Trend Micro Screws the Pooch Again — Now Patching a Hole Big Enough to Drive a Fucking Truck Through

Well, guess what? Trend Micro — the crowd that’s supposed to keep your systems safe from all the digital vermin out there — managed to leave the goddamn front door wide open. Their so-called Apex Central management console had a lovely little critical remote code execution (RCE) flaw rated a whopping 9.1 out of 10 — which basically means, “come on in, hackers, the coffee’s hot.”

The fuck-up, labeled as CVE-2024-9763, could let some random internet goblin run arbitrary code right on your system — because apparently, good coding practices were taking a nap. Oh, but don’t worry! Trend Micro has graciously released a “patch” to fix the thing, probably after the interns stopped crying and the lawyers stopped hyperventilating. Naturally, the issue affects both on-prem and cloud-hosted setups, because why break one thing when you can break both?

You’d think a “security company” would know how to keep their own shit locked down, but nah — this is 2024, and the bar’s so low it’s lying in a digital ditch. If you’re actually using Trend Micro’s stuff, patch the damn thing immediately, or just unplug it and throw it out the window for extra security. Trend Micro claims there’s no “active exploitation” yet, which is corporate talk for “give it a week.”

So yeah, another day, another “oopsie” from the people paid to protect your network. Maybe next time they could try testing their products before unleashing them on the unsuspecting masses, but I won’t hold my breath. Been there, debugged that, set it on fire.

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