Cyber Security Alerts & Threat Intelligence

Original release date: September 22, 2022 CISA has added one new vulnerability to it’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. These types of vulnerabilities are a frequent attack vector for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risk to the federal enterprise. Note: To view the newly added vulnerabilities in the catalog, click on the arrow in the “Date Added to Catalog” column, which will sort by descending dates.       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 CVEs that carry significant…

Original release date: September 22, 2022 CISA and the National Security Agency (NSA) have published a joint cybersecurity advisory about control system defense for operational technology (OT) and industrial control systems (ICSs). Control System Defense: Know the Opponent is intended to provide critical infrastructure owners and operators with an understanding of the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used by malicious cyber actors. This advisory builds on NSA and CISA 2021 guidance provided to stop malicious ICS activity against connect OT, and 2020 guidance to reduce OT exposure. CISA and NSA encourage critical infrastructure owners and operations to review the advisory,…

Original release date: September 22, 2022 The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) has released security advisories that address vulnerabilities affecting multiple versions of the ISC’s Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) 9. A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to potentially cause denial-of-service conditions. For advisories addressing lower severity vulnerabilities, see the BIND 9 Security Vulnerability Matrix.    CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following ISC advisories CVE-2022-2906, CVE-2022-3080, CVE-2022-38177, and CVE-2022-38178 and apply the necessary mitigations. This product is provided subject to this Notification and this Privacy & Use policy.

Original release date: September 22, 2022 CISA has released three Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on September 22, 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 advisory for technical details and mitigations: ICSA-22-265-01 Measuresoft ScadaPro Server ICSA-20-212-02 Mitsubishi Electric Factory Automation Engineering Software (Update D) ICSA-20-245-01 Mitsubishi Electric Multiple Products (Update E) This product is provided subject to this Notification and this Privacy & Use policy.

Original release date: September 22, 2022 Summary Traditional approaches to securing OT/ICS do not adequately address current threats. Operational technology/industrial control system (OT/ICS) assets that operate, control, and monitor day-to-day critical infrastructure and industrial processes continue to be an attractive target for malicious cyber actors. These cyber actors, including advanced persistent threat (APT) groups, target OT/ICS assets to achieve political gains, economic advantages, or destructive effects. Because OT/ICS systems manage physical operational processes, cyber actors’ operations could result in physical consequences, including loss of life, property damage, and disruption of National Critical Functions. OT/ICS devices and designs are publicly available,…

Original release date: September 21, 2022 Microsoft has released a security update to address a vulnerability in Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager, versions 2103-2207. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) encourages users and administrators to review Microsoft’s Security Advisory for CVE-2022-37972 and apply the necessary updates. This product is provided subject to this Notification and this Privacy & Use policy. Protect Your Organization with DefendEdge DefendEdge operates a US-based Security Operations Center staffed entirely by US citizens, providing 24/7/365 threat monitoring, detection, and response. Our managed security services include MDR, SIEM,…

Original release date: September 21, 2022 Mozilla has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Mozilla security advisories for Firefox 105, Firefox ESR 102.3, and ThunderBird 91.13.1 and apply the necessary updates. This product is provided subject to this Notification and this Privacy & Use policy.

Original release date: September 21, 2022 CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA), Iranian State Actors Conduct Cyber Operations Against the Government of Albania, detailing malicious cyber operations that included ransomware and disk wiper, rendering websites and services unavailable. The advisory indicates Iranian state cyber actors acquired initial access to the victim’s network approximately 14 months before launching the destructive cyber attack, periodically accessing and exfiltrating email content. Joint CSA: Iranian State Actors Conduct Cyber Operations Against the Government of Albania outlines tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and indicators of compromise (IOCs)…

Original release date: September 21, 2022 Summary The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory to provide information on recent cyber operations against the Government of Albania in July and September. This advisory provides a timeline of activity observed, from initial access to execution of encryption and wiper attacks. Additional information concerning files used by the actors during their exploitation of and cyber attack against the victim organization is provided in Appendices A and B. In July 2022, Iranian state cyber actors—identifying as “HomeLand Justice”—launched a destructive cyber…

Original release date: September 19, 2022 | Last revised: September 21, 2022   High Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info There were no high vulnerabilities recorded this week. Back to top   Medium Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info There were no medium vulnerabilities recorded this week. Back to top   Low Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info There were no low vulnerabilities recorded this week. Back to top   Severity Not Yet Assigned Primary Vendor — Product Description…

Original release date: September 19, 2022 | Last revised: September 20, 2022 CISA has released eight (8) Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on September 20, 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-22-263-01 Hitachi Energy PROMOD IV •    ICSA-22-263-02 Hitachi Energy AFF660/665 Series •    ICSMA-22-263-01 Medtronic NGP 600 Series Insulin Pumps •    ICSA-22-263-03 Dataprobe iBoot-PDU •    ICSA-22-263-04 Host Engineering Communications Module] •    ICSA-22-167-03 AutomationDirect DirectLOGIC with Ethernet (Update A) •    ICSA-22-167-02 AutomationDirect DirectLOGIC with…

Original release date: September 15, 2022 CISA has released eleven (11) Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on September 15, 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-22-258-01 Siemens Mobility CoreShield OWG Software  ICSA-22-258-02 Siemens Simcenter Femap, Parasolid ICSA-22-258-03 Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROS ICSA-22-258-04 Siemens Mendix SAML Module ICSA-22-258-05 Siemens SINEC INS ICSA-19-344-03 Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROS (Update A) ICSA-22-195-09 Siemens Simcenter Femap and Parasolid (Update B) ICSA-21-222-05 Siemens Industrial Products Intel CPUs (Update F) ICSA-22-167-14 Siemens OpenSSL…