CISA Releases Telework Essentials Toolkit

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has released the Telework Essentials Toolkit, a comprehensive resource of telework best practices. The Toolkit provides three personalized modules for executive leaders, IT professionals, and teleworkers. Each module outlines distinctive...

DHS Issues Dire Patch Warning for ‘Zerologon’

Federal agencies that haven’t patched their Windows Servers against the ‘Zerologon’ vulnerability by Monday Sept. 21 at 11:59 pm EDT are in violation of a rare emergency directive issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security. With only hours until the deadline for the directive, issued on Friday,...

Apple Releases Security Updates

Apple has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Apple...

Google Releases Security Updates for Chrome

Google has released Chrome version 85.0.4183.102 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This version addresses vulnerabilities that an attacker could exploit to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review the...

Cisco Releases Security Updates

Cisco has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Cisco products. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. For updates addressing lower severity vulnerabilities see the Cisco Security Advisories page. The Cybersecurity and...

CISA Releases Final Binding Operational Directive on Developing a Vulnerability Disclosure Policy

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has released Binding Operational Directive BOD 20-01, Develop and Publish a Vulnerability Disclosure Policy VDP. BOD 20-01 requires each federal agency to publish a VDP. Publication of agency VDPs will make it easier for users to report...

North Korea ATM Hack

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA published a long and technical alert describing a North Korea hacking scheme against ATMs in a bunch of countries worldwide: This joint advisory is the result of analytic efforts among the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agenc...

North Korea ATM Hack

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA published a long and technical alert describing a North Korea hacking scheme against ATMs in a bunch of countries worldwide: This joint advisory is the result of analytic efforts among the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agenc...

Google Releases Security Updates for Chrome

Google has released Chrome version 85.0.4183.83 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This version addresses vulnerabilities that an attacker could exploit to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review the...

Mozilla Releases Security Updates for Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird

Mozilla has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators t...

2020 CWE Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses

The Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute, sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security and operated by MITRE, has released the 2020 Common Weakness Enumeration CWE Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses list. The Top 25 uses data from the National Vulnerability...

Google Releases Security Updates for Chrome

Google has released Chrome version 84.0.4147.125 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This version addresses vulnerabilities that an attacker could exploit to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review the...

Cisco Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products

Cisco has released security updates to address vulnerabilities affecting multiple products. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and...

Microsoft Releases Security Update for Edge

Microsoft has released a security update to address a vulnerability in Edge Chromium-based. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to drop Dynamic Link Library DLL files and gain elevated privileges. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrato...

CVE-2020-14707

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization component: Core. Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.2.44, prior to 6.0.24 and prior to 6.1.12. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle ...

CVE-2020-14703

CVE-2020-14703 affects Oracle VM VirtualBox (Core) with fixes in VirtualBox 5.2.44, 6.0.24, and 6.1.12. Affected versions are prior to these releases. The advisory notes that a high-privilege attacker with local access to the host could compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox, potentially leading to unau...

CVE-2020-14674

CVE-2020-14674 – VirtualBox core vulnerability affects Oracle VM VirtualBox (Core) with affected versions prior to 5.2.44, 6.0.24, and 6.1.12. The issue is described as difficult to exploit but allows a high-privilege attacker who can log on to the infrastructure where VirtualBox runs to compromi...

CVE-2020-14628

CVE-2020-14628 affects Oracle VM VirtualBox (Core) across several supported branches. Vulnerable versions are Windows VirtualBox prior to 5.2.44, prior to 6.0.24, and prior to 6.1.12. The issue is exploitable by a high-privilege attacker with local logon to the host running VirtualBox, with the p...

Google Releases Security Updates for Chrome

Google has released Chrome version 84.0.4147.89 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This version addresses vulnerabilities that an attacker could exploit to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review the...

Microsoft Addresses 'Wormable' RCE Vulnerability in Windows DNS Server

Microsoft has released a security update to address a remote code execution RCE vulnerability—CVE-2020-1350—in Windows DNS Server. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. This is considered a “wormable” vulnerability that affects all Windows Serve...