CISA’s VALENTINE TO THE NATION

By reviewing CISA’s website regularly, your IT personnel can address vulnerabilities and protect your systems.

This week, as the nation celebrated Valentine’s Day where deep friendship, caring, and romance are expressed, CISA, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency was busy providing its own expression of caring. On February 14th, the Agency posted no less than seven releases and security updates to our nation’s citizens, and the organizations and companies that serve us all. Their watchful eye and regular reporting ensures that vulnerabilities exploited by cybercriminals to take control of affected systems is circumvented.

Here is CISA’s 2023 Valentine to you and me:

*Adobe, Multiple Products

Original release date: February 14, 2023
CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following Adobe Security Bulletins and apply the necessary updates.

  • After Effects – APSB23-02
  • Connect – APSB23-05
  • FrameMaker – APSB23-06
  • Bridge – APSB23-09
  • Photoshop – APSB23-11
  • InDesign – APSB23-12
  • Premiere Rush – APSB23-14
  • Animate – APSB23-15
  • Substance 3D Stager – APSB23-16

*MOZILLA, Firefox 110 and Firefox ESR

Original release date: February 14, 2023
CISA encourages users and administrators to review Mozilla’s security advisories for Firefox 110 and Firefox ESR 102.8 for more information needed to apply the necessary updates.

*Firefox Workspace Apps, Virtual Apps and Desktops

Original release date: February 14, 2023
CISA encourages users and administrators to review Citrix security bulletins CTX477618, CTX477617, and CTX477616 (to address high-severity vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-24486, CVE-2023-24484, CVE-2023-24485, and CVE-2023-24483) and to apply the necessary updates.

*MICROSOFT Software

Original release date: February 14, 2023
CISA encourages users and administrators to review Microsoft’s February 2023 Security Update Guide and Deployment Information and apply the necessary updates.

*APPLE, Multiple Products

Original release date: February 14, 2023
CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Apple security updates page for the following products and apply the necessary updates as soon as possible:

*INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS (ICS) ADVISORY

Original release date: February 14, 2023
CISA encourages users and administrators to review the newly released ICS advisory for technical details and mitigations:

  • ICSA-23-045-01 Weintek EasyBuilder Pro cMT Series

*KNOWN EXPLOITED VULNERABILITIES (4) ADDED TO CISA CATALOG

Original release date: February 14, 2023
CISA has added four new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, a living list of known CVEs that carry significant risk to the federal enterprise based on evidence of active exploitation. These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risks to the federal enterprise. CISA strongly urges all organizations to reduce their exposure to cyberattacks by prioritizing timely remediation of Catalog vulnerabilities.

By reviewing CISA’s website regularly, your IT personnel can address vulnerabilities and protect your systems. Shout out to CISA’s information that assists in cyber-securing our nation!

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