Guidance

October 16, 2023,WASHINGTON – The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), along with 17 U.S. and international partners, published an update to “Shifting the Balance of Cybersecurity Risk: Principles and Approaches for Secure by Design Software” that includes further detail on key principles, guidance, and is co-sealed by eight additional international cybersecurity agencies. CISA Director

CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2023-20198 Cisco IOS XE Web UI Privilege Escalation Vulnerability These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risks to the federal enterprise. Note: To view other newly added vulnerabilities in the catalog, click on

Cisco released a security advisory to address a vulnerability (CVE-2023-20198) affecting IOS XE Software Web UI. A cyber threat actor can exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected device. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Cisco security advisory, apply the necessary recommendations, hunt for any malicious activity and report any positive

Today, CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) in response to the active exploitation of CVE-2023-22515. This critical vulnerability affects certain versions of Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server, enabling malicious threat actors to obtain initial access to Confluence instances

SUMMARY The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) in response to the active exploitation of CVE-2023-22515. This recently disclosed vulnerability affects certain versions of Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server, enabling malicious cyber threat actors