AUSCERT Week in Review for 12th February 2021 Greetings, This week saw our team supporting the 2021 Safer Internet Day initiative, it is such an important topic and we’ve shared some tips on how to “start the chat” via a blogpost here. With Patch Tuesday taking place this week, be sure to note our Security Bulletins highlighted below. A couple of important ones to note from the folks at Adobe and Microsoft. Members, look out for a copy of our membership newsletter aka The Feed which landed in your inbox earlier this week. Our first edition for the year was a bumper one with updates on our strategy for the year, how to optimise your engagement with our team, an update on the AUSCERT2021 conference and a section featuring AUSCERT in the media – we hope you found the February issue a valuable read. Last but not least, a reminder that we will be hosting our very first event for the year, a joint webinar session will take place next Thursday 18th February with the folks from Digital Shadows. The topic of this webinar will be “Automation when you can’t automate – the human process journey”, further details and the link to register can be found here. Until next week, have a good weekend – to our friends and colleagues in Victoria, we are thinking of you, stay safe and let’s remember to keep washing our hands and practise those good Covid-safe habits; and to those who celebrate the Lunar New Year festivities, may the Year of the Ox be a prosperous and kinder one for all. Attackers Exploit Critical Adobe Bug, Target Windows Date: 2021-02-09 Author: Threatpost [Refer to bulletins ESB-2021.0443 and ESB-2021.0444] Adobe is warning of a critical vulnerability that has been exploited in the wild to target Adobe Reader users on Windows. The vulnerability (CVE-2021-21017) has been exploited in “limited attacks,” according to Adobe’s Tuesday advisory, part of its regularly scheduled February updates. The flaw in question is a critical-severity heap-based buffer overflow flaw. Microsoft urges customers to patch critical Windows TCP/IP bugs Date: 2021-02-09 Author: Bleeping Computer [Refer to bulletin ASB-2021.0044] Microsoft has urged customers today to install security updates for three Windows TCP/IP vulnerabilities rated as critical and high severity as soon as possible. The three TCP/IP security vulnerabilities impact computers running Windows client and server versions starting with Windows 7 and higher. Federal government launches $26.5 million grants scheme to boost cyber security workforce Date: 2021-02-08 Author: SmartCompany A $26.5 million grants program is set to bolster Australia’s cyber security workforce, in a move that could give a boost to the Aussie industry, and start “the right kind of conversations” around cyber. The Federal government’s Cyber Security Skills Partnership Innovation Fund is intended to provide both industry participants and education providers with the funding to deliver projects to “improve the quality or availability” of cyber security professionals. It’s about ensuring a future pipeline of skilled workers in this sector, and it’s specifically targeted at bringing more women into the industry. The scheme is also designed to build stronger partnerships between the industry and education providers. Grants of between $250,000 and $3 million will available for projects that see partnering entities working together to “build the next generation of cyber security experts”, Minister for Industry, Science and Technology Karen Andrews said in a statement. Intel Patches Tens of Vulnerabilities in Software, Hardware Products Date: 2021-02-10 Author: SecurityWeek Intel on Tuesday announced the release of updates that patch tens of vulnerabilities across many of the company’s software and hardware products. The list of high-severity flaws includes a privilege escalation issue in the Intel Solid State Drive Toolbox, and a denial-of-service flaw in the XMM 7360 Cell Modem that can be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker who has network access. [All 19 advisories are published on our site between ESB-2021.0457 and 486.] What’s most interesting about the Florida water system hack? That we heard about it at all Date: 2021-02-10 Author: Krebs on Security Stories about computer security tend to go viral when they bridge the vast divide between geeks and luddites, and this week’s news about a hacker who tried to poison a Florida town’s water supply was understandably front-page material. But for security nerds who’ve been warning about this sort of thing for ages, the most surprising aspect of the incident seems to be that we learned about it at all. “It’s a difficult thing to get organizations to report cybersecurity incidents,” said Michael Arceneaux, managing director of the Water ISAC, an industry group that tries to facilitate information sharing and the adoption of best practices among utilities in the water sector. ASB-2021.0044 – ALERT Windows: Multiple vulnerabilities Microsoft released its monthly security patch update for February 2021 which resolves 28 vulnerabilities. ESB-2021.0444 – ALERT Magento: Multiple vulnerabilities Magento’s updates for Magento Commerce and Magento Open Source edition resolve vulnerabilities rated important and critical. ESB-2021.0443 – ALERT Adobe Acrobat and Reader: Multiple vulnerabilities The security updates for Adobe Acrobat and Reader for Windows and macOS address multiple critical and important vulnerabilities. ASB-2021.0047 – Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Services and Web Apps: Multiple Vulnerabilities Microsoft’s patch Tuesday updates for the month of February 2021 resolves 11 vulnerabilities across Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Services and Web Apps. Stay safe, stay patched and have a good weekend! The AUSCERT team

AUSCERT Week in Review for 5th February 2021 Greetings, This week we’re thrilled to announce our 2nd keynote for AUSCERT2021 – Maddie Stone from Google’s Project Zero. Maddie will be joining us virtually from the USA. Her work as a Security Researcher where she focuses on 0-days actively exploited in-the-wild will be of tremendous value to our conference delegates. We look forward to welcoming her to our stage in May! A reminder that we will be hosting our very first event for the year, a joint webinar session with the folks from Digital Shadows. The topic of this webinar will be “Automation when you can’t automate – the human process journey”, further details and the link to register can be found here. Members, look out for a copy of our membership newsletter aka The Feed landing in your inbox early next week. Our first edition for the year will be a bumper one with updates on our strategy for the year, how to optimise your engagement with our team, an update on the AUSCERT2021 conference and a section featuring AUSCERT in the media. Last but not least, be sure to catch up on our summary of critical vulnerabilities and patches affecting SonicWall and Apple. The list of relevant bulletins and further details can be found below. Until next week, have a good weekend. SonicWall fixes actively exploited SMA 100 zero-day vulnerability Date: 2021-02-03 Author: Bleeping Computer SonicWall has released a patch for the zero-day vulnerability used in attacks against the SMA 100 series of remote access appliances. On January 22nd, SonicWall disclosed that their internal systems were attacked using a zero-day vulnerability in the SMA 100 series of SonicWall networking devices. A little over a week later, cybersecurity firm NCC Group discovered a zero-day vulnerability for the SonicWall SMA 100 that was actively being exploited in the wild. SonicWall later confirmed the zero-day vulnerability and announced that owners could use the built-in Web Application Firewall (WAF) to neutralize the vulnerability. As WAF requires a paid license, SonicWall has added a free 60 day WAF license to all registered SMA 100 series devices with 10.X code. Today, SonicWall has released an SMA 100 series firmware 10.2.0.5-29sv update that fixes the actively exploited zero-day vulnerability in the SMA 100 series of devices. Apple releases macOS Big Sur 11.2 plus security updates for Catalina and Mojave Date: 2021-02-02 Author: iTWire [See related AUSCERT Security Bulletin ESB-2021.0349.] Apple has released macOS Big Sur 11.2 along with corresponding security updates for Catalina and Mojave. Two of the security issues they address are reportedly being actively exploited. Between them, Big Sur 11.2 and this year’s first security updates for Catalina and Mojave address more than 60 vulnerabilities. Apple’s notes state that two of the vulnerabilities are reportedly being actively exploited. One allows arbitrary code execution, the other enables privilege escalation. Emotet, now neutralised, may have friends you’ll want to clean off your systems. Date: 2021-02-01 Author: AUSCERT News broke last week regarding an internationally coordinated action against Emotet, known as the “world’s most dangerous malware”. Via Europol: “This operation is the result of a collaborative effort between authorities in the Netherlands, Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Lithuania, Canada and Ukraine, with international activity coordinated by Europol and Eurojust. This operation was carried out in the framework of the European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats (EMPACT). “ Our team has written a blog piece and shared our thoughts on the initiative. A Second SolarWinds Hack Deepens Third-Party Software Fears Date: 2021-02-02 Author: Wired It’s been more than two months since revelations that alleged Russia-backed hackers broke into the IT management firm SolarWinds and used that access to launch a massive software supply chain attack. It now appears that Russia wasn’t alone; Reuters reports that suspected Chinese hackers independently exploited a different flaw in SolarWinds products last year at around the same time, apparently hitting the US Department of Agriculture’s National Finance Center. Ransomware gangs made at least $350 million in 2020 Date: 2021-02-02 Author: ZDNet Ransomware gangs made at least $350 million in ransom payments last year, in 2020, blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis said in a report last week. The figure was compiled by tracking transactions to blockchain addresses linked to ransomware attacks. Although Chainalysis possesses one of the most complete sets of data on cryptocurrency-related cybercrime, the company said its estimate was only a lower bound of the true total due. The company blamed this on the fact that not all victims disclosed their ransomware attacks and subsequent payments last year, with the real total being many times larger than what the company was able to view. ESB-2021.0349 – ALERT macOS Big Sur, macOS Catalina & macOS Mojave: Multiple vulnerabilities Apple released new updates for macOS. Quite a few vulnerabilities this time around including possible exploits in the wild. ESB-2021.0352 – ALERT iOS & iPadOS: Multiple vulnerabilities The possible active exploits mentioned above were also present in Apple’s iOS and iPadOS advisory. Get those mobile devices updated as well. ASB-2021.0037.2 – SonicWall Confirms SMA 100 Series 10.X Zero-Day Vulnerability SonicWall have released firmware updates to fix the zero-day vulnerability in its SMA 100 product. It is recommended that users patch ASAP. Stay safe, stay patched and have a good weekend! The AUSCERT team

AUSCERT Week in Review for 29th January 2021 Greetings, Thank you to those of you who submitted to our AUSCERT2021 Call for Papers initiative. Our team is looking forward to the review process and will be looking at launching our program by early March. This week also saw a number of critical vulnerabilities affecting SonicWall, sudo and Apple. The list of relevant bulletins and further details can be found below. Our team is excited to announce our very first event for the year – a joint webinar session with the folks from Digital Shadows. The topic of this webinar will be “Automation when you can’t automate – the human process journey”, further details and the link to register can be found here. And last but not least, we would like to bring your attention to the upcoming Safer Internet Day initiative which we will be supporting as an organisation. The theme for its 18th edition will once again be “Together for a better Internet” and we look forward to sharing further resources around maintaining a better online world. Until next week folks, have a good weekend. New Linux SUDO flaw lets local users gain root privileges Date: 2021-01-26 Author: Bleeping Computer [See related AUSCERT security bulletin ASB-2021.0036, login not required.] A now-fixed Sudo vulnerability allowed any local user to gain root privileges on Unix-like operating systems without requiring authentication. The Sudo privilege escalation vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-3156 (aka Baron Samedit) was discovered by security researchers from Qualys, who disclosed it on January 13th and made sure that patches are available before going public with their findings. SonicWall Breach Date: 2021-01-25 Author: Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) On 22 January 2021, cyber security vendor SonicWall identified an internal systems breach using a likely zero-day in the SonicWall NetExender VPN client and Secure Mobile Access (SMA) products. On 23 January 2021, SonicWall provided an updated stating that only the SMA 100 Series is potentially vulnerable and customers may continue to use the NetExtender component for remote access as it is not susceptible to exploitation. Insurers ‘funding organised crime’ by paying ransomware claims Date: 2021-01-25 Author: The Guardian [Ciaran Martin will be presenting as a keynote at AUSCERT2021.] Insurers are inadvertently funding organised crime by paying out claims from companies who have paid ransoms to regain access to data and systems after a hacking attack, Britain’s former top cybersecurity official has warned. Ciaran Martin, who ran the National Cyber Security Centre until last August, said he feared that so-called ransomware was “close to getting out of control” and that there was a risk that NHS systems could be hit during the pandemic. The problem, he said, is being fuelled because there is no legal barrier to companies paying ransoms to cyber gangs – typically from Russia and some other former Soviet states – and claiming back on insurance. “People are paying bitcoin to criminals and claiming back cash,” Martin said. Authorities plan to mass-uninstall Emotet from infected hosts on March 25, 2021 Date: 2021-01-27 Author: ZDNet Law enforcement officials in the Netherlands are in the process of delivering an Emotet update that will remove the malware from all infected computers on March 25, 2021. The update was made possible after law enforcement agencies from across eight countries orchestrated a coordinated takedown this week to seize servers and arrest individuals behind Emotet, considered today’s largest malware botnet. Apple fixes another three iOS zero-days exploited in the wild Date: 2021-01-26 Author: ZDNet [See related AUSCERT security bulletin ESB-2021.0298.] Security experts believe the three bugs are part of an exploit chain where users are lured to a malicious site that takes advantage of the WebKit bug to run code that later escalates its privileges to run system-level code and compromise the OS. However, official details about the attacks where these vulnerabilities were used were not made public, as is typical with most Apple zero-day disclosures these days. Apple also declined to comment further. ASB-2021.0036 – ALERT sudo: Root compromise – Existing account Affects most Linux and Unix-based systems. ESB-2021.0298 – Apple iOS and iPadOS: Multiple vulnerabilities These zero-days have been reportedly exploited in the wild. ESB-2021.0319 – IBM QRadar SIEM: Multiple vulnerabilities This report collates 8 IBM advisories. ESB-2021.0272 – vlc: Multiple vulnerabilities Remote Code Execution issues in vlc. Stay safe, stay patched and have a good weekend! The AUSCERT team

AUSCERT Week in Review for 22nd January 2021 Greetings Don’t forget – our AUSCERT2021 Call for Papers initiative is still open; this is your LAST CHANCE to submit as we will be closing the portal on Tuesday 26th January. We welcome submissions in line with this year’s theme which focuses on automation of the cyber security response, whether these stories are big or small. We also issued a couple of alerts in relation to Cisco products: further details can be found below. And last but not least, a call-out from our team seeking voluntary feedback on the preliminary stages regarding upcoming changes to the AUSCERT Security Bulletins. As a result of the feedback AUSCERT gathered via a member survey, it was concluded that: Members showed overwhelming support to migrate to CVSS replacing the current Impact/Access statements. The AUSCERT team is currently exploring suitable formats in order to enable the transition from Impact/Access to CVSS. If you’re a member who would like to be a part of this preliminary assessment team, feel free to reach out to membership@auscert.org.au by 31 January 2021. Until next week, folks. Have a good weekend. Critical Cisco SD-WAN Bugs Allow RCE Attacks Date: 2021-01-20 Author: Threatpost [See related AUSCERT security bulletins ESB-2021.0240, ESB-2021.0241 and ESB-2021.0243.] Cisco is warning of multiple, critical vulnerabilities in its software-defined networking for wide-area networks solutions for business users. Cisco issued patches addressing eight buffer-overflow and command-injection SD-WAN vulnerabilities. The most serious of these flaws could be exploited by an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system with root privileges. Deep dive into the Solorigate second-stage activation: From SUNBURST to TEARDROP and Raindrop Date: 2021-01-20 Author: Microsoft Security Blog More than a month into the discovery of Solorigate, investigations continue to unearth new details that prove it is one of the most sophisticated and protracted intrusion attacks of the decade. Our continued analysis of threat data shows that the attackers behind Solorigate are skilled campaign operators who carefully planned and executed the attack, remaining elusive while maintaining persistence. We have published our in-depth analysis of the Solorigate backdoor malware (also referred to as SUNBURST by FireEye), the compromised DLL that was deployed on networks as part of SolarWinds products, that allowed attackers to gain backdoor access to affected devices. We have also detailed the hands-on-keyboard techniques that attackers employed on compromised endpoints using a powerful second-stage payload, one of several custom Cobalt Strike loaders, including the loader dubbed TEARDROP by FireEye and a variant named Raindrop by Symantec. AUSCERT statement on “QuoVadis Global SSL ICA G3” issue impacting multiple customers Date: 2021-01-15 Author: AUSCERT The AUSCERT team was made aware that a number of our Certificate Services clients were and continue to be experiencing problems with the above intermediate certificate, QuoVadis Global SSL ICA G3, since approximately 8.30am AEST on Friday 15 January 2021. A statement (blog post) was released to assist with this issue. AUSCERT is continuing to work with DigiCert + QuoVadis to ensure that they provide all required further assistance for full remediation with our clients and members. Malwarebytes targeted by Nation State Actor implicated in SolarWinds breach. Date: 2021-01-19 Author: Malwarebytes While Malwarebytes does not use SolarWinds, we, like many other companies were recently targeted by the same threat actor. We can confirm the existence of another intrusion vector that works by abusing applications with privileged access to Microsoft Office 365 and Azure environments. After an extensive investigation, we determined the attacker only gained access to a limited subset of internal company emails. We found no evidence of unauthorized access or compromise in any of our internal on-premises and production environments. ESB-2021.0240 – Cisco Smart Software Manager Satellite: Multiple vulnerabilities Critical web UI injection vulnerabilities ESB-2021.0241 – Cisco SD-WAN: Multiple vulnerabilities Critical bugger overflow and command injection vulnerabilities ESB-2021.0243 – Cisco DNA Center: Multiple vulnerabilities Critical command injection and CSRF vulnerabilities Stay safe, stay patched and have a good weekend! The AUSCERT team

AUSCERT Week in Review for 15th January 2021 Greetings As promised, we released details on our Strategic Plans for 2021 earlier this week. We’ve outlined this via the following “AUSCERT: What to Expect in 2021” blog post. Here are some key issues on the AUSCERT agenda this year: Expand and enhance our delivery of threat intelligence Remain a trusted incident response partner, both locally and globally Consistent and useful engagement with our members With 2021’s first Patch Tuesday taking place this week, be sure to note our Security Bulletins highlighted below. For those handing Cisco patches, we hope you got through them all. We would also like to share the following statement re: a QuoVadis Global SSL ICA G3 issue which impacted some of our members today. The AUSCERT team was not made aware of the revocation and began investigating this problem as soon as we were alerted by affected members. DigiCert + QuoVadis apologise that significant notice had not been provided with regards to this change, and for any inconvenience caused to AUSCERT members. Last but not least, don’t forget – our AUSCERT2021 Call for Papers initiative is still open until the end of this month and we welcome submissions in line with this year’s theme which focuses on the automation of the cyber security response, whether these stories are big or small. Until next week folks, have a good weekend. Are Australians at a ‘turning point’ on cybersecurity or still unprepared? Date: 2021-01-11 Author: ABC News Australians are on high alert about the threat of cyber attacks following Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s warning in June that Australia was targeted by a sophisticated “state-based” cyber-attack. Key points: – An average of 164 cybercrime reports are made by Australians every day according to the Australian Cyber Security Centre – Ransomware has become the biggest threat, used by criminals to lock up people’s systems and data and then demand a ransom in return for their release – The ACSC has launched a cybersecurity campaign that provides easy-to-follow advice for all Australians to prepare against cyber attacks Microsoft January 2021 Patch Tuesday fixes 83 flaws, 1 zero-day Date: 2021-01-12 Author: Bleeping Computer [Related AUSCERT security bulletins can be found on our website; accessing these will require a member portal login.] With the January 2021 Patch Tuesday security updates release, Microsoft has released fixes for 83 vulnerabilities, with ten classified as Critical and 73 as Important. There is also one zero-day and one previously disclosed vulnerabilities fixed as part of the January 2021 updates. Accellion hack behind Reserve Bank of NZ data breach Date: 2021-01-12 Author: iTnews The Reserve Bank of New Zealand, which yesterday disclosed it had suffered a data breach, now says it was caught up in a hack of enterprise data protection provider Accellion. Accellion’s file transfer appliance (FTA) was accessed illegally, RBNZ said in a statement. “We have been advised by the third party provider that this wasn’t a specific attack on the Reserve Bank, and other users of the file sharing application were also compromised,” RBNZ governer Adrian Orr said. The FTA system, which was used to store and share sensitive information, has been secured and taken offline, RBNZ said. Third malware strain discovered in SolarWinds supply chain attack Date: 2021-01-12 Author: ZDNet Cyber-security firm CrowdStrike, one of the companies directly involved in investigating the SolarWinds supply chain attack, said today it identified a third malware strain directly involved in the recent hack. Named Sunspot, this finding adds to the previously discovered Sunburst (Solorigate) and Teardrop malware strains. ASB-2021.0011 – Microsoft Patch Tuesday update for Microsoft System Center for January 2021 This zero-day RCE vulnerability has been reportedly exploited in the wild. ASB-2021.0010 – Microsoft Patch Tuesday update for Windows for January 2021 Many important Windows updates to apply ASAP. ESB-2021.0135 – Cisco Webex Meetings Open Redirect Vulnerability Phishing via Webex. ESB-2021.0119 – APSB21-01 Security update available for Adobe Photoshop Adobe released a raft of updates this week also. Stay safe, stay patched and have a good weekend! The AUSCERT team

AUSCERT Week in Review for 08th January 2021 Greetings, Welcome to 2021. We hope all our readers enjoyed a well-deserved break over the Christmas and New Year period. We would like to highlight the following article from colleagues at Data @ UQ “What’s your (cyber and data safety) New Year’s resolution” – a relevant read to kick off the year! This week we’re thrilled to announce the first keynote speaker at our annual conference AUSCERT2021. Ciaran Martin, founding CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre and now a Professor at the University of Oxford will be joining us virtually from the UK. We look forward to hearing him speak at the conference and his thoughts on the future of our sector and conference theme “SOARing with cyber.” Don’t forget – our AUSCERT2021 Call for Papers initiative is still open until the end of this month. Those wanting feedback from our committee are encouraged to submit by Monday 11 January. Help us celebrate the 20th anniversary of Australia’s original and oldest information security conference! And last but not least, keep your eyes peeled as we announce our Strategic Plans for 2021. The team is also working hard on our 2020 Year in Review document and look forward to sharing this in the next few weeks. Until next week folks, have a good weekend. Stay safe and let’s remember to keep washing our hands and practise those good Covid-safe habits. Set up your own malware analysis pipeline with Karton – CERT Polska Date: 2020-12-30 Author: CERT Polska [CERT Polska is a fellow member of the international forum of response teams – FIRST – and is the first Polish computer emergency response team.] What is Karton? Karton is a robust framework for lightweight and flexible analysis backends. It can be used to connect malware analysis systems into a robust pipeline with very little effort. CISA Releases Free Detection Tool for Azure/M365 Environment Date: 2020-12-24 Author: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) CISA has created a free tool for detecting unusual and potentially malicious activity that threatens users and applications in an Azure/Microsoft O365 environment. The tool is intended for use by incident responders and is narrowly focused on activity that is endemic to the recent identity- and authentication-based attacks seen in multiple sectors. China’s APT hackers move to ransomware attacks Date: 2021-01-04 Author: Bleeping Computer Security researchers investigating a set of ransomware incidents at multiple companies discovered malware indicating that the attacks may be the work of a hacker group believed to operate on behalf of China. Although the attacks lack the sophistication normally seen with advanced threat actors, there is strong evidence linking them to APT27, a group normally involved in cyber espionage campaigns, also known as TG-3390, Emissary Panda, BRONZE UNION, Iron Tiger, and LuckyMouse. ANU uses new security capabilities to help other Unis fend off attacks Date: 2021-01-05 Author: iTnews The Australian National University says it has been able to help other unnamed universities “fend off attacks” using new capabilities it set up in the early part of a five-year information security program. The program, described at a high level in a parliamentary submission released at the end of last year, comes after ANU was targeted by an advanced persistent threat (APT) actor that led to two data breaches. Beware: PayPal phishing texts state your account is ‘limited’ Date: 2021-01-03 Author: Bleeping Computer A PayPal text message phishing campaign is underway that attempts to steal your account credentials and other sensitive information that can be used for identity theft. When PayPal detects suspicious or fraudulent activity on an account, the account will have its status set to “limited,” which will put temporary restrictions on withdrawing, sending, or receiving money. WhatsApp: Share your data with Facebook or delete your account Date: 2021-01-06 Author: Bleeping Computer After WhatsApp updated its Privacy Policy and Terms of Service on Monday with additional info on how it handles users’ data, the company is now notifying users through the mobile app that, starting February, they will be required to share their data with Facebook. ESB-2021.0024 – chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple security issues were discovered in the Chromium web browser, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code, denial of service or information disclosure. ESB-2021.0011 – MozillaThunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities A security update for MozillaThunderbird fixes 9 vulnerabilities in Mozilla Thunderbird 78.6 and Mozilla Thunderbird 78.5.1. ASB-2021.0001 – Google Android devices: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Google Android devices which can be fixed by updating to the latest versions. ESB-2021.0067 – Firefox & Firefox ESR: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 84.0.2, Firefox for Android 84.1.3 and Firefox ESR 78.6.1 ESB-2021.0064 – pacemaker: Multiple vulnerabilities Several security vulnerabilities were addressed in pacemaker, a cluster resource manager Stay safe, stay patched and have a good weekend! The AUSCERT team

AUSCERT Week in Review for 24th December 2020 Greetings, This week the SolarWinds attack continues to make headlines. A reminder to check out our blog on the topic “Sunburst – FireEye’s Discovery of Trojanised SolarWinds Software”. We will continue to update this with any important developments. With that said, it comes as no surprise to everyone that 2020 has been a particularly challenging year. As the year comes to an end, we would like to thank each and every one of you for your support. In a year where the basic tenets of the working world changed, YOU (our members) helped us get through it. We would like to share our reflections on the year through the following piece we wrote “The Year that was 2020”. A reminder of our scheduled shutdown over the Christmas and New Year period: Membership Will be closed from Saturday 19th of December until Sunday 3rd of January 2021. We will reopen on Monday, 4th of January 2021. Operations Will be closed from Friday 25th of December until Sunday 3rd of January 2021. We will reopen on Monday, 4th of January 2021. The auscert@auscert.org.au mailbox will not be monitored during this period. However, we will staff the 24/7 member incident hotline as usual; so do call us for any urgent matters during this period. And last but not least, don’t forget – our AUSCERT2021 Call for Papers initiative is still open over the holiday season. Perhaps some writing to help break up the routine? Help us celebrate the 20th anniversary of Australia’s original and oldest information security conference. Until next year folks. Have a wonderful and very well deserved break over the holiday season, you have all earned it. Stay safe and let’s remember to keep washing our hands and practice those good Covid-safe habits! NSW Health, Rio Tinto, Serco named as victims of massive global SolarWinds hack attack Date: 2020-12-23 Author: ABC News NSW Health has been named in a growing list of victims of a major global cyber attack by Russian hackers — although it says patient information was not stolen. Key points: – Australian organisations were named in a list of potential victims of a global attack by Russian hackers – Dubbed the ‘SolarWinds’ attack, it has infected thousands of systems worldwide with malware – NSW Health may have been infected since June But while the health agency says its system was not “compromised”, cybersecurity experts said it appeared to be infected with malware. In a worst-case scenario, this could have allowed the hackers to escalate the attack and steal information. Cyber security left out of cabinet reshuffle Date: 2020-12-18 Author: iTnews Prime Minister Scott Morrison has not appointed a dedicated minister for cyber security in Friday’s cabinet reshuffle. Last month, The Australian reported that Morrison planned to create a cyber security role in his cabinet that would be added to the Home Affairs­ portfolio. There were no changes made to the Home Affairs portfolio in today’s announcement, meaning Home Affairs minister Peter Dutton will retain responsibility for Australia’s cyber security policy and coordination. The Cybersecurity Stories We Were Jealous of in 2020 Date: 2020-12-22 Author: Vice Motherboard The end of the year is usually a good time for retrospection and one of our favorite traditions: digging into the archives and recognizing the best cybersecurity stories of the year. Stories so good, we wish we had written them ourselves. Without further ado, here’s the annual Motherboard’s Cyber Jealousy list. 2020: The year in malware Date: 2020-12-21 Author: Cisco Talos To recap this crazy year, we’ve compiled a list of the major malware, security news and more that Talos covered this year. Look through the timeline below and click through some of our other blog posts to get caught up on the year that was in malware. Apple: Here’s how to secure an iPhone or Apple ID ‘when personal safety is at risk’ Date: 2020-12-19 Author: ZDNet [Stalking is a crime in all states and territories in Australia. If you’re spending time with family and friends over the holidays and believe they might be victims of cyber-stalking, this guide may be of use.] This document highlights the steps that an Apple user can work through if they believe that their Apple ID has been compromised, or they want to rescind someone’s access to information that they previously allowed to have access, such as an ex or a family member. ESB-2020.4513 – Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage 4.6.0 security, bug fix, enhancement update Whilst only marked as moderate by Red Hat this advisory contained a whopping 121 CVEs, the most major of which included RCE. ESB-2020.4537 – Security update for slurm_20_02 This advisory for the powerful Linux resource manager Slurm was marked as important by SUSE and contained a RCE vulnerability. Stay safe, stay patched and have a good weekend! The AUSCERT team

AUSCERT Week in Review for 18th December 2020 Greetings, This week saw the sector abuzz with the news regarding FireEye’s Discovery of the Trojanised SolarWinds Software (aka “Sunburst” malware). Our team has blogged about this trending topic here. Please revisit the blog periodically as updates do get posted as relevant. This holiday season, many of us will be purchasing gifts for loved ones online. This is a timely reminder to be wary of online shopping scams and increased exploitation by cyber criminals. We’d like to take this opportunity to re-share the following “Don’t give too much away this Christmas!” article. A reminder of our scheduled shutdown over the Christmas and New Year period: Membership – will be closed from Saturday 19th of December until Sunday 3rd of January 2021. We will reopen on Monday, 4th of January 2021. Operations – will be closed from Friday 25th of December until Sunday 3rd of January 2021. We will reopen on Monday, 4th of January 2021. The auscert@auscert.org.au mailbox will not be monitored during this period. However, we will staff the 24/7 member incident hotline as usual; so do call us for any urgent matters during this period. And last but not least, don’t forget – our AUSCERT2021 Call for Papers initiative is still open over the holiday season. Perhaps some writing to help break up the routine? Help us celebrate the 20th anniversary of Australia’s original and oldest information security conference. Until next week, have a wonderful and restful weekend. Stay safe and let’s remember to keep washing our hands and practise those good Covid-safe habits! Highly Evasive Attacker Leverages SolarWinds Supply Chain to Compromise Multiple Global Victims With SUNBURST Backdoor Date: None Author: FireEye Inc FireEye has uncovered a widespread campaign, that we are tracking as UNC2452. The actors behind this campaign gained access to numerous public and private organizations around the world. They gained access to victims via trojanized updates to SolarWind’s Orion IT monitoring and management software. This campaign may have begun as early as Spring 2020 and is currently ongoing. Post compromise activity following this supply chain compromise has included lateral movement and data theft. The campaign is the work of a highly skilled actor and the operation was conducted with significant operational security. Healthcare security woes: More than 45 million medical images openly accessible online Date: None Author: The Daily Swig Millions of medical images such as X-rays, MRIs, and CT scans are available unsecured on the open web, an investigation by threat intelligence firm CybelAngel has revealed. The research team says it found unprotected connected storage devices with ties to hospitals and medical centers worldwide that were leaking more than 45 million unique imaging files. “It’s important to remember that no hacking tools were used,” David Sygula, senior cybersecurity analyst at CybelAngel, told The Daily Swig. “Millions of images were unencrypted and could be accessed without password protection. “We were surprised to see the extent to which sensitive images were left unprotected, despite the regulations governing health data.” Academics turn RAM into Wi-Fi cards to steal data from air-gapped systems Date: None Author: ZDNet Academics from an Israeli university have published new research today detailing a technique to convert a RAM card into an impromptu wireless emitter and transmit sensitive data from inside a non-networked air-gapped computer that has no Wi-Fi card. Named AIR-FI, the technique is the work of Mordechai Guri, the head of R&D at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, in Israel. Over the last half-decade, Guri has led tens of research projects that investigated stealing data through unconventional methods from air-gapped systems. Scam bitcoin ads using unauthorised Australian celebrity images traced to Moscow addresses Date: None Author: The Guardian Scam bitcoin ads trading off unauthorised images of Dick Smith, Andrew Forrest and other celebrities, which have taken in tens of thousands of Australians, are part of a highly organised global business that uses five addresses in the centre of Moscow, a Guardian investigation has found. The sheer scale of the scam has made it difficult for Google to block them, and for Australian regulators to take action. The fake celebrity ads have run on news websites since at least 2018, but with people stuck at home during the Covid-19 pandemic, many more have been caught out by the scams. IDCare, a registered charity that offers support to people scammed online, has been hearing from a victim every business hour since March, its managing director told Guardian Australia. Service NSW finds cyber attack impacted 80,000 fewer customers Date: None Author: iTNews Service NSW has revised down the number of customers impacted by an email compromise attack against 47 staff members earlier this year, but not before wrongly notifying 25,000 people. In September, the one-stop shop for NSW government services revealed – after a four-month long investigation – that 186,000 customers had their information stolen by unknown attackers. The breach, which took place in March, exposed 736GB of data, encompassing 3.8 million documents such as handwritten notes, forms, scans and records of transaction applications. ESB-2020.4474 – Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities Thunderbird, Mozilla’s email client, was host to multiple vulnerabilities including remote code execution and denial of service. ESB-2020.4464 – Red Hat Fuse 7.8.0: Multiple vulnerabilities Contained a multitude of vulnerabilties including remote code execution, denial of service, cross-site scripting, privilege escalation, and unauthorised access to both confidential and privileged data. ESB-2020.4447 – Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities Popular browser contained multiple vulnerabilities which granted attackers abilities to execute remote code, cause denial of service, and have unauthorised access to confidential data. ESB-2020.4436 – Samba: Multiple vulnerabilities Samba was affected by vulnerabilities which prior to fix had provided unauthorised access, denial of service and Root compromise. Stay safe, stay patched and have a good weekend! The AUSCERT team

AUSCERT Week in Review for 11th December 2020 Greetings, Well done to all who’ve implemented the latest set of patches from the last batch of Patch Tuesday of 2020! Be sure to read our concise list of our most notable security bulletins below. With two weeks remaining until the Christmas and New Year holidays, we would like to inform you of the scheduled shutdown of our membership and operations teams: Membership: Will be closed from Saturday 19th of December until Sunday 3rd of January 2021. We will reopen on Monday, 4th of January 2021. Operations: Will be closed from Friday 25th of December until Sunday 3rd of January 2021. We will reopen on Monday, 4th of January 2021. The auscert@auscert.org.au mailbox will not be monitored during this period. However, we will staff the 24/7 member incident hotline as usual; so do call us for any urgent matters during this period. This week saw us releasing a joint Cyber Threat Signal 2021 publication with fellow CERT colleagues: KrCERT/CC, CERT-In and Sri Lanka CERT|CC. This publication is a joint prediction of the most pertinent cyber threats that 2021 may deliver. Perhaps to no one’s surprise, ransomware attacks is expected to dominate the sector in 2021 in both volume and its impact. Be sure to read up on how to protect yourselves, as the publication contains a summary list of observations from 2020 that is extended into 2021 along with point-form mitigation advice. And last but not least, don’t forget – our AUSCERT2021 Call for Papers initiative is still open with exactly one month to go to the first initial deadline for our committee feedback. Help us celebrate the 20th anniversary of Australia’s original and oldest information security conference. Do you or someone you know have a great story to tell? We would like to hear it, help us spread the word on Cyber Security! Until next week, have a wonderful and restful weekend everyone. Microsoft December 2020 Patch Tuesday fixes 58 vulnerabilities Date: None Author: ZDNet [AUSCERT ASBs 2020-0216 through 224 relate to this Patch Tuesday, member portal login required. 217 and 219 are related to RCE vulnerabilities.] Microsoft has published today 58 security fixes across 10+ products and services, as part of the company’s monthly batch of security updates, known as Patch Tuesday. There’s a smaller number of fixes this December compared with the regular 100+ fixes that Microsoft ships each month, but this doesn’t mean the bugs are less severe. More than a third of this month’s patches (22) are classified as remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities. These are security bugs that need to be addressed right away as they are more easily exploitable, with no user interaction, either via the internet or from across a local network. Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine docs hacked from European Medicines Agency Date: None Author: BBC News The European Medicines Agency (EMA) says it has been hit by a cyber-attack and documents relating to a Covid-19 vaccine have been accessed. BioNTech, which makes one of the vaccines in partnership with Pfizer, said its regulatory submission was accessed during the attack. The EMA is working on approval of two Covid-19 vaccines, which it expects to conclude within weeks. The cyber-attack was not expected to impact that timeline, BioNTech said. The EMA did not provide any details on the nature of the cyber-attack in a brief statement on its website, beyond saying a full investigation had been launched. A spokesperson for the agency said it was still “functional”. National interest plan could drive local cyber sector Date: None Author: InnovationAus The launch of an Australian national interest strategy could help propel the growth of the local cybersecurity sector and assist the economic recovery from COVID-19, according to AustCyber chief executive Michelle Price. Ms Price, along with Australian National University National Security College head Professor Rory Medcalf, delivered a National Press Club address on Wednesday on the need for a national interest strategy, and the crucial role cybersecurity will play in the coming years. There have been a number of government policies this year focused on national security and interest, Professor Medcalf said, and now a more cohesive strategy is needed around this. U.S. cybersecurity firm FireEye discloses breach, theft of internal hacking tools Date: None Author: Reuters FireEye, one of the largest cybersecurity companies in the United States, said on Tuesday that it has been hacked, possibly by a government, leading to the theft of an arsenal of internal hacking tools typically reserved to privately test the cyber defenses of their own clients. The hack of FireEye, a company with an array of business contracts across the national security space both in the United States and its allies, is among the most significant breaches in recent memory. Cyber attack could bring down entire financial system: IMF Date: None Author: Sydney Morning Herald The world’s financial system could collapse and create an economic downturn as disastrous as the coronavirus recession or the global financial crisis if growing fears of a devasting cyber-security hack are realised. Research from the International Monetary Fund released on Tuesday found the reliance of the financial system and consumers on digital services was increasingly at risk from cyber attacks that were being fuelled by falling prices for hacking tools and a target-rich environment. ESB-2020.4347 – Adobe Acrobat and Reader: Access confidential data – Remote with user interaction A vulnerability for multiple Adobe Acrobat products was patched. If successfully exploited it could lead to remote information disclosure. Adobe marked this as important. ASB-2020.0217 – ALERT Windows: Multiple vulnerabilities Microsoft patch Tuesday was this week and 23 vulnerabilities across Windows operating systems were patched. ASB-2020.0220 – Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Services and Web Apps: Multiple vulnerabilities Another Microsoft patch Tuesday release, 15 vulnerabilities were patched across the Microsoft Office suite of applications. Stay safe, stay patched and have a good weekend! The AUSCERT team

AUSCERT Week in Review for 4th December 2020 Greetings, It’s officially summer season here in Australia, we hope that everyone’s taking care of themselves as we embrace the change in weather. We would like to begin this week by commending our colleague Mal Parkinson who was a panel member on a session hosted by the by the Australian Women in Security Network (AWSN) for their AWSN Cadets “Security Sessions” initiative. The panel discussed the topic of “Life before Cyber Security, how did you start?” and we’ve summarised some key advice from this session via our LinkedIn page here. Some sage tips for all those wanting to move into the cyber security sector or are simply starting out as a new graduate. This week also saw us supporting the team from AustCyber as they launched the 2020 Update to Australia’s Cyber Security Competitiveness Plan (SCP). A copy of their media release can be found here. In summary, the launch and panel discussion events held by the team from AustCyber highlighted the plethora of start-ups and initiatives in the cyber security sector across the states and territories within Australia. The gamut of activities certainly places our country in a position to gain an outstanding posture on cyber security in the coming decade and beyond! Exciting times ahead for our sector. And last but not least, don’t forget – our AUSCERT2021 Call for Papers initiative is now open and will remain so until late January 2021. Help us celebrate the 20th anniversary of Australia’s original and oldest information security conference. Do you or someone you know have a great story to tell? We would like to hear it, help us spread the word on Cyber Security. Until next week, have a wonderful and restful weekend everyone. FBI warns of email forwarding rules being abused in recent hacks Date: 2020-12-01 Author: ZDNet The US Federal Bureau of Investigation says that cyber-criminals are increasingly relying on email forwarding rules in order to disguise their presence inside hacked email accounts. Threat actors absolutely love email auto-forwarding rules as they allow them to receive copies of all incoming emails without having to log into an account each day — and be at risk of triggering a security warning for a suspicious login. FBI officials say that the technique is still making victims in corporate environments because some companies don’t forcibly sync email settings for the web-based accounts with desktop clients. Threat actor leverages coin miner techniques to stay under the radar – here’s how to spot them Date: 2020-11-30 Author: Microsoft Security Blog The threat actor BISMUTH, which has been running increasingly complex targeted attacks, deployed coin miners in campaigns from July to August 2020. Learn how the group tried to stay under the radar using threats perceived to be less alarming. New rules to detect, trace and block scam calls Date: 2020-12-02 Author: The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) ACMA has today registered new rules that require telcos to detect, trace and block scam calls. The Reducing Scam Calls Code, developed by the telco industry, was a direct recommendation of the ACMA’s Combating Scams Action Plan. The ACMA has worked closely with telcos and peak body Communications Alliance to develop the new rules and successfully pilot initiatives to reduce the scale and impact on Australians of scam calls. Major telcos report blocking over 30 million scam calls across the last 12 months as they undertook work to trial the identification and reduction of scam calls. APRA targets cyber hygiene and board oversight with new security strategy Date: None Author: iTnews The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has unveiled a new cyber security strategy and flagged it will step up its review of current cyber compliance, holding boards accountable for shortfalls. The prudential regulator’s cyber security strategy for 2020 to 2024 seeks to lift cyber security standards and introduce heightened accountability where companies fail to meet their legally binding requirements. 7 Simple Ways to Make Your Android Phone More Secure Date: 2020-12-01 Author: WIRED There are a couple of different ways to think about privacy when it comes to your phone. There’s the data that it collects about your actions and interests, and then there are the protections you can put in place to stop people around you from accessing the physical device. Both are important, and there are easy things you can do to improve each of them. ESB-2020.4227 – MozillaFirefox: Multiple vulnerabilities Mozilla Firefox releases an update that fixes 12 issues ESB-2020.4274 – Thunderbird: Reduced security – Remote with user interaction Security vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 78.5.1. ESB-2020.4286 – Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.4: Multiple vulnerabilities An update has been released that fixes multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3. ESB-2020.4284 – Linux Kernel: Multiple vulnerabilities New Ubuntu packages fix several security issues identified in the Linux kernel. Stay safe, stay patched and have a good weekend! The AUSCERT team

AUSCERT Week in Review for 27th November 2020 Greetings, Would you believe it, it’s less than a month away ‘til Christmas and end of year holidays for most folks around the country. We would like to begin this week by congratulating colleagues in Victoria for their tremendous effort in achieving 28-days without any cases of Covid-19. A job very well done! As we begin to creep closer to the merry and festive season, it is a timely reminder for everyone to stay safe online. For cyber criminals, this is also perceived as the season for exploitation. We’ve shared a couple of handy tips through our ADIR articles this week – so be sure to have a read of them below. Next week, one of our very own Senior Information Security Analysts, Mal Parkinson, will be presenting on a panel session hosted by the by the Australian Women in Security Network (AWSN). The panel will be discussing the topic of “Life before Cyber Security, how did you start?” on Thursday evening 3 December. To tune in, please register via the following page. And last but not least, don’t forget – our AUSCERT2021 Call for Papers initiative is now open and will remain so until late January 2021. Help us celebrate the 20th anniversary of Australia’s original and oldest information security conference. Do you or someone you know have a great story to tell? We would like to hear it, help us spread the word on Cyber Security. Until next week, have a wonderful and restful weekend everyone. Law In Order hit by ransomware attack Date: 2020-11-24 Author: iTnews Law In Order, an Australian supplier of document and digital services to law firms, suffered a ransomware infection over the weekend that is believed to be the Netwalker malware. After detecting the attack, Law In Order said it halted many of its business operations and called in cyber security advisers to assist in the investigation and incident response. Law In Order said it had alerted authorities including the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Cyber Security Centre to the attack. Online shoppers warned to be on alert as scams increase, losses climb to $7 million Date: 2020-11-24 Author: iTWire Australians have been warned to be careful when buying gifts this holiday season as losses to online shopping scams have already increased 42% this year as the country enters the busy Christmas-New Year period. The warning from the consumer watchdog ACCC’s Scamwatch service reports that it has received over 12,000 reports of online shopping scams so far this year, with almost $7 million in reported losses. Don’t give too much away this Christmas! Date: 2020-11-24 Author: Data at UQ – The University of Queensland [AUSCERT is proudly a part of The University of Queensland.] For most of us, Christmas is a time of merriment. For cyber criminals however, it’s also the season for exploitation. Did you know that Australians lost over $14 million through scams last December? Common Christmas scams include fake email gift certificates, e-cards and parcel delivery notifications which request either confirmation of delivery addresses or payment to collect or hold a parcel. In these scams, criminals use email, mobile apps, social networking and online forums to siphon money from victims. Don’t be a scam statistic this silly season. Give presents, not data this Christmas. Be careful with the information you share online and follow the tips listed here to protect your data. Microsoft gives Linux a security boost with these new attack detection tools Date: 2020-11-19 Author: TechRepublic Endpoint detection and response (EDR) capabilities for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Linux are now available in public preview. Linux EDR will help Defender for Endpoint customers better protect Linux servers and networks and quickly take action against threats, Microsoft said. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Linux supports recent versions of the six most common Linux server distributions supported by Microsoft, which includes RHEL 7.2+, CentOS Linux 7.2+, Ubuntu 16 LTS or higher, SLES 12+, Debian 9+ and Oracle Linux 7.2. Hacker posts exploits for over 49,000 vulnerable Fortinet VPNs Date: 2020-11-22 Author: Bleeping Computer A hacker has posted a list of one-line exploits to steal VPN credentials from almost 50,000 Fortinet VPN devices. Present on the list of vulnerable targets are domains belonging to high street banks and government organizations from around the world. ASB-2020.0214 – Chromium Security Updates for Microsoft Edge Microsoft Edge update has addressed multiple vulnerabilities. Edge is also now available on Linux platforms. ESB-2020.4160 – VMware ESXi, Workstation and Fusion updates address use-after-free and privilege escalation vulnerabilities VMware released patches for critical vulnerabilities across numerous products. Local admin privileges are required for this to be exploited. Stay safe, stay patched and have a good weekend! The AUSCERT team

AUSCERT Week in Review for 20th November 2020 Greetings, This week saw us supporting a couple of initiatives. We attended the 32nd Annual FIRST Conference which was held virtually. Despite the time difference, we were able to catch up on a number of presentations delivered at the conference on-demand. Most if not all of you would be familiar with FIRST which is the global Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams. As a proud member of FIRST for the past 24 years, AUSCERT is grateful to have been able to participate again in 2020. The other initiatives we supported this week were the International Fraud Awareness Week campaign which is an initiative run by the International Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) – mainly on our social media platforms. We also supported the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) information campaign called Think Before You Link. The aim of the campaign is to raise awareness of the threat of foreign spies that are actively undertaking espionage and foreign interference in Australia, as well as to provide advice on how to reduce risk and respond to suspicious approaches. We shared this through our ADIR earlier in the week, please feel free to share it with colleagues. And last but not least, don’t forget – we’ve launched our AUSCERT2021 Call for Papers initiative. Help us celebrate the 20th anniversary of Australia’s original and oldest information security conference. AUSCERT members, we would love to see YOUR submissions containing stories, whether it be one of success or failure! The “heart” of our conference has always been about knowledge sharing and collaboration, so if you’ve got a story to share, AUSCERT may be able to provide you a stage. Feel free to share this with your network Until next week, have a wonderful weekend everyone. Retail giant Cencosud hit by Egregor Ransomware attack, stores impacted Date: 2020-11-14 Author: Bleeping Computer [Egregor continues to make waves in the sector, the AUSCERT team recently presented a case study on our Incident Management service which can be found on our website under Blogs & Publications. Be sure to note our 3-takeaways.] Chilean-based multinational retail company Cencosud has suffered a cyberattack by the Egregor ransomware operation that impacts services at stores. Cencosud is one of the largest retail companies in Latin America, with over 140,000 employees and $15 billion in revenue for 2019. Cencosud manages a wide variety of stores in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru, including Easy home goods, Jumbo supermarkets, and the Paris department stores. Chrome 87 released with fix for NAT Slipstream attacks, broader FTP deprecation Date: 2020-11-17 Author: ZDNet [Refer to AUSCERT security bulletin ESB-2020.4090.] Google has released today version 87 of its Chrome browser, a release that comes with a security fix for the NAT Slipstream attack technique and a broader deprecation of the FTP protocol. Chrome 87 also comes with a fix for a new attack disclosed at the end of October by Samy Kamkar, a famous security researcher and computer hacker. Cisco fixes WebEx bugs allowing ‘ghost’ attackers in meetings Date: 2020-11-18 Author: Bleeping Computer [Refer to AUSCERT security bulletin ESB-2020.4095.2 on our website.] Cisco has fixed today three Webex Meetings security vulnerabilities that would have allowed unauthenticated remote attackers to join ongoing meetings as ghost participants. Cisco Webex is an online meeting and video conferencing software that can be used to schedule and join meetings. It also provides users with presentation, screen sharing, and recording capabilities. Threat actors abusing the now patched flaws could become ‘ghost’ users capable of joining a meeting without being detected as IBM researchers discovered while analyzing Cisco’s collaboration tool for vulnerabilities. Cyberattacks targeting health care must stop Date: 2020-11-13 Author: Microsoft On The Issues Blog [We are sharing this as an additional read to the alert issued by the ACSC (cyber.gov.au) on Friday 13 Nov regarding the observed increased activity by threat actors using the SDBBot Remote Access Tool (RAT) against the Australian health sector.] Two global issues will help shape people’s memories of this time in history – Covid-19 and the increased use of the internet by malign actors to disrupt society. It’s disturbing that these challenges have now merged as cyberattacks are being used to disrupt health care organizations fighting the pandemic. We think these attacks are unconscionable and should be condemned by all civilized society. Today, we’re sharing more about the attacks we’ve seen most recently and are urging governments to act. Ticketmaster Scores Hefty Fine Over 2018 Data Breach Date: 2020-11-13 Author: Threatpost Ticketmaster’s UK division has been slapped with a $1.65 million fine by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the UK, over its 2018 data breach that impacted 9.4 million customers. The fine (£1.25million) has been levied after the ICO found that the company “failed to put appropriate security measures in place to prevent a cyber-attack on a chat-bot installed on its online payment page” – a failure which violates the E.U.’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). ESB-2020.4090 – Google Chrome: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple fixes for the world’s most popular browser ESB-2020.4082 – Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple fixes for another popular browser ESB-2020.4095.2 – UPDATE Cisco Webex Meetings and Cisco Webex Meetings Server: Multiple vulnerabilities Fixes released to address ‘ghost’ attackers in webex meetings ESB-2020.4128 – postgresql12: Multiple vulnerabilities PostgreSQL database issues patched Stay safe, stay patched and have a good weekend! The AUSCERT team