America’s Cyber Defense Agency, CISA, has warned a Microsoft Windows kernel vulnerability is now being exploited in the wild —here’s what you need to know and do.
As part of the Department of Homeland Security, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency takes its role in helping to protect the U.S. from hack attacks very seriously indeed. So, when it adds a Microsoft Windows kernel security vulnerability to the, and says you have until Jan. 6, 2025, to update, you should take this notice equally seriously. Here’s what you need to know about CVE-2024-35250 .
Although details of how this vulnerability is actually being exploited in the attacks that have led CISA to add it to the catalog, the cybersecurity outfit which first disclosed CVE-2024-35250 hasMystery Drones Saga: Federal Agencies Say Sightings Are Mix Of Legal Drones, Aircraft And Stars CISA’s KEV catalog is aimed squarely at federal agencies and employees, with legal implications for updating within a set time period laid out...
Binding Operational Directive 22-01: Reducing the Significant Risk of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities . If this all sounds a bit formal and big government, that’s because it is. However, that’s not a reason to think the advice doesn’t apply to you.
The good news is that you should have already applied the fix, which came as part of the Patch Tuesday security round-up in June, unless you are very lax in your patch management responsibilities. If, for whatever reason, you have not been keeping on top of your Windows security updates, may I suggest now is the time to rectify that. Especially as this particular vulnerability affects pretty much all versions from Windows 10 and Windows Server 2008 onwards.
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