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Real-time infrastructure status and threat intelligence for South African and global providers we depend on. SoftSol monitors every alert listed here and responds across managed client environments. Click What this means & how we respond on any item for context and assurance.
Infrastructure & Connectivity
SoftSol
Transit & Upstream
Check method: Globalping ICMP to Mann IT Intl gateway 102.218.205.193; International probes (New York, London, Frankfurt, Singapore) (4 probes, 4 packets each, OK when loss <= 20%)
Check method: Globalping ICMP to Mann IT SA gateway 102.218.205.193; South Africa probes (Johannesburg, Cape Town, Pretoria) (3 probes, 4 packets each, OK when loss <= 20%)
Check method: Globalping ICMP to Xneelo Intl gateway 156.38.217.49; International probes (New York, London, Frankfurt, Singapore) (4 probes, 4 packets each, OK when loss <= 20%)
Check method: Globalping ICMP to Xneelo SA gateway 156.38.217.49; South Africa probes (Johannesburg, Cape Town, Pretoria) (3 probes, 4 packets each, OK when loss <= 20%)
Check method: Operator portal reachability (TCP)
Hosting & Data Centres
Check method: Official Xneelo status feed / TCP fallback
Fibre & Open Access Networks
Local ISPs
Public DNS & Resolvers
Check method: Resolver endpoint reachability (TCP/443)
Check method: Resolver endpoint reachability (TCP/443)
Cloud Platforms
Check method: Official Google Cloud status feed
Check method: Official Azure RSS status feed
Check method: Synthetic TCP connection test to af-south-1 endpoint
Mobile Networks
Check method: Mobile operator portal reachability (TCP)
Subsea Cables
Check method: Cable operator portal reachability (TCP)
Check method: Cable operator portal reachability (TCP)
Check method: Cable operator portal reachability (TCP)
Regional Internet Registry
Check method: Official AFRINIC status feed / portal fallback
Provider maintenance
GUA (Guatemala City) on 2026-10-19
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Window: 2026-10-19 21:00 SAST – 2026-10-31 01:00 SAST
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Window: 2026-10-24 00:45 SAST – 2026-10-27 01:45 SAST
We will be performing scheduled maintenance in ICN (Seoul) datacenter between 2026-10-25 22:00 and 2026-10-26 07:00 UTC. Traffic might be re-routed from this location, hence there is a possibility of a slight increase in
Window: 2026-10-26 00:00 SAST – 2026-10-26 09:00 SAST
We will be performing scheduled maintenance in TPA (Tampa) datacenter on 2026-10-26 between 06:00 and 12:00 UTC. Traffic might be re-routed from this location, hence there is a possibility of a slight increase in latency
Window: 2026-10-26 08:00 SAST – 2026-10-26 14:00 SAST
We will be performing scheduled maintenance in ADL (Adelaide) datacenter on 2026-10-26 between 14:00 and 20:00 UTC. Traffic might be re-routed from this location, hence there is a possibility of a slight increase in late
Window: 2026-10-26 16:00 SAST – 2026-10-26 22:00 SAST
We will be performing scheduled maintenance in LHR (London) datacenter on 2026-10-27 between 02:00 and 05:00 UTC. Traffic might be re-routed from this location, hence there is a possibility of a slight increase in latenc
Window: 2026-10-27 04:00 SAST – 2026-10-27 07:00 SAST
We will be performing scheduled maintenance in BNA (Nashville) datacenter on 2026-10-27 between 06:00 and 12:00 UTC. Traffic might be re-routed from this location, hence there is a possibility of a slight increase in lat
Window: 2026-10-27 08:00 SAST – 2026-10-27 14:00 SAST
We will be performing scheduled maintenance in IAD (Ashburn) datacenter on 2026-10-27 between 06:00 and 10:00 UTC. Traffic might be re-routed from this location, hence there is a possibility of a slight increase in laten
Window: 2026-10-27 08:00 SAST – 2026-10-27 12:00 SAST
Threat Intelligence & Vulnerabilities
✓ No critical alerts in the last 48 hours.
🕐 Older alerts (10 items > 48 h)
USN-8954-1: zlib vulnerability
Ali Firas discovered that zlib incorrectly handled certain non-blocking write operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to trigger a heap buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service
USN-8953-1: OpenVPN vulnerability
It was discovered that OpenVPN incorrectly handled certificate subject fields. A remote authenticated user could possibly use this issue to impersonate other users.
USN-8952-1: Tornado vulnerabilities
It was discovered that Tornado did not properly handle certain HTTP requests and network inputs. An attacker could possibly use these issues to cause a denial of service, expose sensitive information,
USN-8890-2: libsoup vulnerabilities
USN-8890-1 fixed vulnerabilities in libsoup. This update provides the corresponding updates for libsoup3 on Ubuntu 26.10. Original advisory details: It was discovered that libsoup incorrectly handl
USN-8951-1: c-ares vulnerabilities
It was discovered that c-ares incorrectly parsed certain SOA replies. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause c-ares to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affect
USN-8947-1: NSS update
This update removes the "emSign ECC Root CA - G3" and "Comodo AAA Services root" CA certificate due to intermediate CA certificates being compromised.
USN-8950-1: poppler vulnerability
It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled the password length limit when decrypting certain encrypted PDF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
USN-8930-2: U-Boot vulnerabilities
USN-8930-1 fixed some vulnerabilities in U-Boot. This update provides the corresponding fix for U-Boot on Ubuntu 26.10. Original advisory details: Shahriyar Jalayeri and Mehrun P. Hunter discovered
USN-8949-1: Ghostscript vulnerabilities
Rick de Jager discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled memory under certain circumstances when processing PostScript documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a spec
USN-8948-2: PHP vulnerabilities
USN-8948-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Ubuntu 26.10. This provides the corrosponding updates in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 L
History for the last seven days
Connectivity and security snapshots are recorded every 15 minutes. Data older than seven days is purged automatically.
Y-axis: Operational (0), Degraded (1), Incident / active threat (2). Hover a point for the status text at that time.
Questions about an advisory?
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