Month: September 2023

  • Vulnerability Summary for the Week of September 18, 2023

      High Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info acronis — cyber_protect_home_office Sensitive information disclosure due to insecure folder permissions. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (Windows) before build 40713. 2023-09-20 7.5 CVE-2023-5042MISC apple — multiple_products The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue… Read more

  • Mozilla Releases Security Advisories for Thunderbird and Firefox

    Mozilla has released security updates to address vulnerabilities for Thunderbird 115.3, Firefox ESR 115.3, and Firefox 118. A cyber threat actor could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review Mozilla security advisories for Thunderbird 115.3, Firefox ESR 115.3 and Firefox 118 for more information and apply the necessary updates. Read more

  • NSA, FBI, CISA, and Japanese Partners Release Advisory on PRC-Linked Cyber Actors

    Today, the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), along with the Japan National Police Agency (NPA) and the Japan National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity (NISC) released joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) People’s Republic of China-Linked Cyber Actors Hide in Router Firmware.… Read more

  • People’s Republic of China-Linked Cyber Actors Hide in Router Firmware

    Executive Summary The United States National Security Agency (NSA), the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Japan National Police Agency (NPA), and the Japan National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity (NISC) (hereafter referred to as the “authoring agencies”) are releasing this joint cybersecurity… Read more

  • FBI and CISA Release Advisory on Snatch Ransomware

    Today, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) #StopRansomware: Snatch Ransomware, which provides indicators of compromise (IOCs) and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) associated with the Snatch ransomware variant. FBI investigations identified these IOCs and TTPs as recently as June 1, 2023. Snatch threat… Read more

  • #StopRansomware: Snatch Ransomware

    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… Read more

  • Vulnerability Summary for the Week of September 11, 2023

      High Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info wibu — codemeter_runtime   A heap buffer overflow vulnerability in Wibu CodeMeter Runtime network service up to version 7.60b allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to achieve RCE and gain full access of the host system. 2023-09-13 10 CVE-2023-3935MISCMISC sap —… Read more

  • CISA Releases Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program: Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) Reference Architecture

    Today, CISA released the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program: Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) Reference Architecture to help federal civilian departments and agencies integrate their identity and access management (IDAM) capabilities into their ICAM architectures. Prior to this release, there was no singular, authoritative, and recognized reference for architecting an ICAM capability across an enterprise. … Read more

  • Fortinet Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products

    Fortinet has released security updates to address vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-29183 and CVE-2023-34984) affecting FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiWeb. A cyber threat actor can exploit one of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review Fortinet security advisories (FG-IR-23-106 and FG-IR-23-068) and apply the necessary updates. Read more

  • CISA Adds Three Known Vulnerabilities to Catalog

    CISA has added three new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2023-35674 Android Framework Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVE-2023-20269 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance and Firepower Threat Defense Unauthorized Access Vulnerability CVE-2023-4863 Google Chrome Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risks… Read more