Explanation of the Current Alert Level of GUARDED
The alert level is the overall current threat level.
On August 7, the Cyber Threat Alert Level was evaluated and is remaining at Blue (Guarded) due to vulnerabilities in Mozilla and Google products. On August 6, the MS-ISAC released an advisory for multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla products, the most severe of which could allow for arbitrary code execution. On August 7 the MS-ISAC released two advisories. The first advisory was for multiple vulnerabilities in Google Chrome, the most severe of which could allow for arbitrary code execution. The second advisory was for multiple vulnerabilities in Google Android OS, the most severe of which could allow for privilege escalation. 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.
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Advisories Released (Last 12 Months)
In Q1 2024, the Top 10 Malware observed at the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center® (MS-ISAC®) changed slightly from the previous quarter. The downloader SocGholish continues to lead as the Top Malware, making up 60% of the Top 10 Malware. ArechClient2, a .Net-based Remote Access Trojan (RAT), came in second, while CoinMiner, a malicious cryptocurreny miner, was the third most-prevalent malware in Q1 2024. Lumma Stealer, Jupyter, and Ratenjay all returned to the list in Q1. Please see below for more detailed malware descriptions and associated indicators of compromise. Windows operating systems.
Top Malware Q2 2024
- SocGholish
- Agent Tesla
- CoinMiner
- NanoCore
- ZPHP
- Mirai
- Magecart
- Arechclient2
- DarkGate
- Lumma Stealer
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