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Critical RCE bug in Microsoft Outlook now exploited in attacks
CISA warned U.S. federal agencies on Thursday to secure their systems against ongoing attacks targeting a critical Microsoft Outlook remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability. Discovered by Check Point vulnerability researcher Haifei Li and tracked as CVE-2024-21413, the flaw is caused by improper input validation when opening emails with malicious links using vulnerable Outlook versions. The attackers […]
CISA orders agencies to patch Linux kernel bug exploited in attacks
CISA has ordered federal agencies to secure their systems within three weeks against a high-severity Linux kernel flaw actively exploited in attacks. Tracked as CVE-2024-53104, the security bug was first introduced in kernel version 2.6.26 and was patched by Google for Android users on Monday. “There are indications that CVE-2024-53104 may be under limited, targeted exploitation,” the Android February 2025 […]
CISA tags Microsoft .NET and Apache OFBiz bugs as exploited in attacks
The US Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added four vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, urging federal agencies and large organizations to apply the available security updates as soon as possible. Among them are flaws impacting Microsoft .NET Framework and Apache OFBiz (Open For Business), two widely used software applications. Though the agency […]
Cyber agencies share security guidance for network edge devices
Five Eyes cybersecurity agencies in the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the U.S. have issued guidance urging makers of network edge devices and appliances to improve forensic visibility to help defenders detect attacks and investigate breaches. Such devices, including firewalls, routers, virtual private networks (VPN) gateways, internet-facing servers and operational technology (OT) systems, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, […]
CISA: Hackers still exploiting older Ivanti bugs to breach networks
CISA and the FBI warned today that attackers are still exploiting Ivanti Cloud Service Appliances (CSA) security flaws patched since September to breach vulnerable networks. The vulnerabilities chained in these attacks include CVE-2024-8963 (an admin authentication bypass patched in September) and CVE-2024-8190 (a remote code execution bug patched the same month). Two other bugs, CVE-2024-9379 (an SQL […]
CISA shares guidance for Microsoft expanded logging capabilities
CISA shared guidance for government agencies and enterprises on using expanded cloud logs in their Microsoft 365 tenants as part of their forensic and compliance investigations. As the cybersecurity agency explained, these newly introduced Microsoft Purview Audit (Standard) logging capabilities support enterprise cybersecurity operations by providing access to information on critical events such as mail […]
CISA orders agencies to patch BeyondTrust bug exploited in attacks
CISA has tagged a command injection vulnerability (CVE-2024-12686) in BeyondTrust’s Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) as actively exploited in attacks. As mandated by the Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01, after being added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, U.S. federal agencies must secure their networks against ongoing attacks targeting the flaw within three weeks […]
CISA warns of critical Oracle, Mitel flaws exploited in attacks
CISA has warned U.S. federal agencies to secure their systems against critical vulnerabilities in Oracle WebLogic Server and Mitel MiCollab systems that are actively exploited in attacks. The cybersecurity agency added a critical path traversal vulnerability (CVE-2024-41713) found in the NuPoint Unified Messaging (NPM) component Mitel’s MiCollab unified communications platform to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. […]
CISA says recent government hack limited to US Treasury
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said today that the Treasury Department breach disclosed last week did not impact other federal agencies. “At this time, there is no indication that any other federal agencies have been impacted by this incident,” CISA said. “CISA continues to monitor the situation and coordinate with relevant federal authorities to […]
CISA urges switch to Signal-like encrypted messaging apps after telecom hacks
Today, CISA urged senior government and political officials to switch to end-to-end encrypted messaging apps like Signal following a wave of telecom breaches across dozens of countries, including eight carriers in the United States. CISA and the FBI confirmed these breaches in late October after reports that the Salt Typhoon, a Chinese-backed threat group, had hacked multiple U.S. […]