Author: DEFENDEDGE
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NSA Best Practices for Selecting Cisco Password Types
Original release date: February 17, 2022 The National Security Agency (NSA) has released a Cybersecurity Information (CSI) sheet with guidance on securing network infrastructure devices and credentials. Cisco devices are used globally to secure network infrastructure devices, including across the Department of Defense, National Security Systems, and the Defense Industrial Base. Credentials within Cisco configuration… Read more
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Cisco Releases Security Updates for Email Security Appliance
Original release date: February 17, 2022 Cisco has released security updates to address a vulnerability affecting Cisco Email Security Appliance. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service condition. For updates addressing lower severity vulnerabilities, see the Cisco Security Advisories page. CISA encourages users and administrators to review Cisco Advisory cisco-sa-esa-dos-MxZvGtgU and… Read more
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TrickBot Ravages Customers of Amazon, PayPal and Other Top Brands
The resurgent trojan has targeted 60 top companies to harvest credentials for a wide range of applications, with an eye to virulent follow-on attacks. Read more
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High-Severity RCE Bug Found in Popular Apache Cassandra Database
On the plus side, only instances with non-standard not recommended configurations are vulnerable. On the downside, those configurations aren’t easy to track down, and it’s easy as pie to exploit. Read more
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AA22-047A: Russian State-Sponsored Cyber Actors Target Cleared Defense Contractor Networks to Obtain Sensitive U.S. Defense Information and Technology
Original release date: February 16, 2022 Summary Actions to Help Protect Against Russian State-Sponsored Malicious Cyber Activity: • Enforce multifactor authentication. • Enforce strong, unique passwords. • Enable M365 Unified Audit Logs. • Implement endpoint detection and response tools. From at least January 2020, through February 2022, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Security… Read more
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Russian State-Sponsored Actors Target Cleared Defense Contractor Networks
Original release date: February 16, 2022 CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the National Security Agency (NSA) have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) highlighting regular targeting of U.S. cleared defense contractors (CDCs) by Russian state-sponsored cyber actors. These CDCs support contracts for the U.S. Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. The CSA… Read more
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Critical VMware Bugs Open ESXi, Fusion & Workstation to Attackers
A group of five security vulnerabilities could lead to a range of bad outcomes for virtual-machine enthusiasts, including command execution and DoS. Read more
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CISA Adds Nine Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog
Original release date: February 15, 2022 CISA has added nine new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence that threat actors are actively exploiting the vulnerabilities listed in the table below. These types of vulnerabilities are a frequent attack vector for malicious cyber actors of all types and pose significant risk to… Read more
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SquirrelWaffle Adds a Twist of Fraud to Exchange Server Malspamming
Researchers have never before seen SquirrelWaffle attackers use typosquatting to keep sending spam once a targeted Exchange server has been patched for ProxyLogon/ProxyShell. Read more
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Chrome Zero-Day Under Active Attack: Patch ASAP
The year’s 1st Chrome zero-day can lead to all sorts of misery, ranging from data corruption to the execution of arbitrary code on vulnerable systems. Read more