Cyber Security Alerts & Threat Intelligence

Original release date: December 8, 2022 Today, CISA published a Phishing Infographic to help protect both organizations and individuals from successful phishing operations. This infographic provides a visual summary of how threat actors execute successful phishing operations. Details include metrics that compare the likelihood of certain types of “bait” and how commonly each bait type succeeds in tricking the targeted individual. The infographic also provides detailed actions organizations and individuals can take to prevent successful phishing operations—from blocking phishing attempts to teaching individuals how to report successful phishing operations. This product is provided subject to this Notification and this Privacy &…

Original release date: December 8, 2022 CISA has released three (3) Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on 08 December 2022. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the newly released ICS advisories for technical details and mitigations: ICSA-22-342-01 Advantech iView ICSA-22-342-02 AVEVA InTouch Access Anywhere ICSA-22-342-03 Rockwell Automation Logix Controllers   This product is provided subject to this Notification and this Privacy & Use policy.

Original release date: December 5, 2022   High Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info acer — aspire_a315-22g_firmware Vulnerability in the HQSwSmiDxe DXE driver on some consumer Acer Notebook devices may allow an attacker with elevated privileges to modify UEFI Secure Boot settings by modifying an NVRAM variable. 2022-11-28 8.2 CVE-2022-4020 MISC adrotate_banner_manager_project — adrotate_banner_manager Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in AdRotate Banner Manager Plugin <= 5.9 on WordPress. 2022-11-30 8.8 CVE-2022-26366 MISC aerocms_project — aerocms AeroCMS v0.0.1 was discovered to contain a SQL Injection vulnerability via the Search parameter. This vulnerability allows attackers to…

Original release date: December 1, 2022 Today, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and CISA released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) #StopRansomware: Cuba Ransomware to provide network defenders tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with Cuba ransomware. FBI investigations identified these TTPs and IOCs as recently as August 2022. This CSA updates the December 2021 FBI Flash: Indicators of Compromise Associated with Cuba Ransomware. Key updates include: FBI has identified a sharp increase in the both the number of compromised U.S. entities and the ransom amounts demanded by Cuba ransomware actors. Since spring 2022, Cuba ransomware…

Original release date: December 1, 2022 Summary Actions to take today to mitigate cyber threats from ransomware: • Prioritize remediating known exploited vulnerabilities. • Train users to recognize and report phishing attempts. • Enable and enforce phishing-resistant multifactor authentication. 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…

Original release date: November 29, 2022 CISA released seven (7) Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on November 29, 2022. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the newly released ICS advisories for technical details and mitigations: ICSA-22-333-01 Mitsubishi Electric GOT2000 ICSA-22-333-02 Hitachi Energys IED Connectivity Packages and PCM600 Products ICSA-22-333-03 Hitachi Energys MicroSCADA ProX SYS600 Products ICSA-22-333-04 Moxa UC Series ICSA-22-333-05 Mitsubishi Electric FA Engineering Software ICSA-21-334-02 Mitsubishi MELSEC and MELIPC Series (Update E) ICSA-19-346-02 Omron PLC CJ and CS Series (Update A) This product is…

Original release date: November 28, 2022 | Last revised: November 29, 2022   High Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info 2code — wpqa_builder The WPQA Builder WordPress plugin before 5.9 does not have CSRF check when following and unfollowing users, which could allow attackers to make logged in users perform such actions via CSRF attacks 2022-11-21 8.8 CVE-2022-3688 CONFIRM aerocms_project — aerocms AeroCMS v0.0.1 was discovered to contain a SQL Injection vulnerability via the Category parameter at category.php. This vulnerability allows attackers to access database information. 2022-11-22 7.5 CVE-2022-45330 MISC MISC aerocms_project —…

Original release date: November 21, 2022 | Last revised: November 22, 2022   High Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info aiphone — gt-dmb-n_firmware Aiphone GT-DMB-N 3-in-1 Video Entrance Station with NFC Reader 1.0.3 does not mitigate against repeated failed access attempts, which allows an attacker to gain administrative privileges. 2022-11-14 7.5 CVE-2022-40903 MISC MISC amazon — opensearch OpenSearch is a community-driven, open source fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana. There is an issue with the implementation of fine-grained access control rules (document-level security, field-level security and field masking) where they are not correctly applied…

Original release date: November 17, 2022 Today, CISA, the National Security Agency (NSA), and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), published the third of a three-part series on securing the software supply chain: Securing Software Supply Chain Series – Recommended Practices Guide for Customers. This publication follows the August 2022 release of guidance for developers and October 2022 release of guidance for suppliers. The guidance released today, along with its accompanying fact sheet, provides recommended practices for software customers to ensure the integrity and security of software during the procuring and deployment phases. The Securing Software Supply…

Original release date: November 17, 2022 Today, CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) #StopRansomware: Hive Ransomware to provide network defenders tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with Hive ransomware variants. FBI investigations identified these TTPs and IOCs as recently as November 2022.  Hive ransomware has targeted a wide range of businesses and critical infrastructure sectors, including Government Facilities, Communications, Critical Manufacturing, Information Technology, and—especially—Healthcare and Public Health (HPH). CISA encourages network defenders to review the CSA and to apply the included…

Original release date: November 17, 2022 Summary Actions to Take Today to Mitigate Cyber Threats from Ransomware: • Prioritize remediating known exploited vulnerabilities. • Enable and enforce multifactor authentication with strong passwords • Close unused ports and remove any application not deemed necessary for day-to-day operations. 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…

Original release date: November 16, 2022 Cisco has released security updates for vulnerabilities affecting Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE). A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to bypass authorization and access system files. For updates addressing vulnerabilities, see the Cisco Security Advisories page.    CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following advisories and apply the necessary updates: Cisco Identity Services Engine Insufficient Access Control Vulnerability Cisco Identity Services Engine Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability This product is provided subject to this Notification and this Privacy & Use policy.