Microsoft warns that hackers are exploiting a severe Windows security flaw

[Chris Smith]

• Homeland Security issued a rare warning about a Windows Server vulnerability that would give attackers complete control of every computer on a network.
• The CISA warning said at the time that it assumes active exploitation is occurring in the wild, advising everyone to apply the August patch that Microsoft release.
• Microsoft on Thursday noted that it has already observed attacks that incorporate the new Windows flaw.

Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a rare emergency alert last week, over what appears to be one of the worst Windows flaws in recent history. Security researchers have identified a vulnerability so severe that it received a maximum severity score (10.0), prompting the agency to advise all governmental agencies to update their computers using Microsoft’s first patch for the issue that was launched a few weeks ago. The issue is so severe that a second update will be released early next year to further deal with the matter.

When CISA released the warning, it advised everyone to “go get patching,” including governmental agencies, state and local governments, private companies, and the general public. It also said at the time that it assumed that “active exploitation of this vulnerability is occurring in the wild.” Microsoft has since confirmed those assumptions, indicating that it found evidence of hackers taking advantage of the Zerologon vulnerability.

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