Patchy Situation: Feds Race to Fix Vulnerability Before Cyber Grinches Strike Again!
CISA is urging agencies to patch the BT24-11 vulnerability before hackers turn it into a blockbuster sequel. This medium-severity flaw was found by BeyondTrust after a major data breach at the Treasury Department, thanks to the Silk Typhoon hacking group. It’s time to patch up before more cyber drizzles turn into storms!
Hot Take:
Who needs a Hollywood thriller when you have CISA, Silk Typhoon, and a plot twist involving a bug named BT24-11? Grab your popcorn, because this cybersecurity saga is more riveting than a high-stakes poker game — except the chips are your precious data!
Key Points:
- CISA is urging immediate action on a command injection flaw, CVE-2024-12686, also known as BT24-11.
- The flaw was discovered as part of a security investigation into BeyondTrust’s Remote Support SaaS Service.
- The investigation was prompted by a significant data breach at the US Treasury Department involving the Silk Typhoon hacking group.
- BeyondTrust has patched all cloud instances of their Remote Support service and released a patch for self-hosted versions.
- The vulnerability allows attackers with administrative privileges to execute commands as a site user.
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