NSA Releases Advisory on Mitigating Recent VPN Vulnerabilities

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NSA Releases Advisory on Mitigating Recent VPN Vulnerabilities [ 
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2019/10/07/nsa-releases-advisory-mitigating-recent-vpn-vulnerabilities ] 
10/07/2019 05:41 PM EDT 
Original release date: October 7, 2019

The National Security Agency (NSA) has released an advisory on advanced persistent threat (APT) actors exploiting 
multiple vulnerabilities in Virtual Private Network (VPN) applications.A remote attacker could exploit these 
vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) encourages administrators to review NSA's Cybersecurity 
Advisory [ https://media.defense.gov/2019/Oct/07/2002191601/-1/-1/0/CSA-MITIGATING-RECENT-VPN-VULNERABILITIES.PDF ] and 
CISA's Current Activity on Vulnerabilities in Multiple VPN Applications [ 
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2019/07/26/vulnerabilities-multiple-vpn-applications ] for more 
information and apply the necessary updates or mitigations.

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