CISA

Pierluigi Paganini October 23, 2020
FBI and CISA joint alert blames Russia’s Energetic Bear APT for US government networks hack

The US government declared that Russia-linked APT group Energetic Bear has breached US government networks and exfiltrated data. A joint security advisory published by The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) revealed that Russia-linked APT group Energetic Bear has breached US government networks and exfiltrated data. The Energetic Bear […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 07, 2020
CISA alert warns of Emotet attacks on US govt entities

The CISA agency is warning of a surge in Emotet attacks targeting multiple state and local governments in the US since August. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an alert to warn of a surge of Emotet attacks that have targeted multiple state and local governments in the U.S. since August. During that […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 05, 2020
SLOTHFULMEDIA RAT, a new weapon in the arsenal of a sophisticated threat actor

U.S. DoD and the DHS CISA agency published a malware analysis report for a new malware variant tracked as SLOTHFULMEDIA The U.S. Department of Defense’s Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) and the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have published a malware analysis report that provides technical details of a new […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 29, 2020
FBI and CISA warn of disinformation campaigns about the hack of voter systems

The FBI and the US CISA issued a joint public service announcement about the threat of disinformation campaigns targeting the 2020 US election. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a joint public service announcement to warn of the threat of disinformation campaigns targeting the upcoming 2020 […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2020
CISA says federal agency compromised by malicious cyber actor

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) revealed that a hacker breached a US federal agency and exfiltrated data. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) revealed that a hacker breached a US federal agency and threat actors exfiltrated data. CISA published a detailed incident report related to the incident but didn’t disclose the name of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 18, 2020
CISA Named Top-Level Root CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has been named a Top-Level Root CVE Numbering Authority (CNA). The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has been named a Top-Level Root CVE Numbering Authority (CNA), it will be overseeing CNAs in assigning CVE identifiers for vulnerabilities in industrial control systems (ICS) and medical devices. […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 16, 2020
US CISA report shares details on web shells used by Iranian hackers

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a malware analysis report (MAR) that includes technical details about web shells employed by Iranian hackers. A web shell is a code, often written in typical web development programming languages (e.g., ASP, PHP, JSP), that attackers implant on web servers to gain remote access and code […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 07, 2020
US Federal systems must be covered by vulnerability-disclosure policies by March 2021

A new Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) mandate requires U.S. agencies to implement vulnerability-disclosure policies by March 2021. The U.S. government’s cybersecurity agency CISA has issued a mandate that requires federal agencies to implement vulnerability-disclosure policies (VDPs) by March 2021. The main purpose of vulnerability-disclosure policies is to ensure that required information, other than […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 22, 2020
Hackers are targeting teleworkers with vishing campaign, CISA and FBI warn

The FBI and CISA issued a joint alert to warn teleworkers of an ongoing vishing campaign targeting entities from multiple US sectors. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued a joint security advisory to warn teleworkers of an ongoing vishing campaign targeting organizations from multiple US industry industries. […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2020
CISA warns of phishing attacks delivering KONNI RAT

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an alert related to attacks delivering the KONNI remote access Trojan (RAT). The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published an alert to provide technical details on a new wave of attacks delivering the KONNI remote access Trojan (RAT). The KONNI RAT was first discovered […]