Cyber Security Alerts & Threat Intelligence

Software producers who partner with the federal government can now upload their Secure Software Development Attestation Forms to CISA’s Repository for Software Attestation and Artifacts. Software producers that provide the government software can fill out the form to attest to implementation of specific security practices. CISA and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released the form on March 11, 2024, following extensive stakeholder and industry engagement. See the recent blog post from Federal CISO and Deputy National Cyber Director Chris DeRusha and CISA Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity Eric Goldstein for additional information.  

Cisco released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS XR software. A cyber threat actor could exploit one of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected device.  CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following advisories and apply the necessary updates:  Cisco IOS XR Software for ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers PPPoE Denial of Service Vulnerability  Cisco IOS XR Software SSH Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Cisco IOS XR Software Layer 2 Services Denial of Service Vulnerability

  High Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info acowebs — pdf_invoices_and_packing_slips_for_woocommerce   The PDF Invoices and Packing Slips For WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.7 via deserialization of untrusted input via the order_id parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject a PHP Object. No known POP chain is present in the vulnerable plugin. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it could allow…

Apple released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Safari, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS. 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 advisories and apply the necessary updates:  Safari 17.4  macOS Sonoma 14.4  macOS Ventura 13.6.5  macOS Monterey 12.7.4  watchOS 10.4  tvOS 17.4  visionOS 1.1 

Cisco released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Cisco Secure Client and Secure Client for Linux. A cyber threat actor could exploit one of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected device. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following security releases and apply the necessary updates:  Cisco Secure Client Carriage Return Line Feed Injection Vulnerability  Cisco Secure Client for Linux with ISE Posture Module Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

VMware released a security advisory to address multiple vulnerabilities in ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, and Cloud Foundation. 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: VMSA-2024-0006

Cisco released security advisories to address vulnerabilities affecting Cisco NX-OS Software. A cyber threat actor could exploit one of these vulnerabilities to cause a denial-of-service condition. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following advisories and apply the necessary updates: Cisco NX-OS Software MPLS Encapsulated IPv6 Denial of Service Vulnerability Cisco NX-OS Software External Border Gateway Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability      

Today, CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA), #StopRansomware: Phobos Ransomware, to disseminate known tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and indicators of compromise (IOCs), which are from incident response investigations tied to Phobos ransomware activity from as recently as February, 2024. Structured as a ransomware as a service (RaaS) model, Phobos ransomware actors have targeted entities including municipal and county governments, emergency services, education, public healthcare, and critical infrastructure to successfully ransom several million in U.S. dollars. CISA, the FBI, and MS-ISAC encourage critical infrastructure…

SUMMARY Note: This joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) is part of an ongoing #StopRansomware effort to publish advisories for network defenders that detail various ransomware variants and ransomware threat actors. These #StopRansomware advisories include recently and historically observed tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and indicators of compromise (IOCs) to help organizations protect against ransomware. Visit stopransomware.gov to see all #StopRansomware advisories and to learn more about other ransomware threats and no-cost resources. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) are releasing this joint CSA, to disseminate known TTPs…

Today, CISA released a Resource Guide for Cybersecurity Clinics to outline ways CISA can partner with and support cybersecurity clinics and their clients. University cybersecurity clinics train students from diverse backgrounds and academic expertise to strengthen the digital defenses of non-profits, hospitals, municipalities, small businesses, and other under-resourced organizations. They can help address the national cyber workforce gap by developing a talent pipeline for cyber civil defense and helping students see themselves in a cybersecurity career. CISA encourages clinics to engage with CISA and leverage the CISA resources outlined in the guide. CISA also encourages more universities to consider starting…

High Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info agronholm — cbor2 cbor2 provides encoding and decoding for the Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR) (RFC 8949) serialization format. Starting in version 5.5.1 and prior to version 5.6.2, an attacker can crash a service using cbor2 to parse a CBOR binary by sending a long enough object. Version 5.6.2 contains a patch for this issue. 2024-02-19 7.5 CVE-2024-26134 security-advisories@github.com security-advisories@github.com security-advisories@github.com security-advisories@github.com security-advisories@github.com alfio-event — alf.io alf.io is an open source ticket reservation system. Prior to version 2.0-Mr-2402, organization owners can view the generated API KEY…