Author: DEFENDEDGE

  • Enhancing Cyber Resilience: Insights from CISA Red Team Assessment of a US Critical Infrastructure Sector Organization

    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) conducted a red team assessment (RTA) at the request of a critical infrastructure organization. During RTAs, CISA’s red team simulates real-world malicious cyber operations to assess an organization’s cybersecurity detection and response capabilities. In coordination with the assessed organization, CISA is releasing this Cybersecurity Advisory to… Read more

  • CISA Releases Insights from Red Team Assessment of a U.S. Critical Infrastructure Sector Organization

    Today, CISA released Enhancing Cyber Resilience: Insights from CISA Red Team Assessment of a U.S. Critical Infrastructure Sector Organization in coordination with the assessed organization. This cybersecurity advisory details lessons learned and key findings from an assessment, including the Red Team’s tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and associated network defense activity. This advisory provides comprehensive… Read more

  • 2024 CWE Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses

    The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in collaboration with the Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute (HSSEDI), operated by MITRE, has released the 2024 CWE Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses. This annual list identifies the most critical software weaknesses that adversaries frequently exploit to compromise systems, steal sensitive data, or disrupt essential services.… Read more

  • USDA Releases Success Story Detailing the Implementation of Phishing-Resistant Multi-Factor Authentication

    Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released Phishing-Resistant Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Success Story: USDA’s FIDO Implementation. This report details how USDA successfully implemented phishing-resistant authentication for its personnel in situations where USDA could not exclusively rely on personal identity verification (PIV) cards.  USDA turned to Fast… Read more

  • Vulnerability Summary for the Week of November 11, 2024

    High Vulnerabilities PrimaryVendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source Info 1000 Projects–Beauty Parlour Management System  A vulnerability was found in 1000 Projects Beauty Parlour Management System 1.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /index.php. The manipulation of the argument name leads to sql… Read more

  • CISA Releases Nineteen Industrial Control Systems Advisories

    CISA released nineteen Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on November 14, 2024. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. ICSA-24-319-01 Siemens RUGGEDCOM CROSSBOW ICSA-24-319-02 Siemens SIPORT ICSA-24-319-03 Siemens OZW672 and OZW772 Web Server ICSA-24-319-04 Siemens SINEC NMS ICSA-24-319-05 Siemens Solid Edge ICSA-24-319-06 Siemens SCALANCE M-800 Family ICSA-24-319-07 Siemens… Read more

  • Palo Alto Networks Emphasizes Hardening Guidance

    Palo Alto Networks (PAN) has released an important informational bulletin on securing management interfaces after becoming aware of claims of an unverified remote code execution vulnerability via the PAN-OS management interface. CISA urges users and administrators to review the following for more information, follow PAN’s guidance for hardening network devices, review PAN’s instruction for accessing… Read more

  • Microsoft Releases November 2024 Security Updates

    Microsoft released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. A cyber threat actor could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following and apply necessary updates: Microsoft Security Update Guide for November Read more

  • Ivanti Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products

    Ivanti released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM), Ivanti Avalanche, Ivanti Connect Secure, Ivanti Policy Secure, and Ivanti Security Access Client. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following Ivanti security advisories and apply the necessary guidance and updates: Ivanti Security Advisory EPM Ivanti Security Advisory Avalanche Ivanti Security Advisory… Read more

  • Vulnerability Summary for the Week of November 4, 2024

    High Vulnerabilities PrimaryVendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source Info 1000 Projects–Beauty Parlour Management System  A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in 1000 Projects Beauty Parlour Management System 1.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /admin/admin-profile.php. The manipulation of the argument adminname leads to sql injection. The… Read more