Cyber Security Alerts & Threat Intelligence

Threat actors impersonate Google Play store in scam as Sony pulls the game off the PlayStation store due to myriad performance issues.

Original release date: December 17, 2020 The National Security Agency (NSA) has released a cybersecurity advisory on detecting abuse of authentication mechanisms. This advisory describes tactics, techniques, and procedures used by malicious cyber actors to access protected data in the cloud and provides guidance on defending against and detecting such activity. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the NSA cybersecurity advisory and CISA Activity Alert AA20-352A and take the appropriate mitigation actions. This product is provided subject to this Notification and this Privacy & Use policy.

A critical unrestricted file upload bug in Contact Form 7 allows an unauthenticated visitor to take over a site running the plugin.

No charges for Dutch ethical hacker Victor Gevers who prosecutors say did actually access Trump’s Twitter account by guessing his password, “MAGA2020!” last October.

Sources said the DoE suffered “damage” in the attack, which also likely extends beyond the initially known SolarWinds Orion attack vector.

Original release date: December 17, 2020<br/><h3>Summary</h3><p class=”tip-intro” style=”font-size: 15px;”><em>This Alert uses the MITRE Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge (ATT&amp;CK®) version 8 framework. See the <a href=”https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v8/”>ATT&amp;CK for Enterprise version 8</a> for all referenced threat actor tactics and techniques.</em></p> <p>The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is aware of compromises of U.S. government agencies, critical infrastructure entities, and private sector organizations by an advanced persistent threat (APT) actor beginning in at least March 2020. This APT actor has demonstrated patience, operational security, and complex tradecraft in these intrusions. CISA expects that removing this threat actor from compromised environments will be…

Meanwhile, Microsoft and other vendors are quickly moving to block the Sunburst backdoor used in the attack.

A poorly configured file opens users up to site takeover.

The worm returned in recent attacks against web applications, IP cameras and routers.

Mozilla Foundation releases Firefox 84 browser, fixing several flaws and delivering performance gains and Apple processor support.

Original release date: December 15, 2020 Apple has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Apple security pages for the following products and apply the necessary updates: iOS 14.3 and iPadOS 14.3 macOS Server 5.11 iOS 12.5 tvOS 14.3 watchOS 6.3 Safari 14.0.2 watchOS 7.2 macOS Big Sur 11.1, Security Update 2020-001 Catalina, Security Update 2020-007 Mojave This product is provided subject to this Notification and this Privacy & Use policy.

Industrial, factory and medical gear remain largely unpatched when it comes to the URGENT/11 and CDPwn groups of vulnerabilities.