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  • Kubernetes Cloud Clusters Face Cyberattacks via Argo Workflows

    Misconfigured permissions for Argo’s web-facing dashboard allow unauthenticated attackers to run code on Kubernetes targets, including cryptomining containers. Read more

  • Malware Targeting Pulse Secure Devices

    Original release date: July 21, 2021 As part of CISA’s ongoing response to Pulse Secure compromises, CISA has analyzed 13 malware samples related to exploited Pulse Secure devices. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following 13 malware analysis reports (MARs) for threat actor techniques, tactics, and procedures (TTPs) and indicators of compromise (IOCs)… Read more

  • Researchers: NSO Group’s Pegasus Spyware Should Spark Bans, Apple Accountability

    Our roundtable of experts weighs in on implications for Apple and lawmakers in the wake of the bombshell report showing widespread surveillance of dissidents, journalists and others. Read more

  • 16-Year-Old HP Printer-Driver Bug Impacts Millions of Windows Machines

    The bug could allow cyberattackers to bypass security products, tamper with data and run code in kernel mode. Read more

  • Significant Historical Cyber-Intrusion Campaigns Targeting ICS

    Original release date: July 20, 2021 Protecting our Nation’s critical infrastructure is the responsibility of federal and state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) governments and owners and operators of that infrastructure. The cybersecurity threats posed to the industrial control systems (ICS) that control and operate critical infrastructure are among the most significant and growing issues… Read more

  • AA21-201A: Chinese Gas Pipeline Intrusion Campaign, 2011 to 2013

    Original release date: July 20, 2021 Summary This Advisory uses the MITRE Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge (ATT&CK®) framework, Version 9. See the ATT&CK for Enterprise for all referenced threat actor tactics and techniques. Note: CISA released technical information, including indicators of compromise (IOCs), provided in this advisory in 2012 to affected organizations and… Read more

  • Unpatched iPhone Bug Allows Remote Device Takeover

    A format-string bug believed to be a low-risk denial-of-service issue turns out to be much nastier than expected. Read more

  • Fortinet Releases Security Updates for FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer

    Original release date: July 19, 2021 Fortinet has released security advisory FG-IR-21-067 to address a use-after-free vulnerability in the FortiManager fgfmsd daemon. A use-after-free condition occurs when a program marks a section of memory as free but then subsequently tries to use that memory, which could result in a program crash. The use of previously… Read more

  • Vulnerability Summary for the Week of July 12, 2021

    Original release date: July 19, 2021   High Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info echobh — sharecare Echo ShareCare 8.15.5 is susceptible to SQL injection vulnerabilities when processing remote input from both authenticated and unauthenticated users, leading to the ability to bypass authentication, exfiltrate Structured Query Language (SQL)… Read more

  • U.S. Government Releases Indictment and Several Advisories Detailing Chinese Cyber Threat Activity

    Original release date: July 19, 2021 CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the National Security Agency (NSA) have observed increasingly sophisticated Chinese state-sponsored activity targeting U.S. political, economic, military, educational, and critical infrastructure personnel and organizations. In response: The White House has released a statement attributing recent Microsoft Exchange server exploitation activity to… Read more