07/02/2023
Cyber Security Schools Audit

In May 2022, 805 schools across the United Kingdom took part in the second nationwide audit of cybersecurity in schools. The Audit was run in partnership between the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC, part of… More »

News & Blog
07/11/2022
Successful completion of our Full Fibre Project for rural schools.

emPSN have completed the Rural Gigabit Connectivity, securing full fibre gigabit services to 126 schools in Lincolnshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland, and their communities. Our Project The project launched in May 2019, with the primary… More »

News & Blog
03/11/2022
OpenSSL vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-3602, CVE-2022-3786) could cause denial of service – Action Recommended

Summary: In late October 2022, reports emerged of an impending OpenSSL update for a critical vulnerability. On November 1, OpenSSL version 3.0.7 was released to address two high-severity buffer overflow vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-3602 and CVE-2022-3786) impacting… More »

Service Updates
12/10/2022
Cyber Security

What is a Cyber Attack? A Cyber Attack is the process of attempting to steal data or gaining unauthorised access to computers and networks to carry out a data breach. The goal of a cyber-attack… More »

News & Blog
30/09/2022
Exploitation of Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-41040, CVE-2022-41082)

Summary: On September 29, 2022, the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) confirmed attacks exploiting two reported zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-41040 and CVE-2022-41082) in Microsoft Exchange Server. The issues affect on-premises Microsoft Exchange Server versions 2013, 2016,… More »

Service Updates
19/05/2022
Exploitation for VMware Vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-22972 and CVE-2022-22973)

Summary: On May 18, 2022, VMware disclosed two vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-22972 and CVE-2022-22973) in VMware Workspace ONE Access, VMware Identity Manager (vIDM), vRealize Lifecycle Manager, vRealize Automation, and VMware Cloud Foundation products. On the same day,… More »

Service Updates
31/03/2022
Spring4Shell Vulnerability

Summary: As identified by Jisc, one of our trusted support partners a 0-day Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in Spring Core, a popular Java framework for building Java applications, has been identified. The RCE vulnerability… More »

Service Updates
02/03/2022
Cyber Security Training

What is a Cyber Attack? A Cyber Attack is any attempt to expose, alter, destroy, steal or gain unauthorised access to make unauthorised use of an asset. The incidents can be financially driven, taking advantage… More »

News & Blog
03/02/2022
Proof-of-concept exploit available for critical Samba vulnerability (CVE-2021-44142)

Summary: On February 1, 2022, proof-of-concept exploit code was published for a critical Samba remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2021-44142). Samba is used for file and print services in Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems. It… More »

Service Updates

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