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What do Boeing, an Australian shipping company, the world's largest bank, and one of the world's biggest law firms have in common? All four have suffered cybersecurity breaches, most likely at the hands of teenage hackers, after failing to patch a critical vulnerability that security experts have warned of for more than a month, according to a post published Monday.
[...] All four companies have confirmed succumbing to security incidents in recent days, and China's ICBC has reportedly paid an undisclosed ransom in exchange for encryption keys to data that has been unavailable ever since.
[...] After the CitrixBleed exploit grants initial remote access through software known as Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, LockBit escalates its access to other parts of the compromised network using tools such as Atera, which provides interactive PowerShell interfaces that don't trigger antivirus or endpoint detection alerts. This access remains even after CitrixBleed is patched unless administrators take special actions.
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Saturday November 18 2023, @03:49PM
..."after failing to patch a critical vulnerability..."
Looks like it's not closed source's fault this time to me. Don't you ever patch your Linux box? I did mine yesterday, a couple weeks ago I even had to boot it for a kernel patch. Yes, the way Microsoft patches makes one not want to, but that's different.
And even lazy closed source users don't lose any data they've backed up. Anyone who doesn't back up is a brain-dead moron, or doesn't give a damn about their employer's data.
Impeach Donald Saruman and his sidekick Elon Sauron