Malware

Today, CISA released the Eviction Strategies Tool to provide cyber defenders with critical support and assistance during the containment and eviction phases of incident response. This tool includes: Cyber Eviction Strategies Playbook Next Generation (Playbook-NG): A web-based application for next-generation operations. COUN7ER: A database of atomic post-compromise countermeasures users can execute based on adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures. Together, Playbook-NG and COUN7ER create a systematic, tailored eviction plan that leverages distinct countermeasures to effectively contain…

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CISA released Microsegmentation in Zero Trust, Part One: Introduction and Planning as part of its ongoing efforts to support Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies implementing zero trust architectures (ZTAs).  This guidance provides a high-level overview of microsegmentation, focusing on its key concepts, associated challenges and potential benefits, and includes recommended actions to modernize network security and advance zero trust principles. Microsegmentation is a critical component of ZTA that reduces the attack surface, limits lateral…

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CISA, along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Australian Cyber Security Centre’s Australian Signals Directorate, and the Australian Federal Police and National Cyber Security Centre, released an updated joint Cybersecurity Advisory on Scattered Spider—a cybercriminal group targeting commercial facilities sectors and subsectors. This advisory provides updated tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) obtained through FBI investigations conducted through June 2025. Scattered Spider threat actors have been…

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CISA, in partnership with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center issued a joint Cybersecurity Advisory to help protect businesses and critical infrastructure organizations in North America and Europe against Interlock ransomware.   This advisory highlights known Interlock ransomware indicators of compromise and tactics, techniques, and procedures identified through recent FBI investigations.   Actions organizations can take today to mitigate Interlock ransomware threat…

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CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. See CISA’s Alert Microsoft Releases Guidance on Exploitation of SharePoint Vulnerability (CVE-2025-53770) for more information and to apply the recommended mitigations.  CVE-2025-53770: Microsoft SharePoint Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risks to the federal enterprise. Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: Reducing the Significant Risk…

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CISA is aware of active exploitation of a new remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability enabling unauthorized access to on-premise SharePoint servers. While the scope and impact continue to be assessed, the new Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE), CVE-2025-53770, is a variant of the existing vulnerability CVE-2025-49706 and poses a risk to organizations. This exploitation activity, publicly reported as “ToolShell,” provides unauthenticated access to systems and enables malicious actors to fully access SharePoint content, including file systems and internal…

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Today, CISA, in collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3), and the National Security Agency (NSA), released a Fact Sheet urging organizations to remain vigilant against potential targeted cyber operations by Iranian state-sponsored or affiliated threat actors.  Over the past several months, there has been increasing activity from hacktivists and Iranian government-affiliated actors, which is expected to escalate due to recent events. These cyber actors often…

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Today, CISA, in partnership with the National Security Agency (NSA), released a joint guide on reducing memory-related vulnerabilities in modern software development.  Memory safety vulnerabilities pose serious risks to national security and critical infrastructure. Adopting memory safe languages (MSLs) offers the most comprehensive mitigation against this class of vulnerabilities and provides built-in safeguards that enhance security by design.  CISA’s Secure by Design program advocates for integrating proactive security measures throughout the software development lifecycle, with…

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Today, CISA released Cybersecurity Advisory: Ransomware Actors Exploit Unpatched SimpleHelp Remote Monitoring and Management to Compromise Utility Billing Software Provider. This advisory is in response to ransomware actors targeting customers of a utility billing software provider through unpatched vulnerabilities in SimpleHelp Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM). This incident is part of a broader trend of ransomware actors exploiting unpatched versions of SimpleHelp RMM since January 2025. SimpleHelp versions 5.5.7 and earlier contain multiple vulnerabilities, including…

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CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) have issued an updated advisory on Play ransomware, also known as Playcrypt. This advisory highlights new tactics, techniques, and procedures used by the Play ransomware group and provides updated indicators of compromise (IOCs) to enhance threat detection. Since June 2022, Playcrypt has targeted diverse businesses and critical infrastructure across North America, South America, and Europe, becoming one of…

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