Summary: President Trump last week issued a flurry of executive orders that upended a number of government initiatives focused on improving the nation’s cybersecurity posture. In one instance, the president fired all advisors from the Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB).
Summary: Cyber Threat Intelligence company SOCRadar recently shared their “Top 10 Exploited Vulnerabilities of 2024,” where they dive into ten of the most significant vulnerabilities exploited in 2024.
Summary: In 2024, two key trends defined the cybersecurity landscape: the resilience of cybercriminal networks despite law enforcement actions and the growing complexity of enterprise attack surfaces. In addition, state-sponsored threat actors, primarily linked to China and Russia, intensified their focus on critical infrastructure and leveraged generative AI to conduct influence operations to advance their geopolitical objectives. Recorded Future’s just-released threat report explores these trends and more.
Summary: Forescout Technologies recently released their 2024 Threat Report which looked back at 900 million attacks observed in the threat landscape of 2024, up 114 percent from last year’s 420 million attacks. The report includes key findings related to OT/ICS infrastructure and offers strategic recommendations for improved defense in 2025 in the recommended mitigation section.
Summary: Today, Broadcom released a security advisory for five vulnerabilities, the most severe being CVE-2025-22218 in VMWare Aria Operations, can result in an escalation of privileges to the admin user account via cross-site scripting.
The following posts are useful for general awareness of current cyber threats, vulnerabilities, guidance, and other cyber-related news or updates. These resources have been curated by the WaterISAC analyst team as items of broad relevance and benefit that do not need supplemental analysis at this time.
Critical Infrastructure Resilience
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published the following ICS security advisories, along with additional alerts, updates, and bulletins:
ICS Advisories:
WaterISAC and EPA just published the latest quarterly edition of the National Security Information Sharing Bulletin. The Information Sharing Bulletin (ISB) is intended for water and wastewater utility owners and operators to provide information on priority security and resilience topics, including cybersecurity, physical security, and natural disasters.
Starting the week of January 27, 2025, WaterISAC is adopting the Traffic Light Protocol (TLP) information sharing guidelines for all its written products and webinars. The use of TLP aligns WaterISAC with the widely adopted international guidelines for sharing information and facilitating more frequent and effective collaboration. Several federal agencies, such as CISA and Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) use the TLP.
During the House Committee Hearing held yesterday, four witnesses addressed the escalating threats posed by nation-state actors, particularly from the People’s Republic of China (PRC). They highlighted the increased sophistication and operational capabilities of these threat actors and noted a rise in cyber intrusions targeting U.S. critical infrastructure. Witnesses also cited recent incidents at water utilities.
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