Cyber Threat Advisory

Cyber Threat Updates

• LuminosityLink Hacking Tool Author Gets 30-Months Prison Sentence
  A 21-year-old Kentucky man who previously pleaded guilty to developing, marketing, and selling an infamous remote access trojan (RAT) called LuminosityLink has now been sentenced to 30 months in priso …
• LibSSH Flaw Allows Hackers to Take Over Servers Without Password
  A four-year-old severe vulnerability has been discovered in the Secure Shell (SSH) implementation library known as Libssh that could allow anyone to completely bypass authentication and gain unfettere …
• Google Will Charge Android Phone Makers to Use Its Apps In Europe
  Would you prefer purchasing an Android device that doesn't have any apps or services from Google? No Google Maps, No Gmail, No YouTube! And NOT even the Google Play Store—from where you could hav …
• New iPhone Bug Gives Anyone Access to Your Private Photos
  A security enthusiast who discovered a passcode bypass vulnerability in Apple's iOS 12 late last month has now dropped another passcode bypass bug that works on the latest iOS 12.0.1 that was rel …
• Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari Plans to Disable TLS 1.0 and 1.1 in 2020
  All major web browsers, including Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, and Mozilla Firefox, altogether today announced to soon remove support for TLS 1.0 (20-year-old) and T …

MS-ISAC Updates

• 5 Online Safety Tips for Work
  In the office, cybersecurity is everyone’s responsibility. By following simple online safety best practices, you can avoid becoming the next victim of a cyber attack. Check out the infographic b …
• Customize CIS Benchmarks with New Tailoring Feature in CIS WorkBench
  CIS SecureSuite® Members can now customize CIS Benchmarks™ within the CIS WorkBench platform. This added flexibility will help users tailor security recommendations to their specific organizational ne …
• Call for Feedback – CIS Controls Implementation Classes
  The CIS Controls™ are a prioritized set of actions that collectively form a defense-in-depth set of cybersecurity best practices. Together, they mitigate the most common attacks against systems and ne …
• 11 of the Coolest Technical Jobs at CIS
  There are hundreds of different technical jobs in the cybersecurity industry, with millions of unfilled positions around the globe. Each position in the industry is unique and plays an important part …
• Cybersecurity Career Q&A with CIS’ CISO
  To celebrate this week’s theme of ‘Educating for a Career in Cybersecurity’ during National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM), we wanted to get an inside look at what it’s like to work …

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Last updated: 8/27/2018