The US-CERT Current Activity web page is a regularly updated summary of the most frequent, high-impact types of security incidents currently being reported to the US-CERT.

Active Exploitation of SolarWinds Software

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is aware of active exploitation of SolarWinds Orion Platform software versions 2019.4 HF 5 through 2020.2.1 HF 1, released between March 2020 and June 2020.

CISA encourages affected organizations to read the SolarWinds and FireEye advisories for more information and FireEye’s GitHub page for detection countermeasures:

Cisco Releases Security Updates for Jabber Desktop and Mobile Client Software

Cisco has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Jabber for Windows, Jabber for MacOS, and Jabber for mobile platforms. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) encourages users and administrators to review Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-jabber-ZktzjpgO and apply the necessary updates.

Adobe Releases Security Updates for Acrobat and Reader

Adobe has released security updates to address a vulnerability in Acrobat and Reader. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) encourages users and administrators to review Adobe Security Bulletin APSB20-75 and apply the necessary updates.

National Cyber Security Centre Cyber Awareness Campaign

The United Kingdom (UK) National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has launched a new cyber security campaign encouraging the public to adopt six behaviors to stay safe online.

The six Cyber Aware behaviors recommended by the NSCS are:

New ACSC Cybersecurity Campaign Begins by Focusing on Ransomware Threats

The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has launched a new cyber security campaign encouraging all Australians to protect themselves against online threats. The initial focus of the campaign is ransomware threats, and the ACSC provides easy-to-follow security advice at cyber.gov.au to help Australians act now and stay secure.  

OpenSSL Releases Security Update

OpenSSL has released a security update to address a vulnerability affecting all versions of 1.0.2 and 1.1.1 released before version 1.1.1i. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service condition.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) encourages users and administrators to review the OpenSSL Security Advisory and apply the necessary update.