Tech Alerts and Warnings

Tech Alerts and Warnings

The National Indian Gaming Commission, its stakeholders, and engaged partners take Information Technology and IT security seriously. This page is intended to raise awareness and keep parties informed of the latest information technology updates on advisories regarding critical vulnerabilities, resources, IT threats and new threat-actors affecting tribal gaming.

• Patch Management: Securing the Tribal Gaming IT Enterprise
• "Shields Up" Russia's attack on Ukraine may have consequences for US Critical Infrastructure
• Apache (not the tribe) log4j Cyber Attack
• "Avaddon" Ransomware
• "Cuba" Ransomware
• "Hafnium" Microsoft Exchange Global Attack
• Advisory on Ransomware
• Tribal Cybersecurity Readiness

The resources section below will include items such as, industry standards, security materials (like CVE descriptions and patch information), and links to other government and industry pages that may be consequential to Indian Gaming.

Useful Links

• U.S. Secret Service
  • Preparing for a Cyber Incident
  • Cyber Fraud Task Force Field Offices
• SOC for Cybersecurity (aicpa.org)
• Center for Internet Security
• Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
  • CISA | Shields Up Infrastructure
  • Ransomware | CISA
  • FY21 FISMA Documents | CISA
  • United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT)
  • CISA MS-ISAC Ransomware Guide
  • Conti Ransomware | CISA 
• National Institute of Standards and Technology - National Vulnerabilities Database