Security measures amid global unrest
Current events: Russia v. Ukraine
From the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency:
“While there are no specific or credible cyber threats to the U.S. homeland at this time, we are mindful of the potential for Russia’s destabilizing actions to impact organizations both within and beyond the region, particularly in the wake of sanctions imposed by the United States and our Allies. Every organization—large and small—must be prepared to respond to disruptive cyber activity.
“CISA, along with our partners in the U.S. Intelligence Community, law enforcement, the military, and sector risk management agencies, is monitoring the threat environment 24/7 to discern whether those threats manifest themselves in risks to the U.S. homeland.”
Steps recommended by the agency:
“CISA recommends all organizations—regardless of size—adopt a heightened posture when it comes to cybersecurity and protecting their most critical assets.” See the recommended actions.
Vigilance and best practices
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Security alerts, bulletins & advisories
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Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
Track various cyber-security threats and more at the CISA website.
FEED: all CISA alerts and advisories:
- CISA has added four new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2024-43093 Android Framework Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVE-2024-51567 CyberPanel Incorrect Default Permissions Vulnerability CVE-2019-16278 Nostromo nhttpd Directory Traversal Vulnerability CVE-2024-5910 Palo Alto Expedition Missing Authentication Vulnerability These types of vulnerabilities […]
- View CSAF 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v4 8.4 ATTENTION: Low attack complexity Vendor: Delta Electronics Equipment: DIAScreen Vulnerabilities: Stack-based Buffer Overflow 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this these vulnerabilities could crash the device being accessed; a buffer overflow condition may allow remote code execution. […]
- View CSAF 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v4 7.0 ATTENTION: Low Attack Complexity Vendor: Beckhoff Automation Equipment: TwinCAT Package Manager Vulnerability: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation this vulnerability could allow a local attacker […]
- CISA released three Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on November 7, 2024. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. ICSA-24-312-01 Beckhoff Automation TwinCAT Package Manager ICSA-24-312-02 Delta Electronics DIAScreen ICSA-24-312-03 Bosch Rexroth IndraDrive CISA encourages users and administrators […]
- View CSAF 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v4 8.7 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity Vendor: Bosch Rexroth Equipment: IndraDrive Vulnerability: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service, rendering the device unresponsive by sending arbitrary […]
- CISA has added two new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2024-8957 PTZOptics PT30X-SDI/NDI Cameras OS Command Injection Vulnerability CVE-2024-8956 PTZOptics PT30X-SDI/NDI Cameras Authentication Bypass Vulnerability These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors for malicious cyber actors and pose […]
- CISA has received multiple reports of a large-scale spear-phishing campaign targeting organizations in several sectors, including government and information technology (IT). The foreign threat actor, often posing as a trusted entity, is sending spear-phishing emails containing malicious remote desktop protocol (RDP) files to targeted organizations […]
- CISA released four Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on October 31, 2024. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. ICSA-24-305-01 Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk ThinManager ICSA-24-030-02 Mitsubishi Electric FA Engineering Software Products (Update A) ICSA-24-135-04 Mitsubishi Electric Multiple FA […]
