CISA shares vulnerabilities misconfigs used by ransomware gangs

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infrastructure organizations thwart their attacksppCISA released this information as part of its Ransomware Vulnerability Warning Pilot RVWP program established in January of this year when it announced that it would warn critical infrastructure orgs of ransomwarevulnerable devices discovered on their networkppSince its inception CISAs RVWP has identified and shared details of over 800 vulnerable systems with internetaccessible vulnerabilities frequently targeted by various ransomware operationsppRansomware has disrupted critical services businesses and communities worldwide and many of these incidents are perpetrated by ransomware actors using known common vulnerabilities and exposures CVE ie vulnerabilities the US cybersecurity agency saidppHowever many organizations may be unaware that a vulnerability used by ransomware threat actors is present on their networkppNow all organizations have access to this information in our known exploited vulnerabilities KEV catalog as we added a column titled known to be used in ransomware campaigns Furthermore CISA has developed a second new RVWP resource that serves as a companion list of misconfigurations and weaknesses known to be used in ransomware campaignsppppThis effort is part of a broader campaign launched in response to the escalating ransomware threat to critical infrastructure that emerged nearly two years ago with a wave of cyberattacks targeting vital infrastructure entities and US government agencies including those of Colonial Pipeline JBS Foods and KaseyappIn June 2021 the agency introduced the Ransomware Readiness Assessment RRA a new component of its Cyber Security Evaluation Tool CSET designed to help organizations evaluate their preparedness to thwart and recover from ransomware attacksppBy August 2021 CISA also released guidance to assist vulnerable government and private sector entities in preventing data breaches resulting from ransomware incidentsppFurthering its commitment CISA established an alliance with the private sector to safeguard critical US infrastructure from ransomware and other cyber threats This joint endeavor the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative JCDC embodies the collective response strategy of all federal agencies and private sector organizations that joined the partnershipppSince then the US cybersecurity agency also launched a dedicated online portal StopRansomwaregov which serves as a central hub for CISAs effort to provide all the info defenders need to prepare and mitigate ransomware attacksppEarlier this year CISA ordered federal agencies to secure their Internetexposed network devices and in a joint advisory with the FBI and the NSA it revealed a list of the 12 most exploited vulnerabilities in 2022ppFBI Royal ransomware asked 350 victims to pay 275 millionppMicrosoft SysAid zeroday flaw exploited in Clop ransomware attacksppHelloKitty ransomware now exploiting Apache ActiveMQ flaw in attacksppHackers exploit recent F5 BIGIP flaws in stealthy 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