We’d like to notify you of upcoming systems maintenance scheduled for our core infrastructure in schools. This maintenance will be carried out over a two-week period between Monday 15 and Friday 26 April from 8am to 10pm. During this time, schools may experience an...
Advisory: XZ Utils vulnerability (CVE-2024-3094)
We’re aware of a critical vulnerability impacting XZ Utils, where malicious code was inserted into a library that could allow for remote code execution via Secure Shell Protocol (SSH). XZ is a general-purpose data compression format present in nearly every Linux...
Outage in the Northland/Whangārei area
Update: We believe this issue is now resolved. If you have any queries, please give our Customer Support team a call on 0800 LEARNING (532 764) We’re aware of an outage that may be impacting schools in the Northland/Whangārei area. Our team are in the process of...
FortiClient Remote Access – Qualcomm Wi-Fi adapter connection issue
We’re aware of an issue where laptops using a Qualcomm FastConnect 6900 Wi-Fi adapter are unable to connect to the FortiClient IPSec Remote Access VPN. There is no fix currently available and we’re working with the vendors to see if there are any validated...
Advisory: Apache Struts 2 vulnerability (CVE-2023-50164)
We’re aware of a vulnerability with the Apache Struts 2 application framework, which is used to develop web applications, that could allow an attacker to upload malicious files and run remote code execution (RCE) on the target server. Schools using products impacted...
Maintenance scheduled for 17 January
We’d like to notify you of upcoming maintenance scheduled for our core infrastructure. This maintenance will be carried out between 5pm - 10pm Wednesday 17 January, and schools may experience intermittent disruption to their internet connection during this timeframe....
Maintenance scheduled for Wed 28 February
We’d like to notify you of upcoming maintenance for the Ruckus controllers. This maintenance will be carried out today, Wednesday 28 February between 10am – 10pm, and schools may experience intermittent disruption to their internet connection during this timeframe....
Advisory: Microsoft Exchange Server and Outlook vulnerabilities
We're aware of two critical zero day vulnerabilities impacting the following Microsoft products: Exchange Server (CVE-2024-21410) Outlook (CVE-2024-21413) Microsoft has released security updates for both vulnerabilities. If you have an Exchange Server, we recommend...
Maintenance scheduled for 11 March
We’d like to notify you of upcoming maintenance scheduled for our core infrastructure. This maintenance will be carried out between 8pm - 10pm Monday 11 March, and schools may experience intermittent disruption to their internet connection during this timeframe....
Upcoming changes to Google, Yahoo and Xtra email services and the impact to N4L’s Mail Relay
From 1 February 2024, Google, Yahoo and Xtra email services will require bulk email senders to have additional email security protocols in place to help reduce spam and phishing emails. This means schools and kura will need to take action to ensure emails, such as...