Cyber Threat Advisory

Cyber Threat Updates

• New Facebook Bug Exposed 6.8 Million Users Photos to Third-Party Apps
  Facebook's latest screw-up — a programming bug in Facebook website accidentally gave 1,500 third-party apps access to the unposted Facebook photos of as many as 6.8 million users. Facebook today …
• New Shamoon Malware Variant Targets Italian Oil and Gas Company
  Shamoon is back… one of the most destructive malware families that caused damage to Saudi Arabia's largest oil producer in 2012 and this time it has targeted energy sector organizations primarily …
• Fake Bomb Threat Emails Demanding Bitcoins Sparked Chaos Across US, Canada
  "Pay $20,000 worth of bitcoin, or a bomb will detonate in your building" A massive number of businesses, schools, government offices and individuals across the US, New Zealand and Canada on …
• Adobe's Year-End Update Patches 87 Flaws in Acrobat Software
  Adobe is closing out this year with its December Patch Tuesday update to address a massive number of security vulnerabilities for just its two PDF apps—more than double the number of what Microsoft pa …
• Microsoft Issues Patch for Windows Zero-Day Flaw Under Active Attack
  Microsoft today, on its year-end December Patch Tuesday, released security updates to patch a total 39 vulnerabilities its Windows operating systems and applications—10 of which are rated as critical …

MS-ISAC Updates

• Call for participation: Help the CIS Controls Secure Mobile and Cloud Environments
  We are at a fascinating point in the evolution of cyber defense. To help organizations understand the cyber threat we have seen the emergence of threat information feeds, reports, tools, alert service …
• A Day in the Life with a Senior Data Intelligence Analyst
  Cybersecurity is an ever-evolving industry that relies on the strength of different teams working together. It’s a diverse field comprised of technical and security experts of all kind to engine …
• Using a Hardened Container Image for Secure Applications in the Cloud
  CIS® is continuing to expand its cloud offerings with new CIS Hardened Images™ for containers. The CIS Hardened Image for Ubuntu 16.04 is the first hardened container image we’ll release for use …
• A Short Guide to Infrastructure Security and Resiliency
  November is Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month. Recently, we shared tips for protecting each designated critical infrastructure sector: Critical Infrastructure and Public Protection …
• New CIS Benchmark for Google Cloud Computing Platform
  The CIS Benchmarks™ community has been hard at work the past several months developing a new cloud benchmark: CIS Google Cloud Computing Platform Foundations Benchmark v1.0.0. This new benchmark can b …

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Last updated: 8/27/2018