Seriously? Another Week, Another Pile of Sh*t

Oh joy. It’s Friday, 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 getting smacked around like a piñata at a particularly violent birthday party. We’ve got critical flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure (again – seriously, *again*?!), Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway, and some nasty stuff in VMware Aria Operations for Networks. Expect exploitation kits to be flying faster than my patience on a Monday morning.

Specifically:

• Ivanti Connect Secure/NetScaler: These are getting hammered with authentication bypasses. If you’re running these, patch NOW. Like, stop reading this and go patch it. I swear to god…
• VMware Aria Operations for Networks: Remote code execution? Fantastic. Just what we needed. More holes for the bad guys.

There’s also chatter about a new phishing campaign targeting Microsoft accounts, because of *course* there is. And some more run-of-the-mill malware nonsense. Honestly, it’s all just variations on a theme: people are still clicking things they shouldn’t and software vendors can’t write secure code.

Bottom line: Update everything. Assume you’re already compromised. Drink heavily. It’s the only way to get through this mess.

Link to the original misery here

Related Anecdote: Back in ’08, I had a sysadmin tell me he didn’t need to patch his servers because “they weren’t internet-facing.” I pointed out that internal networks are still networks. He lost data three weeks later. Three. Weeks. Some people just *want* to be hacked, honestly.

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