Millions at risk after nationwide CodeRED alert system outage and data breach

A nationwide cyberattack against the OnSolve CodeRED emergency notifications system has prompted cities and counties across the US to warn residents and advise them to change their passwords. CodeRED is used by local governments to deliver fast, targeted alerts during severe weather, evacuations,...

Sounding the Alarm on Emergency Alert System Flaws

The Department of Homeland Security DHS is urging states and localities to beef up security around proprietary devices that connect to the Emergency Alert System -- a national public warning system used to deliver important emergency information, such as severe weather and AMBER alerts. The DHS...

The US Emergency Alert System Has Dangerous Flaws

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The October 2009 stability and reliability update for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 is available.

The October 2009 stability and reliability update for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 is available. If this article does not answer your question, click this button to pose your question to other community members at Microsoft Community:Ask a question Summary Update information This update...

Vulnerability in San Francisco’s Public Safety Warning Sirens Fixed

Public emergency alert sirens, designed to both warn the masses of a crisis and direct them to safety, can be compromised by attackers who can take control of the system to broadcast false alarms. That is the conclusion of researchers at radio security firm Bastille, who released details of its...

Cisco SSH Key Flaw Has Echoes of Earlier Vulnerabilities

When Cisco released a patch for several of its security appliances Thursday that eliminated the presence of hard-coded SSH host and private keys, the advisory had a distinct air of familiarity about it. That’s because the company released a patch for the same problem in one of its other major...

Months Later, EAS Equipment Still Vulnerable to SSH Bugs

More than three months ago, a researcher from IOActive published details of some serious problems he’d found with equipment used to run the Emergency Alert System, which is used to send out notifications in the case of a natural disaster or other serious situation. The researcher notified the...

U.S Emergency broadcast System vulnerable to hackers

A major vulnerability has been discovered in the U.S. Emergency Alert System, researchers have warned.that could allow hackers to break into the system and broadcast fake messages to the United States. According to a new report by security firm IOActive, U.S. Emergency Alert System, the system us...

U.S Emergency broadcast System vulnerable to hackers

A major vulnerability has been discovered in the U.S. Emergency Alert System, researchers have warned.that could allow hackers to break into the system and broadcast fake messages to the United States. According to a new report by security firm IOActive, U.S. Emergency Alert System, the system us...

EAS Devices Shipping with Compromised Root SSH Key

UPDATE – Firmware images for the application servers that distribute messages for the Emergency Alert System in the United States were shipping with a private root SSH key that has been disclosed. Hackers who have this key can access one of these servers and interrupt or manipulate an EAS message...

Flaws in Emergency Alert System Hardware Allow Remote Login, Zombie Alert Insertion

There are a set of easily exploited vulnerabilities in the appliances used in the emergency alert system EAS that could be used by attackers to log in to these boxes remotely and send fake emergency alerts like the one that interrupted a TV broadcast in Montana on Monday. The vulnerabilities...

Hacker broadcasts zombie warning on TV

Television viewers in Montana, perhaps looking to stay inside from the scary cold outside, got an even scarier surprise when warnings of a zombie apocalypse took over their TV screens. There TV Stations Montana's KRTVMichigan's, WNMU-TV and WBUP-TV were victims of this zombie prank. The channels...