FTC Releases Alert on Charity Scams

The Federal Trade Commission FTC has released an alert on charity scams. Recent acts of fraud include solicitations from scammers requesting payment to claim a sweepstakes prize. Anytime someone asks you to pay to obtain a prize, it is a scam. US-CERT encourages consumers to refer to the FTC Aler...

Google Releases Security Updates for Chrome

Google has released Chrome version 59.0.3071.104 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This version addresses several vulnerabilities, including one that an attacker could exploit to cause a denial-of-service condition. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Chrome Releases page and app...

Joomla! Releases Security Update for CMS

Joomla! has released version 3.7.1 of its Content Management System CMS software to address a vulnerability. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected website. Users and administrators are encouraged to review the Joomla! Security Release and...

IBM Releases Security Update

IBM has released a security update to address a vulnerability in IBM Domino server IMAP EXAMINE. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. Available updates include: Domino 9.0.1 Feature Pack 8 Interim Fix 2 Domino 8.5.3 Fix Pack 6 Interim Fix 17 Users an...

Cisco Releases Security Updates

Cisco has released updates to address several high-impact vulnerabilities affecting multiple products. These and other lower-impact vulnerabilities are listed at Cisco Security Advisories and Alerts. A remote attacker could exploit one of the high-impact vulnerabilities to cause a denial-of-servi...

Google Releases Security Updates for Chrome

Google has released Chrome version 58.0.3029.81 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This version addresses multiple vulnerabilities that an attacker may exploit to take control of an affected system. Users and administrators are encouraged to review the Chrome Releases page and apply the necessary...

Oracle Releases Security Bulletin

Oracle has released its Critical Patch Update for April 2017 to address 299 vulnerabilities across multiple products. Exploitation of some of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. Users and administrators are encouraged to review the Oracle April...

Easter Holiday Phishing Scams and Malware Campaigns

As the Easter holiday approaches, US-CERT reminds users to stay aware of holiday scams and cyber campaigns, which may include: unsolicited shipping notifications that may actually be scams by attackers to solicit personal information phishing scams, electronic greeting cards that may contain...

Drupal Releases Security Update

Drupal has released an advisory to address vulnerabilities in Drupal core 8.x versions prior to 8.2.7. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Drupal's Security Advisory and apply th...

WordPress Releases Security Update

WordPress 4.7.2 and prior versions are affected by multiple vulnerabilities. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected website. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the WordPress Security Release and upgrade to WordPress 4.7.3...

ISC Releases Security Updates for BIND

The Internet Systems Consortium ISC has released updates that address multiple vulnerabilities in BIND. A remote attacker could exploit any of these vulnerabilities to cause a denial-of-service condition. Available updates include: BIND 9 version 9.9.9-P5 BIND 9 version 9.10.4-P5 BIND 9 version...

Mozilla Releases Security Update

Mozilla has released a security update to address multiple vulnerabilities in Thunderbird. Exploitation of some of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. Users and administrators are encouraged to review the Mozilla Security Advisory for Thunderbi...

US-CERT Alerts Users to Holiday Phishing Scams and Malware Campaigns

US-CERT reminds users to remain vigilant when browsing or shopping online this holiday season. Ecards from unknown senders may contain malicious links. Fake advertisements or shipping notifications may deliver infected attachments. Spoofed email messages and fraudulent posts on social networking...

VMware Releases Security Update

VMware has released a security update to address a vulnerability in vRealize Operations. Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2016-0020 and apply the...

Week Three of National Cyber Security Awareness Month

In partnership with DHS, the National Cyber Security Alliance has released information on recognizing cyber crime and how to protect yourself online. Recommendations include deleting suspicious communications, being wary of "too good to be true" offers, and using strong authentication. The...

Oracle Releases Security Bulletin

Oracle has released its Critical Patch Update for July 2016 to address 276 vulnerabilities across multiple products. Exploitation of some of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Oracle Ju...

Cisco Releases Security Updates

Cisco has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in several products. Exploitation of some of these vulnerabilities could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the following Cisco Securit...

Symantec Releases Security Updates

Symantec has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. Exploitation of some of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to take control of an affected system and cause a denial-of-service condition. Users and administrators are encouraged to review Symantec...

Google Releases Security Update for Chrome

Google has released Chrome version 51.0.2704.103 to address multiple vulnerabilities for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Exploitation of one of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information from an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review...

Google Releases Security Update for Chrome

Google has released Chrome version 51.0.2704.79 to address multiple vulnerabilities for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Exploitation of some of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Chrome Releas...

FBI Releases Article on Ransomware

The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI has released an article addressing the proliferation of ransomware campaigns. Ransomware is a type of malicious software that infects a computer and restricts users' access to it until a ransom is paid to unlock it. Individuals and organizations are...

Oracle Releases Security Bulletin

Oracle has released its Critical Patch Update for April 2016 to address 136 vulnerabilities across multiple products. Exploitation of some of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. Users and administrators are encouraged to review the Oracle April...

Cisco Releases Security Update

Cisco has released a security update to address a vulnerability in its Cisco Unified Computing System UCS Central Software. Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Cisco...

Samba Security Updates Address Badlock Vulnerabilities

The Samba Team has released security updates that address vulnerabilities, collectively known as Badlock, affecting both Windows operating systems and Samba in UNIX-like platforms. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system or create a...

Cisco Releases Security Updates

Cisco has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. Exploitation of some of these vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. Users and administrators are encouraged to review the following Cisco Security Advisories and app...

Google Releases Security Update for Chrome

Google has released Chrome version 48.0.2564.109 to address multiple vulnerabilities for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Exploitation of some of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Chrome...

WordPress Releases Security Update

WordPress 4.4.1 and prior versions contain two security vulnerabilities. Exploitation of one of these vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information. Users and administrators are encouraged to review the WordPress Security and Maintenance Release and upgrade to...

Apple Releases Security Update for tvOS

Apple has released a security update for tvOS to address multiple vulnerabilities. Exploitation of some of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Apple security update for tvOS 9.1.1 Apple ...

ISC Releases Security Updates for BIND

The Internet Systems Consortium ISC has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in BIND. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition. Available updates include: BIND 9 version 9.9.8-P3 BIND 9 version 9.10.3-P3 BIND 9 versio...

WordPress Releases Security Update

WordPress 4.4 and prior versions contain a cross-site scripting vulnerability. Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected website. Users and administrators are encouraged to review the WordPress Security and Maintenance Release and upgrade to...

Joomla Releases Security Update for CMS

Joomla has released version 3.4.7 of its content management system CMS software to address two vulnerabilities. Exploitation of one of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected website. Users and administrators are encouraged to review the Joomla Release New...

Google Releases Security Update for Chrome

Google has released Chrome version 47.0.2526.106 to address multiple vulnerabilities for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Exploitation of one of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. Users and administrators are encouraged to review the Chrome Releases...

Microsoft Releases December 2015 Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released 12 updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. Exploitation of some of these vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Microsoft Security Bulletins MS15-124 throug...

Adobe Releases Security Updates for Flash Player

Adobe has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Flash Player. Exploitation of some of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. Users and administrators are encouraged to review Adobe Security Bulletin APSB15-28 and apply t...

Apple Releases Security Updates for Keynote, Pages, and Numbers

Apple has released security updates for Keynote, Pages, and Numbers for OS and iOS to address multiple vulnerabilities. Exploitation of some of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. Available updates include: Keynote 6.6, Pages 5.6, and Numbers 3...

Microsoft Releases October 2015 Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released six updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. Exploitation of some of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Microsoft Security Bulletins MS15-106 through...

Cisco Releases Security Updates

Cisco has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in its Integrated Management Controller IMC Supervisor and the UCS Director formally known as Cloupia Unified Infrastructure Controller. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access or...

WordPress Releases Security Update

WordPress 4.2.2 and prior versions contain critical cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected website. Users and administrators are encouraged to review the WordPress Security and Maintenance Release an...

Oracle Releases July 2015 Security Advisory

Oracle has released security fixes to address 193 vulnerabilities as part of its quarterly Critical Patch Update. Exploitation of some of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. Users and administrators are encouraged to review the Oracle July 2015...

OpenSSL Releases Security Advisory

OpenSSL has released updates to address a vulnerability that could impact proper certificate verification. A remote attacker could ‘issue’ invalid certificates that pass validation by affected versions. Updates available include: OpenSSL 1.0.2d for 1.0.2b/1.02c users OpenSSL 1.0.1p for...

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

Mozilla has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird. Exploitation of one of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to take control of an affected system. Available updates include: Firefox 39 Firefox ESR 38.1 Thunderbird 38.1 US-CERT...

OPM Identity-Protection Phishing Campaigns

US-CERT is aware of suspicious domain names that may be used in phishing campaigns masquerading as official communication from the Office of Personnel Management OPM or the identity protection firm CSID. Https://opm.csid.com is the legitimate domain used by CSID, which is responsible for identity...

Cisco IOS XR Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

Cisco has identified a vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition. The vulnerability is due to improper processing of malformed IPv6 packets carrying extension headers. A Cisco Carrier Routing System 3 CRS-3 running a version of Cisco...

WP Super Cache Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

WP Super Cache, a WordPress plugin, contains a persistent XSS vulnerability in versions prior to 1.4.4. Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to take control of the affected system. Users and administrators are encouraged to review the WP Super Cache Changelog for more...

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

The Mozilla Foundation has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Firefox, Firefox ESR, and SeaMonkey. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. Available updates include: Firefox 36.0.4 Firefox ESR 31.5.3 SeaMonkey...

Apple Releases Security Updates for OS X, Safari, iOS and Apple TV

Apple has released security updates for OS X, Safari, iOS and Apple TV to address multiple vulnerabilities, one of which could allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. Updates available include: OS X v10.10.2 and Security Update 2015-001 for OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5, OS X...

OpenSSL Patches Eight Vulnerabilities

OpenSSL has released updates patching eight vulnerabilities, one of which may allow an attacker to cause a Denial of Service condition. The following updates are available: OpenSSL 1.0.1k for 1.0.1 users OpenSSL 1.0.0p for 1.0.0 users OpenSSL 0.9.8zd for 0.9.8 users Users and administrators are...

Vulnerabilities Identified in Network Time Protocol Daemon

NTP has released an update that addresses multiple vulnerabilities in the Network Time Protocol daemon. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to execute malicious code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Vulnerability Note VU852879 and update to NTP...

Docker Releases Security Updates

Docker versions 1.3.3 and 1.4.0 have been released to address multiple security vulnerabilities, one of which could allow a remote attacker to take control of a vulnerable system. Users and administrators are encouraged to review the Docker Security Advisory and apply the necessary updates. This...

ISC Releases Security Updates for BIND

The Internet Systems Consortium ISC has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in BIND, one of which may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. Updates available include: BIND 9 version 9.9.6-P1 BIND 9 version 9.10.1-P1 Users and administrators are encouraged...