CISA warns about the fast flux DNS evasion technique used by ransomware gangs and state-sponsored threat actors to shield cybercrime infrastructure, threatening national security.
Hackers exploited Pulse Connect Secure VPN vulnerabilities to collect passwords, install web shells, and bypass multi-factor authentication on victims’ networks, including federal agencies.
The new guidance actually focuses on three main areas of AI data security: data drift and potentially poisoned data, and also risks in the data supply chain. The guidance builds upon the NSA’s existing Deploying AI Systems Securely publication, but adds much more detail specific to addressing potential vulnerabilities.
Hot on the heels of the U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities, a joint cybersecurity advisory has warned critical infrastructure organizations of cyber threats stemming from Iranian-backed malicious actors.
CISA has disclosed that more than 100 water systems across multiple U.S. states were affected by a coordinated cyber attack unofficially attributed to Iranian hackers.
CISA: Admin Credentials of a Former Employee Leveraged to Compromise a State Government Organization
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) discovered that a threat actor compromised a state government organization using a former employee’s leaked admin credentials.
CISA has released a new cybersecurity checklist as a primer for an expected uptick in hacking ahead of the 2024 presidential election, composed of just four pages of information that does not pack any surprises.
CISA directs federal agencies to adhere to the vulnerability management catalog and patch 300 exploited vulnerabilities assigned CVE IDs in 2021 within 2 weeks and 6 months for previous ones.
CISA/NSA Identity and Access Management Guidelines Provide Cybersecurity Guidance for Administrators
CISA and the NSA note that identity and access management vulnerabilities are a particular recent focus for certain state-backed threat groups, and that 40% of data breaches not involving user error or an insider are now facilitated by stolen credentials.
As end users express a preference for transparency, organizations are focusing first and foremost on compliance as a means of gaining customer trust. And in the realm of AI, consumers are expressing a strong desire to opt out.
