Malware

CISA Adds One Known Vulnerability to Catalog

CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2021-29256 Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver Use-After-Free 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 dates. Binding Operational Directive (BOD)…

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S3 Ep142: Putting the X in X-Ops

by Paul Ducklin PUTTING THE X IN X-OPS First there was DevOps, then SecOps, then DevSecOps. Or should that be SecDevOps? Paul Ducklin talks to Sophos X-Ops insider Matt Holdcroft about how to get all your corporate “Ops” teams working together, with cybersecurity correctness as a guiding light. No audio player below? Listen directly on Soundcloud. With Paul Ducklin and Matt Holdcroft. Intro and outro music by Edith Mudge. You can listen to us on…

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CISA and Partners Release Joint Cybersecurity Advisory on Newly Identified Truebot Malware Variants

Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), and the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS) released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA), Increased Truebot Activity Infects U.S. and Canada Based Networks, to help organizations detect and protect against newly identified Truebot malware variants. Based on confirmation from open-source reporting and analytical findings of Truebot variants, the four organizations assess cyber threat actors…

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Mozilla Releases Security Advisories for Thunderbird, Firefox, and Firefox ESR

Mozilla has released security advisories to address vulnerabilities in Thunderbird, Firefox, and Firefox ESR. A cyber threat actor could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.  CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following advisories and apply the necessary updates: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 115 Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2023-24 Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 102.13 Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2023-23 Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 102.13…

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DoS and DDoS Attacks against Multiple Sectors

CISA is aware of open-source reporting of targeted denial-of-service (DoS) and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against multiple organizations in multiple sectors. These attacks can cost an organization time and money and may impose reputational costs while resources and services are inaccessible. If you think you or your business is experiencing a DoS or DDoS attack, it is important to contact the appropriate technical professionals for assistance. Contact your network administrator to confirm whether the service…

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S3 Ep141: What was Steve Jobs’s first job?

by Paul Ducklin PONG FOR ONE!? No audio player below? Listen directly on Soundcloud. With Doug Aamoth and Paul Ducklin. Intro and outro music by Edith Mudge. You can listen to us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and anywhere that good podcasts are found. Or just drop the URL of our RSS feed into your favourite podcatcher. READ THE TRANSCRIPT DOUG.  Emergency Apple patches, justice for the 2020 Twitter hack, and “Turn off…

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CISA Adds Eight Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

CISA has added eight new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2019-17621 D-Link DIR-859 Router Command Execution Vulnerability CVE-2019-20500 D-Link DWL-2600AP Access Point Command Injection Vulnerability CVE-2021-25487 Samsung Mobile Devices Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability CVE-2021-25489 Samsung Mobile Devices Improper Input Validation Vulnerability CVE-2021-25394 Samsung Mobile Devices Race Condition Vulnerability CVE-2021-25395 Samsung Mobile Devices Race Condition Vulnerability CVE-2021-25371 Samsung Mobile Devices Unspecified Vulnerability CVE-2021-25372 Samsung Mobile Devices Improper Boundary Check Vulnerability These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack…

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2023 CWE Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses

The Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute, sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security and operated by MITRE, has released the 2023 Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses. The CWE Top 25 is calculated by analyzing public vulnerability data in the National Vulnerability Data (NVD) for root cause mappings to CWE weaknesses for the previous two calendar years. These weaknesses lead to serious vulnerabilities in software. An attacker can often…

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CISA Releases Nine Industrial Control Systems Advisories

CISA released nine Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on June 29, 2023. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS.  ICSA-23-180-01 Delta Electronics InfraSuite Device Master ICSA-23-180-02 Schneider Electric EcoStruxure ICSA-23-180-03 Ovarro TBox RTUs ICSA-23-180-04 Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series ICSMA-23-180-01 Medtronic Paceart Optima System ICSA-19-120-01 Rockwell Automation CompactLogix 5370 (Update A) ICSA-20-245-01 Mitsubishi Electric Multiple Products (Update F) ICSA-22-333-05 Mitsubishi Electric FA Engineering Software (Update B) ICSA-23-171-02 Enphase Installer…

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CISA and NSA Release Joint Guidance on Defending Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) Environments

Today, CISA, together with the National Security Agency (NSA), released a Cybersecurity Information Sheet (CSI) to provide recommendations and best practices for organizations to strengthen the security of their CI/CD pipelines against the threat of malicious cyber actors (MCAs). Recognizing the various types of security threats that could affect CI/CD operations and taking steps to defend against each one is critical in securing a CI/CD environment. Organizations will find in this guide a list of…

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