Wednesday, January 23, 2019

CISA Emergency Directive on DNS Infrastructure Tampering UPDATE


U.S. Department of Homeland Security US-CERT

National Cyber Awareness System:
 
01/22/2019 06:48 PM EST
 
Original release date: January 22, 2019
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
(CISA) issued an emergency directive to address ongoing incidents associated with global Domain
Name System (DNS) infrastructure tampering. CISA is aware of multiple executive branch agency  
domains that were impacted by the tampering campaign and has notified the agencies that maintain
them. The directive requires Federal agencies to take specific steps and comply with reporting
procedures to mitigate risks from undiscovered tampering, prevent illegitimate DNS activity, and
detect unauthorized certificates.

Federal agencies should review Emergency Directive 19-01 for required actions and reporting
procedures.