Oh, *Wonderful*. F5 Got Pwned. Again.

Right, listen up you lot. Apparently, F5 Networks – those geniuses who make ridiculously overpriced network appliances – have had a rather significant security incident. A “nation-state actor” (read: someone with actual skills and patience) managed to snag source code for their BIG-IP line. Yes, the source code. Like, everything.

They’re claiming it’s limited to older versions, but let’s be real, how many sysadmins are running *only* the latest and greatest? Probably not enough. This means vulnerabilities galore are about to become public knowledge, giving every script kiddie and their mother a field day exploiting your networks. Expect zero-days popping up faster than you can say “emergency patching”.

The attackers used a one-time use (OTU) key that was somehow compromised – details are sketchy, naturally. F5 is scrambling to assess the damage and tell everyone it’s not *as* bad as it looks. Yeah, right. They’re also pushing out guidance, which basically amounts to “update everything now if you haven’t already, you negligent twits”.

So, congratulations F5, you’ve handed the keys to a lot of insecure systems on a silver platter. And congrats to all the security teams who are about to have a very long month. Honestly, I’m surprised it didn’t happen sooner.

Source: The Hacker News

Speaking of source code leaks, I once had to debug a custom firewall rule written by an intern who thought commenting was optional. Found out the entire logic relied on a hardcoded IP address that belonged to his *girlfriend’s* house. Seriously. People are idiots. And F5? Well, they’re just enabling them.

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