AA21-356A: Mitigating Log4Shell and Other Log4j-Related Vulnerabilities

Original release date: December 22, 2021SummaryThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Security Agency (NSA), Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), Canadian Centre for…

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AA21-321A: Iranian Government-Sponsored APT Cyber Actors Exploiting Microsoft Exchange and Fortinet Vulnerabilities in Furtherance of Malicious Activities

Original release date: November 17, 2021SummaryActions to Take Today to Protect Against Iranian State-Sponsored Malicious Cyber Activity • Immediately patch software affected by the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-34473, 2018-13379, 2020-12812, and…

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AA21-291A: BlackMatter Ransomware

Original release date: October 18, 2021SummaryActions You Can Take Now to Protect Against BlackMatter Ransomware • Implement and enforce backup and restoration policies and procedures. • Use strong, unique passwords.…

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AA21-287A: Ongoing Cyber Threats to U.S. Water and Wastewater Systems

Original release date: October 14, 2021SummaryImmediate Actions WWS Facilities Can Take Now to Protect Against Malicious Cyber Activity • Do not click on suspicious links.• If you use RDP, secure…

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AA21-265A: Conti Ransomware

Original release date: September 22, 2021SummaryImmediate Actions You Can Take Now to Protect Against Conti Ransomware • Use multi-factor authentication. • Segment and segregate networks and functions. • Update your…

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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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AA21-229A: BadAlloc Vulnerability Affecting BlackBerry QNX RTOS

Original release date: August 17, 2021SummaryOn August 17, 2021, BlackBerry publicly disclosed that its QNX Real Time Operating System (RTOS) is affected by a BadAlloc vulnerability—CVE-2021-22156. BadAlloc is a collection…

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AA21-209A: Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities

Original release date: July 28, 2021SummaryThis Joint Cybersecurity Advisory was coauthored by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), the United Kingdom’s National…

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