What We Know A new critical zero-day vulnerability has been detected, is widely distributed, and is easily exploitable, allowing attackers to gain full control over affected servers. The vulnerability was identified within Apache Log4j 2, an open-source Java package used to enable logging in many popular applications. The issue can allow remote access to your computer through public servers you access running the Apache Log4j Java-based logging library.

On Jan 6th, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) updated their Emergency Directive 21-01 with supplemental guidance and activity alerts on the SolarWinds Orion Compromise. 

What We Currently Know We’ve all been following the news about the SolarWinds supply chain attack where threat actors exploited the company’s Orion software update to plant malware on corporate and government networks. The situation continues to unfold with new headlines announcing the scale of the attack, including an additional threat actor believed unrelated to the first attack.

Last night, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) updated their Emergency Directive 21-01 with supplemental guidance and activity alerts on the SolarWinds Orion Compromise. 

Many organizations have moved onto Office 365 and assumed that “Microsoft has got this.” No matter what SaaS-based platform you’re talking about, there will almost always be an expected shared responsibility to take care of and protect your data.

What Is the CARES Act? The Federal government enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ("CARES Act") which established the Coronavirus Relief Fund and appropriated $150 billion to it. 

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