• The sky is not falling: DejaBlue (aka BlueKeep II, III, IV, V) are not being exploited in the wild

    Posted on August 14, 2019 at 14:55 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    I’m hearing a lot of saber rattling, urging folks to install the latest Patch Tuesday patches to guard against the newly-discovered BlueKeep variants. One blog says, “So patch your PCs and spread the word. Millions of users around the world refuse to update their versions of Windows but, in this case, the threat is immediate, viral and very real.”

    Horsepucky.

    Permit me to remind you that BlueKeep itself hasn’t been reliably exploited. The threat is real, but it’s not viral or immediate.

    That said, Kevin Beaumont thinks these new exploits may be able to circumvent Microsoft’s recommended “mitigation”: NLA may not break the infection chain.

    I’ll be keeping a close eye on developments. In the meantime, I still don’t see any pressing reason to install this month’s patches — and I’m seeing more and more reports of bugs.

    We’re still at MS-DEFCON 2.

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