Author: DEFENDEDGE

  • Multiple Nation-State Threat Actors Exploit CVE-2022-47966 and CVE-2022-42475

    SUMMARY The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) identified the presence of indicators of compromise (IOCs) at an Aeronautical Sector organization as early as January 2023. Analysts confirmed that nation-state advanced persistent threat (APT) actors exploited CVE-2022-47966 to gain unauthorized access to a public-facing… Read more

  • Vulnerability Summary for the Week of August 28, 2023

     High Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info earcms — ear_app An issue found in Earcms Ear App v.20181124 allows a remote cyber threat actor to execute arbitrary code via the uload/index-uplog.php. 2023-08-29 9.8 CVE-2020-18912MISCMISC tripspark — veo_transportation_novusedu TripSpark VEO Transportation-2.2.x-XP_BB-20201123-184084 NovusEDU-2.2.x-XP_BB-20201123-184084 allows unsafe data inputs in POST body… Read more

  • CISA Releases Capacity Enhancement Guide to Strengthen Agency Resilience to DDoS Attack

    CISA has released actionable guidance for Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to help them evaluate and mitigate the risk of volumetric distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against their websites and related web services. The Capacity Enhancement Guide: Volumetric DDoS Against Web Services Technical Guidance:   Helps agencies prioritize DDoS mitigations based on mission and reputational… Read more

  • VMware Releases Security Update for Tools

    VMware has released a security update to address a vulnerability in VMware Tools. A cyber threat actor can exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information. CISA encourages users and administrators to review VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2023-0019 and apply the necessary update. Read more

  • CISA and International Partners Release Malware Analysis Report on Infamous Chisel Mobile Malware

    Today, the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-UK), the United States’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), New Zealand’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NZ), Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS), and the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) published a joint Malware Analysis Report (MAR), on… Read more

  • Identification and Disruption of QakBot Infrastructure

    SUMMARY The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to disseminate QakBot infrastructure indicators of compromise (IOCs) identified through FBI investigations as of August 2023. On August 25, FBI and international partners executed a coordinated operation to disrupt QakBot infrastructure worldwide. Disruption operations… Read more

  • Juniper Networks Releases Security Advisory for Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved

    Juniper Networks has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability for Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved. A cyber threat actor could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service condition. CISA encourages users and administrators to review Juniper’s Support Portal and apply the necessary update. Read more

  • Vulnerability Summary for the Week of August 21, 2023

      High Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info qemu — qemu The hardware emulation in the of_dpa_cmd_add_l2_flood of rocker device model in QEMU, as used in 7.0.0 and earlier, allows remote attackers to crash the host qemu and potentially execute code on the host via execute a malformed… Read more

  • CISA’s VDP Platform 2022 Annual Report Showcases Success

    Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released its inaugural Vulnerability Disclosure Policy (VDP) Platform 2022 Annual Report, highlighting the service’s progress supporting vulnerability awareness and remediation across the Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB). This report showcases how agencies have used the VDP Platform—launched in July 2021—to safeguard the FCEB and support risk reduction. The VDP platform… Read more

  • Vulnerability Summary for the Week of August 14, 2023

    High Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info foldingathome — client_advanced_control An issue was discovered in FoldingAtHome Client Advanced Control GUI before commit 9b619ae64443997948a36dda01b420578de1af77, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted payload to function parse_message in file Connection.py. 2023-08-11 9.8 CVE-2020-27544MISC sourcecodester — school_faculty_scheduling_system SQL Injection vulnerability… Read more