2018
CZ.NIC Publications has issued a book on the Perl programming language by Pavel Satrapa
The aim of this almost 300-page book is to guide the reader through the interesting world of the Perl programming language. The new publication is no…
National Cyber and Information Security Agency issued warning about Huawei and ZTE
National Cyber and Information Security Agency issued warning about software and hardware products from the following chinese companies:
Huawe…
New version of phpMyAdmin patches several vulnerabilities
New version of phpMyAdmin (one of the most popular and widely used MySQL database management systems) was released. Among other bug fixes, the newest…
Elections To The Associations's Supervisory Board And Collegium
The CZ.NIC Collegium meeting, which took place on November 22, Vlastimil Pečínka and Jan Redl were re-elected to the Supervisory Board for the next t…
SamSam ransomware
US-CERT team issues a warning to inform computer network defenders about SamSam ransomware. So far it seems that the threat gains access through vul…
The CZ.NIC Association Changes The Wholesale Domain Prices
This is the first change in the wholesale price of the .CZ domain in the last almost seven years.
From January 1 next year, the CZ.NIC Association wil…
The 'How to Use the Internet' Comic Book Now a Sequel
The book is a loose continuation of the educational series How to Use the Internet and the comic book of the same name. In the twelve stories, comic …
Password-less sign-in with Microsoft account
Microsoft turned on the ability to securely sign in with your Microsoft account using a standards-based FIDO2 compatible device—no username or passwo…
CZ.NIC has gained the highest possible recognition of the TF-CSIRT for its security team
The national security team CSIRT.CZ run by the CZ.NIC Association, the administrator of the Czech national domain, has gained “certified” status with…
CZ.NIC has gained the highest possible recognition of the TF-CSIRT for its security team
Among more than 40 Czech security teams, CSIRT.CZ is the second to boast this prestigious status.
The national security team CSIRT.CZ run by the CZ.NI…
The 'On-line ZOO': A Children's Book That Teaches Safe Behavior On The Internet
The book explains in a fun way the most common risks associated with Internet use to children of pre-school and younger school age. It is primarily i…
VMware Releases Security Updates
VMware has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to …
Jaromír Talíř from CZ.NIC selected to the Boards of important Internet institutions
Jaromír Talíř, Technical Partner of the CZ.NIC Association, has been selected a member of the Board of Directors of the international organization DN…
CyberExchange project strengthens cooperation of security teams across Europe
The CyberExchange project reacts to the increasing threats in the cybersecurity area and the necessity of cross-border cooperation in the fight again…
New Privilege Escalation Flaw Affects Most Linux Distributions
An Indian security researcher has discovered a highly critical flaw in X.Org Server package that impacts OpenBSD and most Linux distributions, includ…
The CZ.NIC Association provides its DNS services to the Canadian national domain administrator
For several years now, in a similar way the CZ.NIC Association has been hosting domains for smaller registries: Macedonia, Tanzania and Angola. These…
VMware Releases Security Advisory
VMware has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability in ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to …
Microsoft Releases October 2018 Security Updates
Microsoft has released updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabiliti…
Just Answering A Video Call Could Compromise Your WhatsApp Account
Google Project Zero security researcher Natalie Silvanovich found a critical vulnerability in WhatsApp messenger that could have allowed hackers to r…
New Exploit for MikroTik Router WinBox Vulnerability Gives Full Root Access
A known vulnerability in MikroTik routers is potentially far more dangerous than previously thought.A cybersecurity researcher from Tenable Research …
Google Project Zero Discloses New Linux Kernel Flaw
Google Project Zero this week disclosed the details and released a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a potentially serious Linux kernel vulnerabilit…
ecent MikroTik vulnerability exploited in the wild
It has been noted that, that recently patched MikroTik vulnerability CVE-2018-14847 is being exploited in the wild. Security patches were issued in A…
3D Printers in The Wild, What Can Go Wrong?
Richard wrote a quick diary yesterday about an interesting information that we received from one of our readers. It's about a huge amount of OctoPrin…
Expert publicly disclosed exploit code for Windows Task Scheduler Zero-Day
A security researcher has publicly disclosed the details of zero-day privilege escalation vulnerability affecting all Microsoft’s Windows operating s…
Microsoft Releases August 2018 Security Updates
Microsoft has released updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabiliti…
Samba Releases Security Updates
The Samba Team has released security updates to address several vulnerabilities in Samba. An attacker could exploit one of these vulnerabilities to t…
Adobe Releases Security Updates
Adobe has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat and Reader, Adobe Experience Manager, Adobe Flash Player, and Adobe C…
VMware Releases Security Updates
VMware has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in vSphere, Workstation, Fusion, and Virtual Appliances. An attacker could exploit th…
Steam game Abstractism pulled after cryptomining accusations
Valve has pulled a game from its online Steam store after allegations were made that it was exploiting players’ computer resources to mine for crypto…
Samsung Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in SmartThings Hub
Samsung has patched a series of critical vulnerabilities in its SmartThings Hub, which could be exploited to execute OS commands or other arbitrary c…
Google Releases Security Update for Chrome
Google has released Chrome version 68.0.3440.75 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This version addresses vulnerabilities that an attacker could exploit to…
Apache Releases Security Updates for Apache Tomcat
The Apache Software Foundation has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0.M9 to 9.0.9, 8.5.0 to 8.5.31,…
Oracle Releases Critical Patch Update
Oracle releases Critical Patch Updates that contains security fixes for 334 products across all the families. Around third of vulnerabilities fixed a…
Guthub adds security vulnerability alerts for Python
By the end of the last year Github introduced security alerts for known vulnerabilities in dependencies of projects. At first it supported only Ruby …
Apple Releases Security Updates
Apple has released a security updates for macOS, iOS, iTunes and others to address multiple vulnerabilities. An attacker could exploit some of these …
Adobe Releases Security Updates for its products
Adobe has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Flash Player, Acrobat Reader, Adobe Connect a Adobe Experience Manager. A remote at…
New security updates from Microsoft
New security updates from Microsoft Microsoft has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in its products. A remote attacker could ex…
Mozilla Releases Security Update
Mozilla has released a security update to address multiple vulnerabilities in Thunderbird. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to…
Wi-Fi Alliance introduces WPA3
Wi-Fi Alliance introduces Wi-Fi CERTIFIED WPA3 the next generation of Wi-Fi security, bringing new capabilities to enhance Wi-Fi protections in perso…
Cisco Releases Security Updates
Cisco has released several updates to address vulnerabilities affecting multiple products. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilit…
The organizers of CSNOG meeting published the presentations and videos
In the Programme section there are presentations of all participants, including representatives of CESNET, ČTÚ, CZ.NIC, Facebook, ISC, NIX.CZ or RIPE…
New security updates for Chrome
Google has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities …
New security updates from Microsoft
Microsoft has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in its products. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to …
New security updates from VMware
VMware has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in VMware AirWatch Agent. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take …
CZ.NIC has become a full member of INHOPE
The proper membership in INHOPE came as the culmination of a two-year process during which CZ.NIC had to meet a number of international standards.
The…
The CZ.NIC Association Finished the Replacement of The Security Key Protecting the .CZ TLD
A transition to a new system for securing the Czech national domain was successfully completed today at 1:30 PM. The last step was the removal of old…
Adobe Releases Security Updates for Flash Player
Adobe has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Flash Player. A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control…
Mozilla Releases Security Update
Mozilla has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Firefox and Firefox ESR. A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to…
Apple Releases Security Updates
Apple has released a security update for macOS High Sierra and supplemental updates for Sierra and El Capitan to address multiple vulnerabilities. An…
CZ.NIC Transitions to the New Sec. System for the .CZ Domain, Administrators Should Check Their DNS
The new ECDSA key is based on elliptic curve technology and CZ.NIC has been using it to secure its main internet domain nic.cz for almost two years.
T…