Cyber Alert: CISA Flags Chrome Flaw & Perl Library Bug, Deadlines Loom for Federal Fix-Up

Federal agencies hustle as CISA flags ‘Spreadsheet::ParseExcel RCE’ and a Google Chrome bug. Patch or ditch by January 23, or the cyber boogeymen (with a penchant for Excel and browsers) will getcha!

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Looks like the code crunchers and Perl poets have a bit of a security snafu on their hands, and it's not just the usual suspects getting tangled in the web—Google Chrome's got its own heap of trouble. CISA's playing cybersecurity whack-a-mole, and the moles are winning. Time to patch up or pack up, folks!

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