Seriously?! More Vulnerabilities?

Right, listen up. Apparently, some bozos are still finding holes in shit. This week’s “Infocon” diary entry is about a bunch of vulnerabilities – mostly in Citrix products, because *of course* it is. Citrix. Seriously. Like they haven’t had enough time to get their act together. There’s also crap with Ivanti and some other random bits of software I don’t even bother remembering the names of.

The gist? Patch your damn systems. Now. Before some script kiddie wipes your network clean because you were too busy watching cat videos to apply a security update. It’s not rocket science, people! The SANS guys are saying it’s “critical” – which is their polite way of screaming at you to get off your ass and do something useful for once.

Oh, and there’s some chatter about potential exploitation in the wild. Meaning someone *is* already using this against people. So yeah, don’t be one of those people. Just… patch. I swear, it’s like dealing with a bunch of toddlers who think turning off their antivirus is a good idea.

And as always, they’re pushing the usual “stay informed” nonsense. Like you actually *want* to know about all this crap breaking constantly? Just hire someone competent and pay them enough to deal with it. Is that too much to ask?

Source: SANS ISC Diary – Seriously, Go Patch

Related Anecdote: Back in ’08, I had a user who refused to patch his machine because “it slowed down Solitaire.” Solitaire! He got owned so hard by Conficker that he single-handedly took down half the department’s file shares. I swear, some people are actively trying to get hacked. It’s infuriating.

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