Cyber Security Alerts & Threat Intelligence

Valve fixed critical bugs in its Steam gaming client, which is a platform for popular video games like Counter Strike: Global Offensive, Dota2 and Half Life.

Ransomware attacks targeting hospitals have exacted a human cost as well as financial.

Convincing email-credentials phishing, emailed backdoors and mobile apps are all part of the groups latest effort against military and government targets.

As just one symptom, 83 percent of the Top 30 U.S. retailers have vulnerabilities which pose an “imminent” cyber-threat, including Amazon, Costco, Kroger and Walmart.

Original release date: December 9, 2020 The United Kingdom (UK) National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has launched a new cyber security campaign encouraging the public to adopt six behaviors to stay safe online. The six Cyber Aware behaviors recommended by the NSCS are: Use a separate password for your email Create strong passwords using three random words Save your passwords in your browser Turn on multi-factor authentication Update your devices Back up your data The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) encourages users and administrators to review the official NCSC website as well as CISA’s Tips page for more information…

Original release date: December 9, 2020 The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has launched a new cyber security campaign encouraging all Australians to protect themselves against online threats. The initial focus of the campaign is ransomware threats, and the ACSC provides easy-to-follow security advice at cyber.gov.au to help Australians act now and stay secure.   The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) encourages users and administrators to review the official ACSC campaign announcement for more information and to consult CISA’s ransomware page for additional guidance and resources.   This product is provided subject to this Notification and this Privacy &…

Critical vulnerabilities discovered by Digital Defense can allow attackers to gain root access and take over devices running same firmware.

Original release date: December 8, 2020 OpenSSL has released a security update to address a vulnerability affecting all versions of 1.0.2 and 1.1.1 released before version 1.1.1i. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service condition. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) encourages users and administrators to review the OpenSSL Security Advisory and apply the necessary update. This product is provided subject to this Notification and this Privacy & Use policy.

Google updates its mobile OS, fixing ten critical bugs, including one remote code execution flaw.

Original release date: December 8, 2020<br/><p>FireEye has released a blog addressing unauthorized access to their Red Team’s tools by a highly sophisticated threat actor. Red Team tools are often used by cybersecurity organizations to evaluate the security posture of enterprise systems. Although the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has not received reporting of these tools being maliciously used to date, unauthorized third-party users could abuse these tools to take control of targeted systems. The exposed tools do not contain zero-day exploits.</p> <p>CISA recommends cybersecurity practitioners review <a href=”https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2020/12/unauthorized-access-of-fireeye-red-team-tools.html”>FireEye’s blog</a>&nbsp;for more information and <a href=”https://github.com/fireeye/red_team_tool_countermeasures”>FireEye’s GitHub repository</a>&nbsp;for detection countermeasures.</p> <div…

A CISA alert is flagging a critical default credentials issue that affects 100+ types of devices found in hospitals, from MRI machines to surgical imaging.

Nine critical bugs and 58 overall fixes mark the last scheduled security advisory of 2020.