CISA now warns critical infrastructure of ransomwarevulnerable devices

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Ransomware Vulnerability Warning Pilot RVWP which started on January 30 2023 CISA is undertaking a new effort to warn critical infrastructure entities that their systems have exposed vulnerabilities that may be exploited by ransomware threat actors the cybersecurity agency saidppCISAs newly established Ransomware Vulnerability Warning Pilot RVWP program has two goals to scan critical infrastructure entities networks for Internetexposed systems with vulnerabilities that ransomware attackers often exploit to breach networks and help vulnerable organizations fix the flaws before they get hackedppAs part of RVWP CISA leverages existing authorities and technology to proactively identify information systems that contain security vulnerabilities commonly associated with ransomware attacks the cybersecurity agency saidppOnce CISA identifies these affected systems our regional cybersecurity personnel notify system owners of their security vulnerabilities thus enabling timely mitigation before damaging intrusions occurppThis is part of a broader effort to fend off the escalating ransomware threat that started almost two years ago after a barrage of cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure organizations and US government agencies starting with ransomware attacks that hit the networks of Colonial Pipeline JBS Foods and KaseyappIn June 2021 the agency released the Ransomware Readiness Assessment RRA a new module for its Cyber Security Evaluation Tool CSETppRRA helps organizations assess their readiness to prevent and recover from ransomware attacks and can be customized for different cybersecurity maturity levelsppTwo months later in August 2021 CISA published guidance to help atrisk government and private sector organizations prevent ransomware data breachesppThis list of best practices was released in response to multiple ransomware gangs using data stolen from victims in double extortion schemes where they threatened to leak the stolen info on their dedicated leak site a tactic now adopted by most ransomware operationsppEarlier that month CISA launched a new partnership to protect US critical infrastructure from ransomware and other cyber threats known as the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative JCDCppJCDC has brought together federal agencies state and local governments and private sector organizations to create cyber defense plans for resilience against malicious cyber activity targeting critical infrastructureppWhen announced the JCDC has enlisted several private sector partners such as Microsoft Google Cloud Amazon Web Services ATT Crowdstrike FireEye Mandiant Lumen Palo Alto Networks and Verizon and government organizations like the Defense Department the NSA the Justice Department the FBI the US Cyber Command and the Office of the Director of National IntelligenceppSince then CISA has also launched a dedicated portal to provide all the resources needed to prepare defend against and block ransomware attacks including the tools needed to report 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