Cyber Security Alerts & Threat Intelligence

Praise be & pass the recipe for the software soup: There’s too much scrambling to untangle vulnerabilities and dependencies, say a security experts roundtable.

Original release date: January 18, 2022 CISA has added 13 new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence that threat actors are actively exploiting the vulnerabilities listed in the table below. These types of vulnerabilities are a frequent attack vector for malicious cyber actors of all types and pose significant risk to the federal enterprise. CVE Number CVE Title Required Action Due Date CVE-2021-32648 October CMS Improper Authentication 2/1/2022 CVE-2021-21315 System Information Library for node.js Command Injection Vulnerability 2/1/2022 CVE-2021-21975 Server Side Request Forgery in vRealize Operations Manager API Vulnerability 2/1/2022 CVE-2021-22991 BIG-IP Traffic Microkernel Buffer Overflow…

Zoho’s comprehensive endpoint-management platform suffers from an authentication-bypass bug (CVE-2021-44757) that could lead to remote code execution.

Companies must take more ‘innovative and proactive’ approaches to security in 2022 to combat threats that emerged last year, researchers said.

Original release date: January 17, 2022   High Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info agoric — realms-shim All versions of package realms-shim are vulnerable to Sandbox Bypass via a Prototype Pollution attack vector. 2022-01-10 7.5 CVE-2021-23543 MISC MISC agoric — realms-shim All versions of package realms-shim are vulnerable to Sandbox Bypass via a Prototype Pollution attack vector. 2022-01-10 7.5 CVE-2021-23594 MISC MISC checkpoint — endpoint_security Users have access to the directory where the installation repair occurs. Since the MS Installer allows regular users to run the repair, an attacker can initiate the installation…

Original release date: January 16, 2022 Microsoft has released a blog post on possible Master Boot Record (MBR) Wiper activity targeting Ukrainian organizations, including Ukrainian government agencies. According to Microsoft, powering down the victim device executes the malware, which overwrites the MBR with a ransom note; however, the ransom note is a ruse because the malware actually destroys the MBR and the targeted files.   CISA recommends network defenders review the Microsoft blog for tactics, techniques, and procedures, as well as indicators of compromise related to this activity. CISA additionally recommends network defenders review recent Cybersecurity Advisories and the CISA…

Phishing is more successful than ever. Daniel Spicer, CSO of Ivanti, discusses emerging trends in phishing, and using zero-trust security to patch the human vulnerabilities underpinning the spike.

Attackers could access and modify agent resources, telephone queues and other customer-service systems – and access personal information on companies’ customers.

Original release date: January 14, 2022 Ivanti has updated its Log4j Advisory with security updates for multiple products to address CVE-2021-44228. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Ivanti security advisories pages for Avalanche; File Director; and MobileIron Core, MobileIron Sentry (Core/Cloud), and MobileIron Core Connector and apply the necessary updates and workarounds. This product is provided subject to this Notification and this Privacy & Use policy.

Researchers discovered vulnerabilities that can allow for full site takeover in login and e-commerce add-ons for the popular website-building platform.

Since their release on Patch Tuesday, the updates have been breaking Windows, causing spontaneous boot loops on Windows domain controller servers, breaking Hyper-V and making ReFS volume systems unavailable.

US Cyber Command linked the group to Iranian intelligence and detailed its multi-pronged, increasingly sophisticated suite of malware tools.