Stay informed on the latest CISA updates, guidelines, and alerts critical for robust information security and cyber threat prevention.
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Background for this topic.
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is the U.S. Department of Homeland Security agency for reducing cyber and physical risks to critical infrastructure and federal civilian networks. Created by the 2018 CISA Act, it works with government and industry, publishes alerts and guidance, and coordinates assistance during significant incidents. Its direct federal-network role chiefly covers the Federal Civilian Executive Branch, including .gov; private-sector engagement is often voluntary or sector-specific.
Practitioners use CISA advisories and the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog to prioritize patching where exploitation has been observed, and consult applicable directives and incident-response guidance. CISA supports vulnerability reporting and promotes controls such as multifactor authentication, logging, and tested recovery. A CISA alert is an actionable risk signal, not proof every organization is affected; teams should verify product, version, exposure, and obligations.
CISA says new malware known as Submarine was used to backdoor Barracuda ESG (Email Security Gateway) appliances by exploiting a now-patched zero-day bug. [...]
CISA warned today of the significant breach risks linked to insecure direct object reference (IDOR) vulnerabilities impacting web applications in a joint advisory with the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) and U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). [...]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned U.S. federal agencies today to secure their systems against a maximum severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Ivanti's Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM), formerly MobileIron Core. [...]
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has given federal agencies three weeks to secure Adobe ColdFusion servers on their networks against two critical security flaws exploited in attacks, one of them as a zero-day. [...]