CISA Emergency Directive Orders Mitigations After Microsoft Breach
The U.S. government has made public an emergency directive that it issued last week for federal agencies, ordering them to take
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Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch
Executive EditorLindsey O’Donnell-Welch is an award-winning journalist who strives to shed light on how security issues impact not only businesses and defenders on the front line, but also the daily lives of consumers.
In her previous position at Threatpost, Lindsey covered all aspects of the cybersecurity industry - from data privacy regulatory efforts to the evolution of underground cybercriminal marketplaces. Prior to that, Lindsey specialized in writing about microprocessors, enterprise business technology and the Internet of Things at CRN. In Lindsey’s spare time, she enjoys playing tennis and traveling.
- lindsey@decipher.sc
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CISA has laid out the proposed details of the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA).
Microsoft Fixes Actively Exploited Windows Privilege-Escalation Bug
Meanwhile, two exploited Exchange flaws that publicly emerged two weeks ago were not addressed in Microsoft’s update.
Caffeine: A ‘Readily Accessible’ Phishing-as-a-Service Platform
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Q&A: Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade
Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade, senior director at SentinelLabs, discusses the newly discovered Metador APT group.
Log4j, ProxyLogon Among Top Flaws Exploited by Chinese Threat Groups
The NSA, FBI and CISA revealed the top CVEs exploited since 2020 by Chinese threat actors to gain initial access to sensitive networks.
Researchers Warn of Unpatched, Actively Exploited Zimbra Flaw
Zimbra has published mitigations against the actively exploited flaw (CVE-2022-41352) in Zimbra Collaboration Suite; however, it has yet to issue a fix.