Author: DEFENDEDGE

Original release date: November 17, 2022 Today, CISA, the National Security Agency (NSA), and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), published the third of a three-part series on securing the software supply chain: Securing Software Supply Chain Series – Recommended Practices Guide for Customers. This publication follows the August 2022 release of… Read more

Original release date: November 17, 2022 Today, CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) #StopRansomware: Hive Ransomware to provide network defenders tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with Hive ransomware variants. FBI investigations identified these TTPs and… Read more

Original release date: November 17, 2022 Summary Actions to Take Today to Mitigate Cyber Threats from Ransomware: • Prioritize remediating known exploited vulnerabilities. • Enable and enforce multifactor authentication with strong passwords • Close unused ports and remove any application not deemed necessary for day-to-day operations. Note: This joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) is part of… Read more

Original release date: November 16, 2022 Cisco has released security updates for vulnerabilities affecting Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE). A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to bypass authorization and access system files. For updates addressing vulnerabilities, see the Cisco Security Advisories page.    CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following… Read more

Original release date: November 16, 2022 Today, CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA), Iranian Government-Sponsored APT Actors Compromise Federal Network, Deploy Crypto Miner, Credential Harvester. The CSA provides information on an incident at a Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) organization in which Iranian government-sponsored APT actors exploited… Read more

Original release date: November 16, 2022 Summary From mid-June through mid-July 2022, CISA conducted an incident response engagement at a Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) organization where CISA observed suspected advanced persistent threat (APT) activity. In the course of incident response activities, CISA determined that cyber threat actors exploited the Log4Shell vulnerability in an unpatched… Read more

Original release date: November 14, 2022 | Last revised: November 15, 2022   High Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info accusoft — imagegear An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the PICT parsing pctwread_14841 functionality of Accusoft ImageGear 20.0. A specially-crafted malformed file can lead to memory corruption. An… Read more

Original release date: November 10, 2022 Today CISA published its guide on Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC), a vulnerability management methodology that assesses vulnerabilities and prioritizes remediation efforts based on exploitation status, impacts to safety, and prevalence of the affected product in a singular system. As stated in Executive Assistant Director (EAD) Eric Goldstein’s blog post… Read more

Original release date: November 9, 2022 Microsoft has released updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. An attacker can exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review Microsoft’s November 2022 Security Update Guide and Deployment Information and apply the necessary updates. This product… Read more

Original release date: November 7, 2022   High Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info honeywell — c200_firmware Honeywell Experion PKS C200, C200E, C300, and ACE controllers are vulnerable to unrestricted file uploads, which may allow an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code and cause a denial-of-service condition. 2022-10-28… Read more