{"id":2997,"date":"2020-11-23T17:39:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T17:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/windows-updates-get-serious-you-have-the-weekend-to-comply-homeland-security-says\/"},"modified":"2020-11-23T17:39:47","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T17:39:47","slug":"windows-updates-get-serious-you-have-the-weekend-to-comply-homeland-security-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/business-markets\/windows-updates-get-serious-you-have-the-weekend-to-comply-homeland-security-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Updates Get Serious: You Have The Weekend To Comply, Homeland Security Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Department of Homeland Security cybersecurity agency issues Windows Server exploit emergency &#8230; [+] directive Getty Images Windows security updates should always be taken seriously, of that there is no doubt. But when the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issues an emergency directive for a perfect 10, critical, Windows Server vulnerability, the urgency meter goes off the scale. This is a vulnerability that could enable an attacker with network access to gain admin status by sending a string of zeros using the Windows Netlogon protocol. A vulnerability that, CISA said, must be assumed as being actively exploited in the wild. 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