Samba Releases Security Update for CVE-2020-1472

Original release date: September 21, 2020The Samba Team has released a security update to address a critical vulnerability—CVE-2020-1472—in multiple versions of Samba. This vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to…

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CISA Releases Emergency Directive on Microsoft Windows Netlogon Remote Protocol

Original release date: September 18, 2020The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released Emergency Directive (ED) 20-04 addressing a critical vulnerability— CVE-2020-1472—affecting Microsoft Windows Netlogon Remote Protocol. An unauthenticated…

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CERT/CC Releases Information on Critical Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Netlogon Remote Protocol

Original release date: September 17, 2020The CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) has released information on CVE-2020-1472, a vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows Netlogon Remote Protocol. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability…

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Adobe Releases Security Update for Media Encoder

Original release date: September 16, 2020Adobe has released a security update to address vulnerabilities in Media Encoder. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to obtain sensitive information. The Cybersecurity and…

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Iran-Based Threat Actor Exploits VPN Vulnerabilities

Original release date: September 15, 2020The Cybersecurity Security and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have released a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory on an Iran-based malicious…

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Exploit for Netlogon Remote Protocol Vulnerability, CVE-2020-1472

Original release date: September 14, 2020The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is aware of publicly available exploit code for CVE-2020-1472, an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Microsoft’s Netlogon. Although…

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CISA Insights: Email-Based Attacks on Elections-Related Entities

Original release date: September 10, 2020The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released CISA Insights: Actions to Counter Email-Based Attacks on Elections-Related Entities in light of increased sophisticated phishing…

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ACSC Releases Annual Cyber Threat Report for 2019–2020

Original release date: September 10, 2020The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has released its annual report on key cyber threats and statistics from 2019–2020. The report highlights that phishing and…

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