Author: DEFENDEDGE
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FBI Releases PIN on Potential Cyber Activities During the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics
Original release date: February 1, 2022 The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released a Private Industry Notification (PIN) to warn entities associated with the February 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and March 2022 Paralympics that malicious cyber actors could use a broad range of cyber activities to disrupt these events. These activities include distributed denial-of-service… Read more
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Vulnerability Summary for the Week of January 24, 2022
Original release date: January 31, 2022 High Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info apache — shenyu Groovy Code Injection & SpEL Injection which lead to Remote Code Execution. This issue affected Apache ShenYu 2.4.0 and 2.4.1. 2022-01-25 7.5 CVE-2021-45029 CONFIRM MLIST MLIST asus — vc65-c1_firmware ASUS VivoMini/Mini… Read more
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Apple Pays $100.5K Bug Bounty for Mac Webcam Hack
The researcher found that he could gain unauthorized camera access via a shared iCloud document that could also “hack every website you’ve ever visited.” Read more
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CISA Adds Eight Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog
Original release date: January 28, 2022 CISA has added eight 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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Zerodium Spikes Payout for Zero-Click Outlook Zero-Days
The sweetened deal came on the same day that Trustwave SpiderLabs published a new way to bypass Outlook security to deliver malicious links to victims. Read more
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FBI Releases PIN on Iranian Cyber Group Emennet Pasargad
Original release date: January 27, 2022 The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released a Private Industry Notification (PIN) that provides a historical overview of Iran-based cyber company Emennet Pasargad’s tactics, techniques, and procedures to enable readers to identify and defend against the group’s malicious cyber activities. CISA encourages users and administrators to review FBI… Read more
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Apple Fixes 2 Zero-Day Security Bugs, One Exploited in the Wild
iOS 15.3 & iPadOS 15.3 fix the Safari browser flaw that could have spilled users’ browsing data, plus a zero day IOMobileFrameBuffer bug exploited in the wild. Read more
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New Year, New Threats: 4 Tips to Activate Your Best Cyber-Defense
Need a blueprint for architecting a formidable cyber-defense? Kerry Mandiant, senior director at Mandiant, shares hers in this detailed breakdown. Read more
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Linux Bug in All Major Distros: ‘An Attacker’s Dream Come True’
The 12-year-old flaw in the sudo-like polkit’s pkexec tool, found in all major Linux distributions, is likely to be exploited in the wild within days. Read more
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Segway Hit by Magecart Attack Hiding in a Favicon
Visitors who shopped on the company’s eCommerce website in January will likely find their payment-card data heisted, researchers warned. Read more