The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has released a summary of trends for 2019-2020 outlining tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used by cyber criminals and advanced persistent threat (APT) groups to target Australian networks. ACSC uses the MITRE Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge (ATT&CK®) framework to identify notable adversary TTPs.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Department of Energy (DOE), and the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) have released “Cybersecurity Best Practices for Industrial Control Systems,” an infographic providing recommended cybersecurity practices for industrial control systems (ICS).
The FBI has published a Private Industry Notification advising that cyber criminals are targeting teleworking employees with fraudulent termination phishing emails and virtual teleconference meeting invites, citing COVID-19 as the reason. Employees who are alarmed by the message may not scrutinize the spoofed email address that looks similar to their company’s legitimate one. The emails entice victims to click on malicious links purporting to provide more information or online conferences pertaining to the victim’s termination or severance packages.
As pandemic operations become the new normal, WaterISAC continues to see cyber activity related to the coronavirus, though cybercriminals are shifting targets on a weekly basis. This week’s published trends largely involve impersonating government agencies to take advantage of institutional trust during a disaster.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), U.S. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and United States Secret Service (USSS) have released a Joint Alert with mitigations to help Americans avoid scams related to coronavirus economic impact payments – particularly attempts to steal payments, personal and financial information, and disrupt payment efforts. Read the alert at CISA.
Microsoft has released a security advisory that addresses a vulnerability affecting Windows DNS Servers. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service condition. CISA) encourages users and administrators to review Microsoft Advisory ADV200009 for more information and to apply the necessary mitigation or workaround.
CISA has published an advisory on SQL injection, path traversal, and argument injection vulnerabilities in Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Operator Terminal Expert. EcoStruxure Operator Terminal Expert 3.1 Service Pack 1 and prior (formerly known as Vijeo XD) are affected. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow unauthorized write access or remote code execution. Schneider Electric recommends users update to EcoStruxure Operator Terminal Expert Version 3.1 Service Pack 1A. CISA also recommends a series of measures to mitigate the vulnerabilities.
CISA has published an advisory on a cleartext storage of sensitive information vulnerability in Johnson Controls Software House C-CURE 9000 and American Dynamics victor VMS. Version 2.70 of Software House C-CURE 9000 and version 5.2 of American Dynamics victor VMS are affected. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to access credentials used for access to the application. Johnson Controls recommends a series of measures to mitigate the vulnerabilities. CISA also recommends a series of measures to mitigate the vulnerabilities.
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the final version of the Cybersecurity Practice Guide SP 1800-23, Energy Sector Asset Management. With this guide, the NCCoE intends to enhance the energy sector’s asset management capabilities for operational technology (OT).
CISA has published an advisory on missing authentication for critical function, improper ownership management, and inadequate encryption strength vulnerabilities in Emerson OpenEnterprise. All versions through 3.3.4 are affected. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker access to OpenEnterprise configuration services or access passwords for OpenEnterprise user accounts. Emerson recommends all users upgrade to OpenEnterprise 3.3, Service Pack 5 (3.3.5), to resolve these issues. CISA also recommends a series of measures to mitigate the vulnerabilities.
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