AA22-335A: #StopRansomware: Cuba Ransomware

Original release date: December 1, 2022 Summary Actions to take today to mitigate cyber threats from ransomware: • Prioritize remediating known exploited vulnerabilities. • Train users to recognize and report phishing attempts. • Enable and enforce phishing-resistant multifactor authentication. Note: This joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) is part of an ongoing #StopRansomware effort to publish advisories…

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AA22-321A: #StopRansomware: Hive Ransomware

Original release date: November 17, 2022 Summary Actions to Take Today to Mitigate Cyber Threats from Ransomware: • Prioritize remediating known exploited vulnerabilities. • Enable and enforce multifactor authentication with strong passwords • Close unused ports and remove any application not deemed necessary for day-to-day operations. Note: This joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) is part of…

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AA22-320A: Iranian Government-Sponsored APT Actors Compromise Federal Network, Deploy Crypto Miner, Credential Harvester

Original release date: November 16, 2022 Summary From mid-June through mid-July 2022, CISA conducted an incident response engagement at a Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) organization where CISA observed suspected advanced persistent threat (APT) activity. In the course of incident response activities, CISA determined that cyber threat actors exploited the Log4Shell vulnerability in an unpatched…

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AA22-294A: #StopRansomware: Daixin Team

Original release date: October 21, 2022 Summary Actions to take today to mitigate cyber threats from ransomware: • Install updates for operating systems, software, and firmware as soon as they are released. • Require phishing-resistant MFA for as many services as possible. • Train users to recognize and report phishing attempts. Note: This joint Cybersecurity…

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AA22-279A: Top CVEs Actively Exploited By People’s Republic of China State-Sponsored Cyber Actors

Original release date: October 6, 2022 Summary This joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) provides the top Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) used since 2020 by People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored cyber actors as assessed by the National Security Agency (NSA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). PRC state-sponsored cyber…

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AA22-277A: Impacket and Exfiltration Tool Used to Steal Sensitive Information from Defense Industrial Base Organization

Original release date: October 4, 2022 Summary Actions to Help Protect Against Russian State-Sponsored Malicious Cyber Activity: • Enforce multifactor authentication (MFA) on all user accounts. • Implement network segmentation to separate network segments based on role and functionality. • Update software, including operating systems, applications, and firmware, on network assets. • Audit account usage….

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AA22-265A: Control System Defense: Know the Opponent

Original release date: September 22, 2022 Summary Traditional approaches to securing OT/ICS do not adequately address current threats. Operational technology/industrial control system (OT/ICS) assets that operate, control, and monitor day-to-day critical infrastructure and industrial processes continue to be an attractive target for malicious cyber actors. These cyber actors, including advanced persistent threat (APT) groups, target…

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AA22-264A: Iranian State Actors Conduct Cyber Operations Against the Government of Albania

Original release date: September 21, 2022 Summary The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory to provide information on recent cyber operations against the Government of Albania in July and September. This advisory provides a timeline of activity observed, from initial access to…

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AA22-257A: Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploiting Vulnerabilities for Data Extortion and Disk Encryption for Ransom Operations

Original release date: September 14, 2022 Summary Actions to take today to protect against ransom operations: • Keep systems and software updated and prioritize remediating known exploited vulnerabilities. • Enforce MFA. • Make offline backups of your data. This joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) is the result of an analytic effort among the Federal Bureau of…

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AA22-249A: #StopRansomware: Vice Society

Original release date: September 6, 2022 Summary Actions to take today to mitigate cyber threats from ransomware: • Prioritize and remediate known exploited vulnerabilities. • Train users to recognize and report phishing attempts. • Enable and enforce multifactor authentication. Note: This joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) is part of an ongoing #StopRansomware effort to publish advisories for…

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