CyberSecurity Updates

Today, CISA retired US-CERT and…

Today, CISA retired US-CERT and ICS-CERT, integrating CISA’s operational content into a new CISA.gov website that better unifies CISA’s mission. CISA will continue to be responsible for coordinating cybersecurity programs within the U.S. government to protect against malicious cyber activity, including activity related to industrial control systems. In keeping with this responsibility, CISA will continue responding to incidents, providing technical assistance, and disseminating timely notifications of cyber threats and vulnerabilities. Visit the new CISA.gov today!…

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CISA has added one new…

CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2022-36537 ZK Framework AuUploader Unspecified Vulnerability This type of vulnerability is a frequent attack vector for malicious cyber actors and poses a significant risk 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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EPA Mandates States Report on Cyber Threats to Water Systems

The Biden administration on Friday said it would require states to report on cybersecurity threats in their audits of public water systems, a day after it released a broader plan to protect critical infrastructure against cyberattacks. The Environmental Protection Agency said public water systems are increasingly at risk from cyberattacks that amount to a threat to public health. “Cyberattacks against critical infrastructure facilities, including drinking water systems, are increasing, and public water systems are vulnerable,”…

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What does $5,000 buy you on a hacking forum? – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

A bootkit that ESET researchers have discovered in the wild is the BlackLotus UEFI bootkit that is being peddled on hacking forums For a mere $5,000, you can buy a UEFI bootkit called BlackLotus that can run even on fully up-to-date Windows 11 systems with UEFI Secure Boot enabled. This week, ESET researchers published their analysis of BlackLotus that caused them to conclude that the bootkit they had discovered in the wild is indeed the…

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Feds warn about right Royal ransomware rampage that runs the gamut of TTPs

by Paul Ducklin The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which dubs itself “America’s Cyber Defense Agency”, has just put out a public service annoucement under its #StopRansomware banner. This report is numbered AA23-061a, and if you’ve slipped into the habit of assuming that ransomware is yesterday’s threat, or that other specific cyberattacks should be at the top of your list in 2023, then it is well worth reading. The risks you introduce by…

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CISA released three Industrial…

CISA released three Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on February 28, 2023. 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-23-059-01 Hitachi Energy Gateway Station ICSA-23-059-02 Hitachi Energy Gateway Station ICSA-22-139-01 Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-F Series (Update B) Please share your thoughts. We recently updated our anonymous Product Feedback Survey and we’d…

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Today, CISA released a…

Today, CISA released a Cybersecurity Advisory, CISA Red Team Shares Key Findings to Improve Monitoring and Hardening of Networks. This advisory describes a red team assessment of a large critical infrastructure organization with a mature cyber posture. CISA is releasing this Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) detailing the red team’s tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and key findings to provide network defenders proactive steps to reduce the threat of similar activity from malicious cyber actors.     As…

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Today, CISA released Decider, a…

Today, CISA released Decider, a free tool to help the cybersecurity community map threat actor behavior to the MITRE ATT&CK framework. Created in partnership with the Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute™ (HSSEDI) and MITRE, Decider helps make mapping quick and accurate through guided questions, a powerful search and filter function, and a cart functionality that lets users export results to commonly used formats. Network defenders, analysts, and researchers can see CISA’s video, fact…

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Chick-fil-A Confirms Accounts Hacked in Months-Long “Automated” Attack

In response to the attack, Chick-fil-A forced customers to reset passwords, froze funds loaded into accounts, and removed any stored payment information from accounts. Chick-fil-A also states that they restored Chick-fil-A One account balances and added rewards to impacted accounts as a way of apologizing. As the accounts were breached using credentials exposed in other data breaches, impacted users must change their passwords at all sites they frequent, especially if they use the same Chick-fil-A…

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Hatch Bank Suffers Data Breach After Third Party Vulnerability Exploited

Hatch Bank has offered to provide free access to credit monitoring services for 12 months to any affected individuals. This attack is just one example of an incident involving a third-party service. Whenever an organization is looking to do business with a third-party company, they should go through their own security audit of the company before signing a contract. This can include paying for a penetration test or requesting recent penetration test results, as well…

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