UPDATE: ACSC confirms potential exploitation of BlueKeep vulnerability

Thousands of Australian businesses using older Windows systems should immediately install a patch to avoid being compromised.

The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) is aware of malicious activity that indicates potential widespread abuse of the BlueKeep vulnerability known as CVE-2019-0708, affecting older versions of Windows operating systems including the Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows XP, Server 2003 and Server 2008 operating systems.

A security researcher under the Twitter handle

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