Cyber Threat Advisory

Cyber Threat Updates

• Hacker Breaks Into French Government's New Secure Messaging App
  A white-hat hacker found a way to get into the French government's newly launched, secure encrypted messaging app that otherwise can only be accessed by officials and politicians with email accou …
• Facebook Stored Millions of Instagram Users' Passwords in Plaintext
  Facebook late last month revealed that the social media company mistakenly stored passwords for "hundreds of millions" of Facebook users in plaintext, including "tens of thousands" …
• Facebook Collected Contacts from 1.5 Million Email Accounts Without Users' Permission
  Not a week goes without a new Facebook blunder. Remember the most recent revelation of Facebook being caught asking users new to the social network platform for their email account passwords to verify …
• Drupal Releases Core CMS Updates to Patch Several Vulnerabilities
  Drupal, the popular open-source content management system, has released security updates to address multiple "moderately critical" vulnerabilities in Drupal Core that could allow remote atta …
• Researcher Hijacks a Microsoft Service Using Loophole in Azure Cloud Platform
  A cybersecurity professional today demonstrated a long-known unpatched weakness in Microsoft's Azure cloud service by exploiting it to take control over Windows Live Tiles, one of the key feature …

MS-ISAC Updates

• Configuration Security for Remote Endpoints with CIS-CAT Pro
  Configuration management can be challenging. IT teams can become overwhelmed between various standards, compliance requirements, and security options. As the popularity of remote work grows, so does t …
• CIS Named Top Workplace in 2019
  CIS® was founded in late 2000 to help identify, develop, validate, promote, and sustain cybersecurity best practices. We strive to create confidence in the connected world through programs and members …
• CIS Hardened Images Built on Google Shielded VMs
  Google Cloud announced general availability of its Shielded VMs (virtual machines) at a breakout session during the Google Cloud Next ‘19. CIS Hardened Images, built on Shielded VM base images by Goog …
• V7.1 Introduces Implementation Groups to the CIS Controls™
  The CIS Controls are internationally-recognized cybersecurity best practices for defense against common threats.  They are a consensus-developed resource that brings together expert insight about cybe …
• 6 Reasons it’s Smart to Work in the Cloud
  CIS Chief Technology Officer Brian Calkin predicted in our 2019 cybersecurity trends blog that organizations would continue to move to the cloud. As on-premises systems become end-of-life, many organi …

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Last updated: 8/27/2018