Seriously? Oracle *Again*?!

Oh joy. Another zero-day in Oracle products, because apparently they think security through obscurity is a viable strategy. This time it’s a critical vulnerability in WebLogic – surprise, surprise – that was quietly patched last week. “Quietly” meaning after the goddamn ShinyHunters ransomware gang leaked the exploit details. Fantastic work, team. Really inspiring confidence.

It affects a bunch of their usual suspects: WebLogic Server and Java SE. If you’re running any of that crap, you need to patch it NOW. Don’t bother asking what the vulnerability *does* specifically; it’s critical, meaning it lets attackers do bad things remotely without authentication. Like, really bad things. Think full system compromise, data theft, the whole nine yards.

Oracle isn’t saying much beyond “apply these updates.” Shocking. They never do. It’s always a frantic scramble to fix *their* mistakes after some script kiddie or ransomware outfit does their dirty work for them. And of course, they expect you to be on top of this immediately, even though they barely bothered to announce it.

Honestly, at this point I’m starting to think Oracle just wants to get hacked. It’s the only explanation for this level of incompetence. Go patch your systems before some loser decides to use this on you. You have been warned.

Source: BleepingComputer – Oracle’s Silently Fixes Zero-Day Exploit Leaked by ShinyHunters

Speaking of patching… I once had a sysadmin tell me they were “waiting for a good time” to patch a critical server. A *good time*. Like, when the planets align? When unicorns start delivering security updates? The server got pwned three days later. Three days. Don’t be that guy.

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