Security News

CISA urges software devs to weed out path traversal vulnerabilities
2024-05-02 19:38

CISA and the FBI urged software companies today to review their products and eliminate path traversal security vulnerabilities before shipping. Attackers can exploit path traversal vulnerabilities to create or overwrite critical files used to execute code or bypass security mechanisms like authentication.

CISA Warns of Active Exploitation of Severe GitLab Password Reset Vulnerability
2024-05-02 06:15

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical flaw impacting GitLab to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, owing to active exploitation in...

CISA says GitLab account takeover bug is actively exploited in attacks
2024-05-01 16:29

CISA warned today that attackers are actively exploiting a maximum-severity GitLab vulnerability that allows them to take over accounts via password resets. The CVE-2023-7028 bug impacts GitLab Community and Enterprise editions, and GitLab fixed it in 16.7.2, 16.5.6, and 16.6.4 and backported patches to versions 16.1.6, 16.2.9, and 16.3.7.

CISA in a flap as Chirp smart door locks can be trivially unlocked remotely
2024-04-15 22:35

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CISA makes its "Malware Next-Gen" analysis system publicly available
2024-04-11 22:27

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released a new version of "Malware Next-Gen," now allowing the public to submit malware samples for analysis by CISA. Malware Next-Gen is a malware analysis platform that examines malware samples for suspicious artifacts. "The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency announces today a new release of our malware analysis system, called Malware Next-Gen, which allows any organization to submit malware samples and other suspicious artifacts for analysis," reads the announcement.

CISA orders agencies impacted by Microsoft hack to mitigate risks
2024-04-11 17:47

CISA has issued a new emergency directive ordering U.S. federal agencies to address risks resulting from the breach of multiple Microsoft corporate email accounts by the Russian APT29 hacking group. CISA says Russian Foreign Intelligence Service operatives now use information stolen from Microsoft's corporate email systems, including the authentication details shared between Microsoft and its customers by email, to gain access to certain customer systems.

CISA says Sisense hack impacts critical infrastructure orgs
2024-04-11 14:55

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is investigating the recent breach of data analytics company Sisense, an incident that also impacted critical infrastructure organizations. Today, CISA says the incident also affects critical infrastructure sector organizations in the United States, with the agency now working with partners in the private sector to assess its impact.

CISA investigates critical infrastructure breach after Sisense hack
2024-04-11 14:55

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is investigating the recent breach of data analytics company Sisense, an incident that also impacted critical infrastructure organizations. Today, CISA says the incident also affects critical infrastructure sector organizations in the United States, with the agency now working with partners in the private sector to assess its impact.

CISA warns about Sisense data breach
2024-04-11 14:18

Business intelligence / data analytics software vendor Sisense has apparently suffered a data breach that spurred the company and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to push the company's customers to "Reset credentials and secrets potentially exposed to, or used to access, Sisense services." Details about the security incident are still being kept under wraps by Sisense.

Patch actively exploited Microsoft SharePoint bug, CISA orders federal agencies (CVE-2023-24955)
2024-03-28 10:20

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added CVE-2023-24955 – a code injection vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to execute code remotely on a vulnerable...