Cyber Security Alerts & Threat Intelligence

Cisco released its October 2024 Semiannual Cisco ASA, FMC, and FTD Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication to address vulnerabilities in Cisco ASA, FMC, and FTD. A cyber threat actor could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.    CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following advisory and apply the necessary updates:   Cisco Event Response: October 2024 Cisco ASA, FMC, and FTD Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication

High Vulnerabilities PrimaryVendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source Info Patch Info Acespritech Solutions Pvt. Ltd.–Social Link Groups  Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command (‘SQL Injection’) vulnerability in Acespritech Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Social Link Groups allows Blind SQL Injection.This issue affects Social Link Groups: from n/a through 1.1.0. 2024-10-20 8.5 CVE-2024-49619 audit@patchstack.com  acm309–PutongOJ  PutongOJ is online judging software. Prior to version 2.1.0-beta.1, unprivileged users can escalate privileges by constructing requests. This can lead to unauthorized access, enabling users to perform admin-level operations, potentially compromising sensitive data and system integrity. This problem has been fixed in…

Oracle released its quarterly Critical Patch Update Advisory for October 2024 to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. A cyber threat actor could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.  CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory and apply the necessary updates:  Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory – October 2024

Summary The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the National Security Agency (NSA), the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSE), the Australian Federal Police (AFP), and Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory to warn network defenders of Iranian cyber actors’ use of brute force and other techniques to compromise organizations across multiple critical infrastructure sectors, including the healthcare and public health (HPH), government, information technology, engineering, and energy sectors. The actors likely aim to obtain credentials and information describing the victim’s network that can then be…

Today, CISA—with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National Security Agency (NSA), and international partners—released joint Cybersecurity Advisory Iranian Cyber Actors Brute Force and Credential Access Activity Compromises Critical Infrastructure. This advisory provides known indicators of compromise (IOCs) and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used by Iranian actors to impact organizations across multiple critical infrastructure sectors. Since October 2023, Iranian actors have used brute force and password spraying to compromise user accounts and obtain access to organizations in the healthcare and public health (HPH), government, information technology, engineering, and energy sectors. CISA and partners recommend critical infrastructure organizations follow…

High Vulnerabilities PrimaryVendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source Info Patch Info adobe — animate  Animate versions 23.0.7, 24.0.4 and earlier are affected by a Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. 2024-10-09 7.8 CVE-2024-47410 psirt@adobe.com  adobe — animate  Animate versions 23.0.7, 24.0.4 and earlier are affected by an Access of Uninitialized Pointer vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue…

Today, CISA published the Framing Software Component Transparency, created by the Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) Tooling & Implementation Working Group, one of the five SBOM community-driven workstreams facilitated by CISA. CISA’s community-driven working groups publish documents and reports to advance and refine SBOM and ultimately promote adoption. This resource serves as the detailed foundation of SBOM, defining SBOM concepts and related terms and offering an updated baseline of how software components are to be represented. This document serves as a guide on the processes around SBOM creation. For more information on all things SBOM, please visit CISA’s Software Bill of Materials website.

CISA has observed cyber threat actors leveraging unencrypted persistent cookies managed by the F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) module to enumerate other non-internet facing devices on the network. F5 BIG-IP is a suite of hardware and software solutions designed to manage and secure network traffic. A malicious cyber actor could leverage the information gathered from unencrypted persistence cookies to infer or identify additional network resources and potentially exploit vulnerabilities found in other devices present on the network.    CISA urges organizations to encrypt persistent cookies employed in F5 BIG-IP devices and review the following article for details on how to configure the…

CISA released twenty-one Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on October 10, 2024. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. ICSA-24-284-01 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 and S7-1200 CPUs ICSA-24-284-02 Siemens Simcenter Nastran ICSA-24-284-03 Siemens Teamcenter Visualization and JT2Go ICSA-24-284-04 Siemens SENTRON PAC3200 Devices ICSA-24-284-05 Siemens Questa and ModelSim ICSA-24-284-06 Siemens SINEC Security Monitor ICSA-24-284-07 Siemens JT2Go ICSA-24-284-08 Siemens HiMed Cockpit ICSA-24-284-09 Siemens PSS SINCAL ICSA-24-284-10 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPUs ICSA-24-284-11 Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808 ICSA-24-284-12 Siemens Sentron Powercenter 1000 ICSA-24-284-13 Siemens Tecnomatix Plant Simulation ICSA-24-284-14 Schneider Electric Zelio Soft 2 ICSA-24-284-15 Rockwell Automation DataMosaix Private Cloud…

Microsoft released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. A cyber threat actor could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following and apply necessary updates: Microsoft Security Update Guide for October

As hurricanes and other natural disasters occur, CISA urges individuals to remain on alert for potential malicious cyber activity. Fraudulent emails and social media messages—often containing malicious links or attachments—are common after major natural disasters. Exercise caution in handling emails with hurricane-related subject lines, attachments, or hyperlinks. In addition, be wary of social media pleas, texts, or door-to-door solicitations relating to severe weather events. Before responding, ensure hurricane-related guidance is from trusted sources, such as local officials and disaster response organizations, including Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and DHS’s Ready.gov. CISA encourages users to review the following resources to avoid…

High Vulnerabilities PrimaryVendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info n/a–n/a  An issue was discovered in Atos Eviden iCare 2.7.1 through 2.7.11. The application exposes a web interface locally. In the worst-case scenario, if the application is remotely accessible, it allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands with system privilege on the endpoint hosting the application, without any authentication. 2024-09-30 10 CVE-2024-42017cve@mitre.orgcve@mitre.org  Cisco–Cisco Data Center Network Manager  A vulnerability in the REST API and web UI of Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC) could allow an authenticated, low-privileged, remote attacker to perform a command injection attack against…