Category Archives: Security Alerts

Original release date: November 25, 2014 Systems Affected Microsoft Windows NT, 2000, XP, Vista, and 7 Overview On November 24, 2014, Symantec released a report on Regin, a sophisticated backdoor Trojan used to conduct intelligence-gathering campaigns. At this time, the Regin campaign has not … Continue reading →

Latest alert from   Systems Affected Microsoft Windows Vista, 7, 8, and 8.1 Microsoft Server 2003, Server 2008, Server 2008 R2, Server 2012, and Server 2012 R2 Overview A remote escalation of privilege vulnerability exists in implementations of Kerberos Key … Continue reading →

National Cyber Awareness System: TA14-318A: Microsoft Secure Channel (Schannel) Vulnerability (CVE-2014-6321) 11/14/2014 10:32 AM EST   Original release date: November 14, 2014 Systems Affected Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 Microsoft Windows … Continue reading →

National Cyber Awareness System: TA14-318B: Microsoft Windows OLE Automation Array Remote Code Execution Vulnerability 11/14/2014 05:42 PM EST Original release date: November 14, 2014 Systems Affected Microsoft Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, RT, and RT 8.1 Microsoft Server 2003, Server … Continue reading →

National Cyber Awareness System: TA14-317A: Apple iOS “Masque Attack” Technique 11/13/2014 09:17 AM EST Original release date: November 13, 2014 Systems Affected iOS devices running iOS 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1, and 8.1.1 beta. Overview A technique labeled “Masque Attack” allows … Continue reading →

In a release from United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team it was announced that Microsoft would be ending its support for Windows 2003 Server from July 14th 2015. If you haven’t already done so I would suggest  now is the … Continue reading →

Systems Affected Microsoft Windows Overview Since mid-October 2014, a phishing campaign has targeted a wide variety of recipients while employing the Dyre/Dyreza banking malware. Elements of this phishing campaign vary from target to target including senders, attachments, exploits, themes, and … Continue reading →

The following is an alert from the US-Cert alert system to test if your system is vulnerable try cut and pasting the following line in the command line prompt on your Unix or Linux System env x='() { :;}; echo … Continue reading →