Cyber Security Alerts & Threat Intelligence

As Hurricane Helene approaches, CISA urges users 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.  CISA encourages users to review the following resources to avoid falling victim to malicious cyber activity:  Federal Trade Commission’s Staying Alert to Disaster-related Scams and Before Giving to a Charity,  Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Frauds and scams, and  CISA’s Phishing Guidance, Stopping the Attack…

High Vulnerabilities PrimaryVendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info CIRCUTOR–CIRCUTOR Q-SMT  CIRCUTOR Q-SMT in its firmware version 1.0.4, could be affected by a denial of service (DoS) attack if an attacker with access to the web service bypasses the authentication mechanisms on the login page, allowing the attacker to use all the functionalities implemented at web level that allow interacting with the device. 2024-09-18 10 CVE-2024-8887cve-coordination@incibe.es  CIRCUTOR–CIRCUTOR Q-SMT  An attacker with access to the network where CIRCUTOR Q-SMT is located in its firmware version 1.0.4, could steal the tokens used on the web, since these have…

Versa Networks has released an advisory for a vulnerability (CVE-2024-45229) affecting Versa Director. A cyber threat actor could exploit this vulnerability to exercise unauthorized REST APIs. CISA urges organizations to apply necessary updates, hunt for any malicious activity, report any positive findings to CISA, and review the following for more information: Versa Advisory

CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2024-8963 Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) Path Traversal Vulnerability These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risks to the federal enterprise. Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: Reducing the Significant Risk of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities established the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog as a living list of known Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) that carry significant risk to the federal enterprise. BOD 22-01 requires Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to remediate identified vulnerabilities by the due date…

VMware released a security advisory addressing vulnerabilities in the VMware Cloud Foundation and the vCenter Server. A cyber threat actor could exploit one of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following VMware security advisory and apply the necessary updates: VCDSA24968

Today, CISA and FBI released a Secure by Design Alert, Eliminating Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities, as a part of our ongoing effort to reduce the prevalence of vulnerability classes at scale. Vulnerabilities like cross-site scripting (XSS) continue to appear in software, enabling threat actors to exploit them. However, cross-site scripting vulnerabilities are preventable and should not be present in software products.  CISA and FBI urge CEOs and other business leaders at technology manufacturers to direct their technical leaders/teams to review past instances of these defects and create a strategic plan to prevent them in the future.   Visit our website to…

Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released the Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) Operational Cybersecurity Alignment (FOCAL) Plan. Developed in collaboration with FCEB agencies, this plan provides standard, essential components of enterprise operational cybersecurity and aligns the collective operational defense capabilities across the federal enterprise. Currently, federal agencies maintain their own networks and system architectures—and they independently manage their cyber risk. CISA’s FOCAL plan aligns the federal enterprise, empowering agencies to better address the dynamic cyber threat environment collectively. The plan recommends actions that substantively advance operational cybersecurity improvements and alignment goals.  For additional guidance, visit CISA’s Securing Networks web…

High Vulnerabilities PrimaryVendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source Info Patch Info Siemens–Industrial Edge Management Pro  A vulnerability has been identified in Industrial Edge Management Pro (All versions < V1.9.5), Industrial Edge Management Virtual (All versions < V2.3.1-1). Affected components do not properly validate the device tokens. This could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to impersonate other devices onboarded to the system. 2024-09-10 10 CVE-2024-45032 productcert@siemens.com  SAML-Toolkits–ruby-saml  The Ruby SAML library is for implementing the client side of a SAML authorization. Ruby-SAML in <= 12.2 and 1.13.0 <= 1.16.0 does not properly verify the signature of the SAML Response.…

CISA has released an analysis and infographic detailing the findings from the 121 Risk and Vulnerability Assessments (RVAs) conducted across multiple critical infrastructure sectors in fiscal year 2023 (FY23). The analysis details a sample attack path including tactics and steps a cyber threat actor could follow to compromise an organization with weaknesses representative of those CISA observed in FY23 RVAs. The infographic highlights the most successful techniques for each tactic that RVAs documented. Both the analysis and infographic map threat actor behavior to the MITRE ATT&CK® framework. CISA encourages network defenders to review the analysis and infographic and apply the…

Cisco released security updates to address two vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-20439 and CVE-2024-20440) in Cisco Smart Licensing Utility. A cyber threat actor could exploit one 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 Smart Licensing Utility Vulnerabilities

Ivanti released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Ivanti Endpoint Manager, Cloud Service Application 4.6, and Workspace Control. 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 Ivanti advisories and apply the necessary guidance and updates:  Ivanti Endpoint Manager Ivanti Cloud Service Application 4.6 Ivanti Workspace Control

Citrix released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in the Citrix Workspace App for Windows. 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:  Citrix Workspace app for Windows Security Bulletin for CVE-2024-7889 and CVE-2024-7890