Author: DEFENDEDGE

  • CISA and Partners Release Advisory on Russian SVR-affiliated Cyber Actors Exploiting CVE-2023-42793

    Today, CISA—along with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Security Agency (NSA), Polish Military Counterintelligence Service (SKW), CERT Polska (CERT.PL), and the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)—released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA), Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Exploiting JetBrains TeamCity CVE Globally. Since September 2023, Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR)-affiliated cyber actors (also… Read more

  • Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Exploiting JetBrains TeamCity CVE Globally

    SUMMARY The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), Polish Military Counterintelligence Service (SKW), CERT Polska (CERT.PL), and the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) assess Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) cyber actors—also known as Advanced Persistent Threat 29 (APT 29), the Dukes, CozyBear,… Read more

  • CISA Releases SCuBA Google Workspace Secure Configuration Baselines for Public Comment

    Today, CISA released the draft Secure Cloud Business Applications (SCuBA) Google Workspace (GWS) Secure Configuration Baselines and the associated assessment tool ScubaGoggles for public comment. The draft baselines offer minimum viable security configurations for nine GWS services: Groups for Business, Google Calendar, Google Common Controls, Google Classroom, Google Meet, Gmail, Google Chat, Google Drive and… Read more

  • Vulnerability Summary for the Week of December 4, 2023

     High Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info arm — bifrost_gpu_kernel_driver Use After Free vulnerability in Arm Ltd Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver, Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver, Arm Ltd Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver allows a local non-privileged user to make improper GPU processing operations to gain… Read more

  • Atlassian Releases Security Advisories for Multiple Products

    Atlassian has released security updates to address vulnerabilities affecting multiple Atlassian products. A cyber threat actor could exploit one of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following advisories and apply the necessary updates or mitigations. CVE-2023-22522 – RCE Vulnerability In Confluence Data Center and Confluence… Read more

  • CISA and International Partners Release Advisory on Russia-based Threat Actor Group, Star Blizzard

    Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)—in coordination with the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (UK-NCSC), Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC), Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS), New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NZ), and the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Cyber Command… Read more

  • Russian FSB Cyber Actor Star Blizzard Continues Worldwide Spear-phishing Campaigns

    The Russia-based actor is targeting organizations and individuals in the UK and other geographical areas of interest. OVERVIEW The Russia-based actor Star Blizzard (formerly known as SEABORGIUM, also known as Callisto Group/TA446/COLDRIVER/TAG-53/BlueCharlie) continues to successfully use spear-phishing attacks against targeted organizations and individuals in the UK, and other geographical areas of interest, for information-gathering activity.… Read more

  • CISA Releases Joint Guide for Software Manufacturers: The Case for Memory Safe Roadmaps

    Today, as part of the Secure by Design campaign, CISA published The Case for Memory Safe Roadmaps: Why Both C-Suite Executives and Technical Experts Need to Take Memory Safe Coding Seriously in collaboration with the following partners: United States National Security Agency United States Federal Bureau of Investigation Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre… Read more

  • CISA Releases Advisory on Threat Actors Exploiting CVE-2023-26360 Vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion

    Today, CISA released a Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA), Threat Actors Exploit Adobe ColdFusion CVE-2023-26360 for Initial Access to Government Servers, to disseminate known indicators of compromise (IOCs) and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs). The vulnerability in ColdFusion (CVE-2023-26360) presents as an improper access control issue and exploitation of this CVE can result in arbitrary code execution.… Read more

  • Threat Actors Exploit Adobe ColdFusion CVE-2023-26360 for Initial Access to Government Servers

    SUMMARY The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is releasing a Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) in response to confirmed exploitation of CVE-2023-26360 by unidentified threat actors at a Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agency. This vulnerability presents as an improper access control issue impacting Adobe ColdFusion versions 2018 Update 15 (and earlier) and 2021 Update 5… Read more