Seriously?! More Vulnerabilities?

Right, listen up. Because apparently some people need it spelled out for them. The SANS ISC diary is, as usual, full of shit you should already be handling if you weren’t actively trying to get hacked. This week’s flavor of the month? A bunch of vulnerabilities in various software – mostly stuff that gets patched every five goddamn minutes anyway.

We’ve got issues with Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure (because *of course* we do), a critical RCE in PaperCut, and some other nonsense I honestly can’t be bothered to detail. The usual suspects are getting hammered again. If you’re running this crap unpatched, you deserve whatever comes your way. Seriously.

They also bleat on about the importance of patching and vulnerability management. No *shit*, Sherlock. It’s like reminding people to breathe. And they mention CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog (KEV). Like anyone actually keeps up with that thing in real-time.

Oh, and there’s a section on the Green Infocon level – meaning things are actively being exploited. So yeah, get your asses moving if you haven’t already. Don’t come crying to me when your systems are ransomware-locked because you were too lazy to apply a patch.

Honestly, it’s just… exhausting. People keep making the same mistakes. It’s infuriating. Go patch your shit. Now.

Source: https://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?rss

Related Anecdote (Because I Feel Like Venting)

I once had to clean up a system that hadn’t been patched in *three years*. Three. Years. It was running Windows XP, naturally, and riddled with more malware than a back alley clinic. The user? Complained the whole time about how “slow” their computer was. Slow?! It was practically a brick at that point. I swear, some people actively try to get compromised just to give me grey hairs.

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