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Major Vulnerability in Juniper Firewalls Found and Patched Last Thursday it was revealed the Juniper's ScreenOS operating system, which runs Juniper's firewalls, had a section of "unauthorized code" added to it as far back as 2012. The added code allows an attacker to remotely gain administrative access to the firewall and to decrypt encrypted VPN traffic. The issue affects versions 6.2.0r15 through 6.2.0r18 and 6.3.0r12 through 6.3.0r20, and a patch is currently available. Juniper states that they found the code during an internal code review and do not know how it got there. http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/12/unauthorized-code-in-juniper-firewalls-decrypts-encrypted-vpn-traffic/ ​ http://www.wired.com/2015/12/juniper-networks-hidden-backdoors-show-the-risk-of-government-backdoors/ http://forums.juniper.net/t5/Security-Incident-Response/Important-Announcement-about-ScreenOS/ba-p/285554 Major Vulnerability in FireEye Devices Found and Patched ...

Microsoft "Patch Tuesday" Includes Eight Critical and Four Important Fixes The last big batch of Microsoft patches for 2015 is indeed a big one. Eight of the patches are marked as "Critical" and allow for potential remote code execution. MS12-128 fixes a graphics vulnerability in all supported versions of Windows, as well as many versions of .NET Framework, Skype, Lync, and Office that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. MS15-124 fixes a number of critical vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer (all supported versions) that could allow a malicious web page to run arbitrary code on the vulnerable machine. MS15-131 affects MS Office 2007 and newer, and fixes six vulnerabilities that could allow a malicious Office document to run arbitrary code on a vulnerable machine. These three are the ones the affect the most widely-deployed software and are most easily exploitable, and they should be tested and deployed as soon as possible. MS15-127 affects DN...

US Department of the Interior Inspector General Report Details 19 Major Incidents at the Agency The Department of the Interior experienced nineteen major cyber incidents over the past several years that had been previously undisclosed. A large amount of sensitive data with economic value is believed to have been stolen. The report explains how several of the incidents were not detected for some time as well as the fact the the extent of some of the intrusions is still not fully known. A key lesson is that cyber incidents are often not readily apparent; it is not wise to assume you have not been compromised simply because you are not aware of a compromise. http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2015/11/interior-department-hacked-china-others-19-times/123990/?oref=ng-channelriver Microsoft Re-Issues Windows 10 Fix the Reset Some Users' Privacy Settings On November 24th, Microsoft re-issued a major Windows 10 update that was causing many users' privacy settings to reset t...