Data Privacy Day

Original release date: January 28, 2021January 28 is Data Privacy Day (DPD), an annual effort promoting data privacy awareness and education. This year’s DPD events, sponsored by the National Cyber…

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FTC Reports Scammers Impersonating FTC

Original release date: January 26, 2021The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released information on scammers attempting to impersonate the FTC. The scammers operate an FTC-spoofed website that claims to provide…

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Cisco Releases Advisories for Multiple Products

Original release date: January 21, 2021Cisco has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple Cisco products. A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected…

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Apache Releases Security Advisory for Tomcat

Original release date: January 15, 2021The Apache Software Foundation has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Apache Tomcat. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability…

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RCE Vulnerability Affecting Microsoft Defender

Original release date: January 14, 2021Microsoft has released a security advisory to address a remote code execution vulnerability, CVE-2021-1647, in Microsoft Defender. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to…

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Microsoft Releases January 2021 Security Updates

Original release date: January 12, 2021Microsoft has released updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. A remote attacker can exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an…

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NSA Cybersecurity Directorate Releases 2020 Year in Review

Original release date: January 12, 2021The National Security Agency (NSA) Cybersecurity Directorate has released its 2020 Year in Review, outlining key milestones and mission outcomes achieved during NSA Cybersecurity’s first…

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Microsoft Releases Security Updates for Edge

Original release date: January 11, 2021Microsoft has released a security update to address multiple vulnerabilities in Edge (Chromium-based). An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of…

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