Seriously? Another Week, Another Pile of Sh*t

Oh joy. It’s Thursday, which means another ISC Stormcast summary because apparently *someone* has to keep track of all the digital dumpster fires. Fine. Here’s what you need to know, and frankly, it should already be blocking your time if you’re doing security right.

The gist? A bunch of vulnerabilities are going around like a plague. We’ve got critical flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure (again, seriously?!), Citrix NetScaler ADC/Gateway, and some nasty stuff in VMware products. Basically, anything remotely popular is getting hammered. Expect exploitation kits to be flying faster than free pizza at a developer conference.

Specifically:

Ivanti Connect Secure (CVE-2024-41773): Still being exploited in the wild, despite patches. If you haven’t patched this *yesterday*, you deserve whatever happens to you.
Citrix NetScaler ADC/Gateway (CVE-2024-40935): Another remote code execution nightmare. Patch it. Now. Don’t even bother with a coffee break.
VMware ESXi (CVE-2024-38756, CVE-2024-38755): Remote code execution vulnerabilities in the VIX API. Because why *wouldn’t* your hypervisor be an easy target?

And as if that wasn’t enough: There’s chatter about a new phishing campaign targeting Microsoft accounts, and some concerning activity with Clop ransomware still lingering around. Like cockroaches after the apocalypse.

Bottom line: Patch everything you can, monitor your systems like a hawk, and assume you’re already compromised. Because you probably are. Don’t come crying to me when things go south; I told you so.

Link to the original misery here

Related Anecdote: Back in ’08, a client refused to patch their systems because “it would break things.” A week later, they got hit with Conficker. Spent three days cleaning up the mess while I sipped scotch and watched them sweat. They *still* didn’t learn their lesson. Some people just want to watch the world burn.

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