Month: May 2021

Original release date: May 31, 2021   High Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info aioseo — all_in_one_seo The All in One SEO – Best WordPress SEO Plugin – Easily Improve Your SEO Rankings before 4.1.0.2 enables authenticated users with “aioseo_tools_settings” privilege (most of the time admin) to execute… Read more

The bug in HPE SIM makes it easy as pie for attackers to remotely trigger code, no user interaction necessary. Read more

Original release date: May 28, 2021 CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are responding to an ongoing spearphishing campaign targeting government organizations, intergovernmental organizations, and non-governmental organizations. A sophisticated cyber threat actor leveraged a compromised end-user account from Constant Contact—a legitimate email marketing software company—to spoof a U.S. government organization and distribute links… Read more

Original release date: May 28, 2021 Summary The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are responding to a spearphishing campaign targeting government organizations, intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). A sophisticated cyber threat actor leveraged a compromised end-user account from Constant Contact, a legitimate email marketing software… Read more

Original release date: May 28, 2021 The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released an FBI FLASH, APT Actors Exploiting Fortinet Vulnerabilities to Gain Access for Malicious Activity, which describes advanced persistent threat (APT) actors exploiting known Fortinet FortiOS vulnerabilities. APT actors may exploit these vulnerabilities to gain initial access to multiple government, commercial, and… Read more

Justin Jett, director of audit and compliance for Plixer, discusses the elements of a successful advanced security posture. Read more

Malicious ad campaign was able to rank higher in searches than legitimate AnyDesk ads. Read more

Original release date: May 27, 2021 The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) has released information on the uncovering of a widespread malicious email campaign undertaken by the activity group that Microsoft tracks as NOBELIUM. NOBELIUM was initially identified in November 2020, during an intrusion at a major cybersecurity organization. Microsoft security researchers identify NOBELIUM as the actor… Read more

Original release date: May 27, 2021 CISA has updated Alert AA21-110A: Exploitation of Pulse Connect Secure Vulnerabilities to include new threat actor techniques, tactics, and procedures (TTPs), indicators of compromise (IOCs), and updated mitigations.   CISA encourages users and administrators to review AA21-110A and the following resources for more information: •    Re-Checking Your Pulse • … Read more

David Wolpoff, CTO at Randori, argues that the call for rapid cloud transition Is a dangerous proposition: “Mistakes will be made, creating opportunities for our adversaries. Read more