Computer Safety & News

A new exploit has been successfully re-engineered from August 2020 “Patch Tuesday” update fixes.  While many corporate & home users are already protected — it would be important for those who lag behind to get updated at least to AUG-2020 current levels for security updates. https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2020/09/14/exploit-netlogon-remote-protocol-vulnerability-cve-2020-1472 CISA is aware of publicly available exploit code for […]

https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2020/09/15/iran-based-threat-actor-exploits-vpn-vulnerabilities CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have released a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory on an Iran-based malicious cyber actor targeting several U.S. federal agencies and other U.S.-based networks. This Advisory analyzes the threat actor’s indicators of compromise (IOCs); and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs); and exploited Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs). CISA encourages […]