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Pierluigi Paganini January 06, 2020

DHS warns of Iran-linked attacks in a National Terrorism Advisory System bulletin

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued warnings about the possibility of cyber-attacks launched by Iran-linked hackers. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued warnings about the possibility of cyber-attacks launched by Iran-linked threat actors. The attacks could be the response of Tehran after Maj. Qassim Suleimani was killed by a U.S. airstrike at […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2019

DHS also issued an alert for the Windows BlueKeep flaw

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) of the U.S. DHS on Monday issued an alert for the BlueKeep Windows flaw (CVE-2019-0708). After Microsoft and the US NSA, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) of the U.S. DHS on Monday issued an alert for the BlueKeep Windows flaw (CVE-2019-0708). Experts at the CISA Agency successfully […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 01, 2019

DHS BOD 19-02 directive – Critical flaws must be fixed within 15 Days

The US DHS issued a new Binding Operational Directive (BOD 19-02) instructing federal agencies and departments to patch critical flaws in within 15 days. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a new Binding Operational Directive (BOD 19-02) ordering federal agencies and departments quickly patch serious vulnerabilities in Internet-facing systems. The BOD 19-02 gives […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 24, 2019

DHS issues emergency Directive to prevent DNS hijacking attacks

DHS has issued a notice of a CISA emergency directive urging federal agencies of improving the security of government-managed domains (i.e. .gov) to prevent DNS hijacking attacks. The notice was issued by the DHS and links the emergency directive Emergency Directive 19-01 titled “Mitigate DNS Infrastructure Tampering.” “In coordination with government and industry partners, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 06, 2018

DHS and FBI published a joint alert on SamSam Ransomware

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the FBI issued a joint alert on SamSam attacks targeting critical infrastructure. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the FBI published a joint alert on the activity associated with the infamous SamSam ransomware. The SamSam hackers extorted over 200 organizations, including public institutions, municipalities, and hospitals, they […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 15, 2018

Congress passes bill that create new Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at DHS

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the CISA bill that creates a new cybersecurity agency at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The U.S. House of Representatives passed the CISA bill that creates a new cybersecurity agency at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In October, the Senate passed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 05, 2018

DHS issued an alert on attacks aimed at Managed Service Providers

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is warning of ongoing activity from an advanced persistent threat (APT) actor targeting global managed service providers (MSPs). The DHS issued an alert on ongoing attacks aimed at global managed service providers (MSPs) that are carried out by an advanced APT group. Managed services is the practice of outsourcing on a […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 24, 2018

DHS – Russian APT groups are inside US critical infrastructure

The US Government is warning of continuous intrusions in National critical infrastructure and it is blaming the Kremlin for the cyber attacks. According to the US Department of Homeland Security, Russia’s APT groups have already penetrated America’s critical infrastructure, especially power utilities, and are still targeting them. These attacks could have dramatic consequence, an attack against […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2018

US-CERT issued an alert on two malware associated with North Korea-linked APT Hidden Cobra

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the FBI issued a joint Technical alert on two strain on malware, the Joanap backdoor Trojan and Brambul Server Message Block worm, associated with the HIDDEN COBRA North Korea-linked APT group. The US-CERT alert reads: “Working with U.S. government partners, DHS and FBI identified Internet Protocol (IP) addresses and other indicators […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2018

DHS and FBI accuse Russian Government of hacking US critical infrastructure

Department of Homeland Security and Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a joint technical alert to warn of attacks on US critical infrastructure powered by Russian Last week, the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a joint technical alert to warn of attacks on US critical infrastructure powered by Russian threat actors. The US-CERT blamed the […]

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DHS warns of Iran-linked attacks in a National Terrorism Advisory System bulletin

DHS also issued an alert for the Windows BlueKeep flaw

DHS BOD 19-02 directive – Critical flaws must be fixed within 15 Days

DHS issues emergency Directive to prevent DNS hijacking attacks

DHS and FBI published a joint alert on SamSam Ransomware

Congress passes bill that create new Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at DHS

DHS issued an alert on attacks aimed at Managed Service Providers

DHS – Russian APT groups are inside US critical infrastructure

US-CERT issued an alert on two malware associated with North Korea-linked APT Hidden Cobra

DHS and FBI accuse Russian Government of hacking US critical infrastructure

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