Re:Why CISA Issued Our First Emergency Directive
by AlphaWeaver on Saturday February 16, 2019 @04:06PM
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>We know an active attacker is targeting government organizations.
>Using techniques that aren’t especially innovative, we know they can intercept and manipulate legitimate traffic, make services unavailable or cause delay, harvest information like credentials or emails, or cause a range of other malicious activities.
>We know that this type of attack isn’t something many organizations monitor for or have tight controls around.
Interesting that they've specifically identified a case of this ongoing in a coordinated manner. Makes sense why it'd be an "emergency directive" in this case.
>Using techniques that aren’t especially innovative, we know they can intercept and manipulate legitimate traffic, make services unavailable or cause delay, harvest information like credentials or emails, or cause a range of other malicious activities.
>We know that this type of attack isn’t something many organizations monitor for or have tight controls around.
Interesting that they've specifically identified a case of this ongoing in a coordinated manner. Makes sense why it'd be an "emergency directive" in this case.