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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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CISA Requests for Comment on Microsoft 365 Security Configuration Baselines

Original release date: October 20, 2022 CISA has issued requests for comment (RFCs) on eight Microsoft 365 security configuration baselines as part of the Secure Cloud Business Application (SCuBA) project to secure federal civilian executive branch agencies’ (FCEB) cloud environments. The baselines: •    Build on and integrate previous security configuration baselines developed by the Federal Chief Information Officers Council’s Cyber Innovation Tiger Team (CITT). •    Initiate a series of pilot efforts to advance cloud security…

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Student Insights on Cybersecurity Careers

Hi, our names are Aubrie, Kyle, and Lindsey! We participated in internships at the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Program Office this past year. This is a career pivot for Aubrie, meaning this is her introduction to cybersecurity from another career; she is earning her master’s with a concentration in cybersecurity. Kyle was an undergraduate intern majoring in Computer Engineering. He is almost finished with his education and will soon be transitioning into the…

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