Cyber Threat Alert Updates

On November 13, the Cyber Threat Alert Level was evaluated and is remaining at Blue (Guarded) due to vulnerabilities in Cisco, Google, Microsoft, Adobe, Citrix, and Ivanti products. On November 6, the MS-ISAC released an advisory for a vulnerability in Cisco Unified Industrial Wireless Software for Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul Access Point that could allow for remote code execution. On November 7, the MS-ISAC released an advisory for a vulnerability in Google Android OS that could allow for remote code execution. On November 12 the MS-ISAC released 5 individual advisories for vulnerabilities in Microsoft, Adobe, Google, Citrix and Ivanti products, the most severe of which could allow for remote code execution. Full details on all vulnerabilities and advisories can be found on our website at cisecurity.org/advisory. Organizations and users are advised to update and apply all appropriate vendor security patches to vulnerable systems and to continue to update their antivirus signatures daily. Another line of defense includes user awareness training regarding the threats posed by attachments and hypertext links contained in emails especially from un-trusted sources.