CISA, NSA, FBI, and International Partners Release Joint CSA on Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities of 2022

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and international partners are releasing a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA), 2022 Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities. This advisory provides details on the top Common Read More …

CISA and Partners Release Joint Cybersecurity Advisory on Preventing Web Application Access Control Abuse

The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the National Security Agency (NSA) are releasing a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA), Preventing Web Application Access Control Abuse, to warn vendors, designers, developers, Read More …

NSA, CISA Release Guidance on Security Considerations for 5G Network Slicing 

Today, the National Security Agency (NSA) and CISA published 5G Network Slicing: Security Considerations for Design, Deployment, and Maintenance. This guidance—created by the Enduring Security Framework (ESF), a public-private cross-sector working group led by the NSA and CISA—presents recommendations to Read More …

CISA and NSA Release Joint Guidance on Hardening Baseboard Management Controllers (BMCs)

Today, CISA, together with the National Security Agency (NSA), released a Cybersecurity Information Sheet (CSI), highlighting threats to Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) implementations and detailing actions organizations can use to harden them. BMCs are trusted components designed into a computer’s Read More …

CISA and NSA Release Enduring Security Framework Guidance on Identity and Access Management

As part of the Enduring Security Framework (ESF), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Security Agency (NSA) has released Identity and Access Management Recommended Best Practices Guide for Administrators. These recommended best practices provide system administrators Read More …

NSA asks Congress to let it get on with that warrantless data harvesting, again

A US intelligence boss has asked Congress to reauthorize a controversial set of powers that give snoops warrantless authorization to surveil electronic communications in the name of fighting terrorism and so forth. NSA director General Paul Nakasone told the Privacy Read More …

CISA, NSA, and ODNI Release Guidance for Customers on Securing the Software Supply Chain

Today, CISA, the National Security Agency (NSA), and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), published the third of a three-part series on securing the software supply chain: Securing Software Supply Chain Series – Recommended Practices Guide for Read More …

NSA to developers: Think about switching from C and C++ to a memory safe programming language

The National Security Agency (NSA) is urging developers to shift to memory safe languages – such as C#, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust, and Swift – to protect their code from remote code execution or other hacker attacks. Of the languages Read More …

NSA, CISA, FBI Warn of Custom Exfiltration Tools Being Used Against Defense Industrial Base Organization

FORT MEADE, Md. — The National Security Agency (NSA), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the FBI released a Cybersecurity Advisory today that details the tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) that likely multiple advanced persistent threat (APT) groups Read More …