2020

Microsoft April 2020 Security Updates (with fixes for 2 zero-days)

Microsoft released the April 2020 Security Updates that includes 113 unique vulnerability fixes, 18 of those rated critical. The updates also include patches for two Adobe Font Manager zero day vulnerabilities disclosed in March.

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Oracle Critical Patch Update for April 2020

Oracle has released its Critical Patch Update for April 2020 to include 297 vulnerability fixes across multiple products. The company also continues to receive reports of remote attackers attempting to maliciously exploit unpatched vulnerabilities.

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5 Good Cybersecurity Lessons Learned From FTC Law Enforcement Actions

Several years ago, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a good video that is still highly relevent today. The video explains how companies can leverage NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework to greatly improve security in their organization. In this article, we highlight the five key tenants from the framework and how they could have possibly prevented FTC action and penalties.

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FBI warns of video-teleconferencing hijacking “Zoom-bombing”

As the COVID-19 crisis continues to spread, larger numbers of enterprises and learning organizations are moving meetings and classrooms online via video-teleconferencing (VTC) platforms. The FBI has issued a new warning of recent VTC attacks and also offered guidance on how to better security VTC platforms.

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APT41 launches broad cyber campaign with multiple exploits

Researchers from FireEye have discovered Chinese cyber threat group APT41 carry out a broad cyber campaign between January 20 and March 11, 2020. The actors have attempted to exploit vulnerabilities in Citrix NetScaler/ADC, Cisco routers, and Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central products against 75 FireEye customers.

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