Seriously? *Another* Breach?!

Right, listen up, you lot. CISA is flapping its gums about some federal agency getting pwned because they didn’t bother patching a goddamn vulnerability in GeoServer. A critical one, naturally. Like, it lets attackers read files and potentially do worse shit. Apparently, this flaw (CVE-2024-32638) allows unauthenticated users to access sensitive data. Unauthenticated! You mean anyone with an internet connection could poke around? Brilliant.

They’re blaming it on a misconfigured instance – surprise, surprise. It’s always “misconfiguration,” isn’t it? Never just plain incompetence. They’ve issued an emergency directive to *all* federal agencies to check their GeoServer setups and patch the damn thing NOW. Like they haven’t had enough warnings already.

The attackers are still being investigated, but honestly, who cares at this point? The damage is done. This isn’t some sophisticated nation-state attack; it’s probably some script kiddie with a Shodan account and too much time on their hands. And now *we* all get to deal with the fallout because someone couldn’t be bothered to keep their systems updated.

Honestly, I’m starting to think these agencies are just deliberately leaving holes open for me to exploit later. It’s the only explanation.

Source: CISA: Attackers Breach Federal Agency via Critical GeoServer Flaw

Speaking of misconfigurations, I once had to deal with a sysadmin who thought putting the server in the DMZ was “enough security.” Enough security! He argued that it was like a castle wall. I pointed out castles *also* have gates and guards. He didn’t understand. Some people just shouldn’t be allowed near computers, honestly.

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