NSA discovers critical Exchange Server vulnerabilities, patch now

Microsoft today has released security updates for Exchange Server that address a set of four vulnerabilities with severity scores ranging from high to critical. All the flaws lead to remote code execution on a vulnerable machine and were discovered and Read More …

Chinese hackers cloned attack tool belonging to NSA’s Equation Group

Chinese threat actors “cloned” and used a Windows zero-day exploit stolen from the NSA’s Equation Group for years before the privilege escalation flaw was patched, researchers say. On Monday, Check Point Research (CPR) said the tool was a “clone” of Read More …

NSA urges system administrators to replace obsolete TLS protocols

The US National Security Agency has issued a security advisory [PDF] this month urging system administrators in federal agencies and beyond to stop using old and obsolete TLS protocols. “NSA recommends that only TLS 1.2 or TLS 1.3 be used; Read More …

NSA Recommends How Enterprises Can Securely Adopt Encrypted DNS

The National Security Agency released a cybersecurity product, “Adopting Encrypted DNS in Enterprise Environments,” Thursday explaining the benefits and risks of adopting the encrypted domain name system (DNS) protocol, DNS over HTTPs (DoH), in enterprise environments. The release provides solutions Read More …

NSA warns of Russian state-sponsored hackers exploiting VMWare vulnerability

The US National Security Agency has published a security alert today urging companies to update VMWare products for a vulnerability that is currently exploited by “Russian state-sponsored malicious cyber actors.” The vulnerability tracked as CVE-2020-4006, impacts VMWare endpoint and identity Read More …

NSA: Top 25 vulnerabilities actively abused by Chinese hackers

The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) warns that Chinese state-sponsored hackers exploit 25 different vulnerabilities in attacks against U.S. organizations and interests. In an advisory issued today, the NSA said that it is aware of targeted attacks by Chinese state-sponsored Read More …

FBI and NSA expose new Linux malware Drovorub, used by Russian state hackers

The FBI and NSA have published today a joint security alert containing details about a new strain of Linux malware that the two agencies say was developed and deployed in real-world attacks by Russia’s military hackers. The two agencies say Read More …

NSA Urgently Warns on Industrial Cyberattacks, Triconex Critical Bug

The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued an alert warning that adversaries could be targeting critical infrastructure across the U.S. Separately, ICS-CERT issued an advisory on a critical security bug in Read More …

NSA shares list of vulnerabilities commonly exploited to plant web shells

The US National Security Agency (NSA) and the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) have published a security advisory this week warning companies to search web-facing and internal servers for common web shells. Web shells are one of today’s most popular forms Read More …