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BlueKeep: There’s a Report For That

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BlueKeep: There’s a Report For That

BlueKeep exploits are on the rise—Syxsense allows you to see which of your devices are affected by this critical vulnerability.

With BlueKeep exploits looming large, knowing your exposed risk could save your time, money and business.

Syxsense has added the “BlueKeep At Risk Devices” report to every console. Our dynamic architecture helps you stay on top of emerging threats. To run the report, just go to reports, find BlueKeep and press the button.

In seconds, you will see a list of every device that hasn’t been scanned for the vulnerability and every device where the risk is detected. With a few more clicks you can deploy the patch to every device, rerun the report and prove to management that you are 100% compliant.

Click, know the facts, and secure. Experience a complete view of your IT environment with Syxsense.

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NSA Urging Users to Patch BlueKeep Vulnerability

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NSA Urging Users to Patch BlueKeep Vulnerability

The National Security Agency (NSA) is warning users that a new RDP vulnerability affecting Windows 7 and Windows XP systems is potentially “wormable."

The National Security Agency has recently issued an urgent advisory to all Windows-based administrators and users to ensure they are using a fully-patched and updated system.

Last month, Microsoft released additional security updates to protect against Bluekeep, a new security vulnerability considered a potentially ‘wormable’ flaw in the Remote Desktop (RDP) protocol (CVE-2019-0708). The vulnerability is present in the still-supported Windows 7, Vista, Server 2008 and Server 2008 R2, but also in legacy systems Windows XP and Server 2003, which is a rarity for Microsoft since Extended Support ended back in April of 2014.

The vulnerability can be easily exploited and weaponized by leveraging malware or even ransomware. Microsoft has even warned that the vulnerability can surely be as damaging as Wannacry. It only takes a bit of code designed to exploit it and spread pre-authentication without requiring any user interaction in the process. Once the vulnerability has been abused, it’s only a matter of time before it will infect not only the target host, but the rest of the environment, if left unpatched.

The NSA also believes this can easily evolve in time: “This is the type of vulnerability that malicious cyber actors frequently exploit through the use of software code that specifically targets the vulnerability. For example, the vulnerability could be exploited to conduct denial of service attacks. It is likely only a matter of time before remote exploitation code is widely available for this vulnerability. NSA is concerned that malicious cyber actors will use the vulnerability in ransomware and exploit kits containing other known exploits, increasing capabilities against other unpatched systems.”

The solution is simple: patch all Windows devices not only for the latest vulnerability but always, and if the devices are outside of mainstream or even extended support, like the legacy operating systems, it’s best to migrate to Microsoft’s latest OS, Windows 10.

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