MS-ISAC

Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center

Alert Level:

The Current Cyber Alert Level is: Guarded

On March 15, 2010, the Cyber Alert Level is remaining at Blue (Guarded) due to vulnerabilities found in Apache HTTP server, Windows Movie Maker, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Internet Explorer. One Informational Bulletin, three Advisories, and one Update to a previous Advisory were issued last week. Organizations and users are advised to update and apply all appropriate vendor security patches as soon as they become available and to continue to update their antivirus signatures daily. Another line of defense includes user awareness training regarding the threats posed by attachments and hypertext links contained in emails especially from un-trusted sources.

The Current Cyber Threat Advisory is: Elevated

The Current Physical Threat Advisory is: Elevated

The Current Threat Level is: AlertCon 1

AlertCon 1 reflects the malicious, determined, global, 24 x 7 attacks experienced by all networks

The Current Threat Level is: Elevated

• Vulnerability in Internet Explorer Could Allow Remote Code Execution
• Vulnerability in Windows Movie Maker and Microsoft Producer Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS10-016)
• Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS10-017)
• Vulnerability in Internet Explorer Could Allow Remote Code Execution
• Multiple Security Vulnerabilities found in Apache HTTP Server Could Allow Remote Code Execution