Industrial Control Systems Advisories

Original release date: October 20, 2022 CISA has released three (3) Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on October 20, 2022. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the newly released ICS advisories for technical details and mitigations: •    ICSA-22-293-01 Bentley Systems MicroStation Connect •    ICSMA-21-294-01 B Braun Infusomat Space Large Volume Pump (Update A) •    ICSMA-20-296-02 B. Braun SpaceCom Battery Pack…

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Mozilla Releases Security Updates for Firefox

Original release date: October 20, 2022 Mozilla has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Firefox ESR and Firefox. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to cause denial-of-service conditions. CISA encourages users and administrators to review Mozilla’s security advisories for Firefox ESR 102.4 and Firefox 106 for mitigations and updates. This product is provided subject to this Notification and this Privacy & Use policy.

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