FBI and CISA Issue Joint Alert Warning That Hackers Are Exploiting Zerologon, In Some Cases Against Election Systems

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The FBI and DHS’s cybersecurity arm CISA issued an alert on Friday evening, saying they detected hackers exploiting a critical Windows vulnerability known as Zerologon against state and local governments. Some of the attacks are being used to breach networks used to support elections. To gain initial access, the attackers exploit vulnerabilities in firewalls, VPNs, and other products from companies including Juniper, Pulse Secure, Citrix (formerly NetScaler), and Palo Alto Networks. All of the vulnerabilities have been patched, and the two government agencies urge admins to implement those patches. (Dan Goodin / Ars Technica)

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