Author: DEFENDEDGE
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Exchange Servers Speared in IcedID Phishing Campaign
The ever-evolving malware shows off new tactics that use email thread hijacking and other obfuscation techniques to provide advanced evasion techniques. Read more
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CISA Adds 32 Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog
Original release date: March 28, 2022 CISA has added 32 new 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,… Read more
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Vulnerability Summary for the Week of March 21, 2022
Original release date: March 28, 2022 High Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info adobe — acrobat_dc Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context… Read more
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Critical Sophos Security Bug Allows RCE on Firewalls
The security vendor’s appliance suffers from an authentication-bypass issue. Read more
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Google Chrome Zero-Day Bugs Exploited Weeks Ahead of Patch
Two separate campaigns from different threat actors targeted users with the same exploit kit for more than a month before the company fixed an RCE flaw found in February. Read more
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DOJ Indicts Russian Gov’t Employees Over Targeting Power Sector
The supply-chain attack on the U.S. energy sector targeted thousands of computers at hundreds of organizations, including at least one nuclear power plant. Read more
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CISA Adds 66 Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog
Original release date: March 25, 2022 CISA has added 66 new 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,… Read more
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AA22-083A: Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures of Indicted State-Sponsored Russian Cyber Actors Targeting the Energy Sector
Original release date: March 24, 2022 Summary Actions to Take Today to Protect Energy Sector Networks: • Implement and ensure robust network segmentation between IT and ICS networks. • Enforce MFA to authenticate to a system. • Manage the creation of, modification of, use of—and permissions associated with—privileged accounts. This joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA)—coauthored by… Read more
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State-Sponsored Russian Cyber Actors Targeted Energy Sector from 2011 to 2018
Original release date: March 24, 2022 CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Department of Energy have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) detailing campaigns conducted by state-sponsored Russian cyber actors from 2011 to 2018 that targeted U.S. and international Energy Sector organizations. The CSA highlights historical tactics, techniques, and procedures as well as mitigations… Read more
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Just-Released Dark Souls Game, Elden Ring, Includes Killer Bug
A patch fixes exploit hidden in Elden Ring that traps PC players in a ‘death loop.’ Read more