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<p class="MsoNormal">FYSA<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">As the nation’s cyber defense agency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis
Center (MS-ISAC) published a <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-075a" title="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-075a">
joint Cybersecurity Advisory </a>(CSA) with recommended actions and mitigations to protect against LockBit 3.0 ransomware. </span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">Actions that organizations can take today to mitigate the ransomware cyber threat include: prioritize remediating known exploited vulnerabilities (KEVs), train users to recognize and report
phishing attempts, and enable and enforce multifactor authentication with strong passwords.
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<span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">CISA, FBI and MS-ISAC encourage information technology (IT) network defenders to review the advisory, implement the recommended mitigations in the advisory to limit potential adversarial
techniques and reduce the risk of compromise by LockBit 3.0 ransomware. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">This joint CSA is part of an ongoing <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/stopransomware">#StopRansomware</a> effort to publish advisories for network defenders that detail various ransomware
variants and ransomware threat actors. It is available on stopransomware.gov, along with other advisories on the ransomware threat and no-cost resources. With our partner agencies, CISA is committed to helping organizations protect against all cyber threats
through information sharing, services, and resources. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Theresa A. Masse<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Cybersecurity State Coordinator/Advisor, Region 10 (Oregon)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Department of Homeland Security<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Phone: (503) 930-5671
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Email:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#777777">
</span><a href="mailto:theresa.masse@cisa.dhs.gov"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0563C1">theresa.masse@cisa.dhs.gov</span></a><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0760C1"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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