THthunderbong·Dec 20, 2023Submission
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Observed mentions: 2023-11-13 00:39:28 UTC to 2023-12-20 02:32:12 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Nov 13 | 2023-11-13 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-11-20 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 20 | 2023-11-20 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-11-27 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 27 | 2023-11-27 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-12-04 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 4 | 2023-12-04 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-12-11 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 11 | 2023-12-11 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-12-18 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 18 | 2023-12-18 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-12-25 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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3 sourcesWhat hasn't gotten enough attention here in my view is how astoundingly basic this exploit is.
https://github.com/GossiTheDog/scanning/blob/main/CitrixBlee...
You've got a single curl request to a web service that for magical reasons is running as root. There's no SELinux/jails/etc, and no logs written for this request.
Remember this next time someone wants to sell you a WAF: The Netscaler isn't some wiki application, one of the things it is sold for is specifically as a WAF.
In Comcast says hackers stole data of close to 36M Xfinity customersIt doesn't come much easier than the Citrixbleed exploit.
https://github.com/GossiTheDog/scanning/blob/main/CitrixBlee...
But I do think society needs to get over the "14 year old script kiddie" slur. The "Enterprise Architects" and "CISCO" being paid a fortune only to be victims of basic issues don't get to look their nose on the people who used a basic exploit.
In Australia locks down ports after ‘nationally significant’ cyberattack