AA21-243A: Ransomware Awareness for Holidays and Weekends

Original release date: August 31, 2021SummaryImmediate Actions You Can Take Now to Protect Against Ransomware • Make an offline backup of your data. • Do not click on suspicious links.…

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FBI-CISA Advisory on Ransomware Awareness for Holidays and Weekends

Original release date: August 31, 2021Today, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and CISA released a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to urge organizations to ensure they protect themselves against ransomware attacks…

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Vulnerability Summary for the Week of August 23, 2021

Original release date: August 30, 2021  High Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor -- Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info adobe -- bridge Adobe Bridge version 11.0.2 (and earlier) are…

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CISA Adds Single-Factor Authentication to list of Bad Practices

Original release date: August 30, 2021Today, CISA added the use of single-factor authentication for remote or administrative access systems to our Bad Practices list of exceptionally risky cybersecurity practices. Single-factor authentication…

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Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB Guidance

Original release date: August 27, 2021CISA is aware of a misconfiguration vulnerability in Microsoft’s Azure Cosmos DB that may have exposed customer data. Although the misconfiguration appears to have been…

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 ICSJWG 2021 Fall Virtual Meeting

Original release date: August 27, 2021The Industrial Control Systems Joint Working Group (ICSJWG) will hold the virtual 2021 ICSJWG Fall Meeting, September 21—22, 2021. ICSJWG meetings facilitate relationship building among…

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Cisco Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products

Original release date: August 26, 2021Cisco has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple Cisco products. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an…

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VMware Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products 

Original release date: August 25, 2021VMware has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected…

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OpenSSL Releases Security Update 

Original release date: August 25, 2021OpenSSL has released a security update to address vulnerabilities affecting versions 1.1.1k and below. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to cause a denial-of-service condition.…

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