Juniper Releases Out-of-band Security Advisory for ScreenOS

I realize that as I post this most of who read this the subject isn't in their day-to-day responsibilities, but folks; this is a REALLY BIG deal.


Reading the information it says that the unauthorized code they found in the FIREWALLS they create have had this problem since the release of their 6.2 version. That was seven (plus) years ago in 2008. To go on and read you'll see where the access allowed the attacker to delete any references to their presence in the log files.


So even if this isn't your cup of tea you may want to pass this along to someone in your IT department because Juniper Firewalls are pretty popular.


Read More:
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2015/12/17/Juniper-Releases-Out-band-Security-Advisory-ScreenOS