US-CERT warns of zero-day exploit of Windows

The United team Computer Emergency Team (US-CERT) warns with an announcement about a new exploit kit kit developed by the hacking group Shadow Brokers The new exploit kit is available for sale and targets Windows systems.

Earlier this week, rumors were released that wanted Shadow Brokers to try to sell a zero-day Windows for 750 Bitcoin, and US-CERT says it should take action immediately.
US-CERT

In its publication, the US-CERT states that the zero-day exploit targets a which is available on all Windows systems through the Server Message Block (SMB) feature. A successful attack allows an attacker to obtain sensitive information from the affected systems.

The team recommends Windows administrators to disable SMB v1 and block all versions of SMB at the network boundary by locking the TCP 445 μαζί με όλα τα σχετικά πρωτόκολλα στις θύρες UDP 137-138 και τη TCP 139, for all devices, even if the above measures could obviously have an impact on the smooth operation of the system.

For the time being, however, it is important to note that there is still no confirmation of this zero-day in Windows, by Microsoft itself that does not seem to know that there is an unpatched vulnerability.

https://www.us-cert.gov

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