Summary The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the National Security Agency (NSA), the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSE), the Australian Federal Police (AFP), and Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory to warn network defenders of Iranian cyber actors’ use…
Month: September 2024
Global Security News, Weekly update
Weekly Update 419
It’s not a green screen! It’s just a weird a weird hotel room in Pittsburgh, but it did make for a cool backdrop for this week’s video. We were there visiting our FBI friends after coming from Washington DC and a visit to CISA, the “America’s Cyber Defence Agency”. This week, I’m talking about those…
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Regeneron, Sanofi Get FDA OK for Dupixent to Treat COPD
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Sanofi have won FDA expanded approval of their blockbuster anti-inflammatory drug Dupixent in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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Venture Mega-Rounds Return to Biotech
The number of deals for $100 million or more have put biotech on pace to come close to full-year 2021’s record total, industry data show.
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CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog
CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2024-8963 Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) Path Traversal Vulnerability These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risks to the federal enterprise. Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: Reducing the Significant Risk…
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Russian Military Cyber Actors Target US and Global Critical Infrastructure
Summary The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and National Security Agency (NSA) assess that cyber actors affiliated with the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) 161st Specialist Training Center (Unit 29155) are responsible for computer network operations against global targets for the purposes of espionage, sabotage, and reputational…