Cyber Security Alerts & Threat Intelligence

Patches for a flaw (CVE-2020-8913) in the Google Play Core Library have not been implemented by several popular Google Play apps, including Cisco Teams and Edge.

Original release date: December 3, 2020 IBM X-Force has released a report on malicious cyber actors targeting the COVID-19 cold chain—an integral part of delivering and storing a vaccine at safe temperatures. Impersonating a biomedical company, cyber actors are sending phishing and spearphishing emails to executives and global organizations involved in vaccine storage and transport to harvest account credentials. The emails have been posed as requests for quotations for participation in a vaccine program. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) encourages Operation Warp Speed (OWS) organizations and organizations involved in vaccine storage and transport to review the IBM X-Force…

The feds have seen ongoing cyberattacks on think-tanks (bent on espionage, malware delivery and more), using phishing and VPN exploits as primary attack vectors.

CISA warns the leading enterprise document management platform is open to attack and urges companies to apply fixes.

The post-COVID-19 surge in the criticality level of medical infrastructure, coupled with across-the-board digitalization, will be big drivers for medical-sector cyberattacks next year.

Original release date: December 2, 2020 Mozilla has released a security update to address a vulnerability in Thunderbird. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) encourages users and administrators to review the Mozilla Security Advisory for Thunderbird 78.5.1 and apply the necessary update. This product is provided subject to this Notification and this Privacy & Use policy.

Original release date: December 2, 2020 Xerox has released security updates for DocuShare 6.6.1, 7.0, and 7.5 to address a vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) urges users and administrators review Xerox Mini Bulletin XRX20W and apply the necessary updates. This product is provided subject to this Notification and this Privacy & Use policy.

Researcher Ian Beer from Google Project Zero took six months to figure out the radio-proximity exploit of a memory corruption bug that was patched in May.

The GO SMS Pro app has been downloaded 100 million times; now, underground forums are actively sharing images stolen from GO SMS servers.

An offshore Cayman Islands bank’s backups, covering a $500 million investment portfolio, were left unsecured and leaking personal banking information, passport data and even online banking PINs.

Original release date: December 1, 2020<br/><h3>Summary</h3><p class=”tip-intro” style=”font-size: 15px;”><em>This Advisory uses the MITRE Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge (ATT&amp;CK®) framework. See the <a href=”https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v7/techniques/enterprise/”>ATT&amp;CK for Enterprise</a> for all referenced threat actor tactics and techniques.</em></p> <p>The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have observed persistent continued cyber intrusions by advanced persistent threat (APT) actors targeting U.S. think tanks. This malicious activity is often, but not exclusively, directed at individuals and organizations that focus on international affairs or national security policy.[<a href=”https://www.cyberscoop.com/european-think-tanks-hack-microsoft-fancy-bear-russia/”>1</a>] The following guidance may assist U.S. think tanks in developing network defense…

Four security vulnerabilities in an open-source medical records management platform allow remote code execution, patient data theft and more.