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Main Points:
– Discovery of a critical flaw in Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway devices.
– Threat actors are exploiting this flaw to conduct a credential harvesting campaign.
– The flaw was uncovered by IBM X-Force last month.
– Adversaries are using this flaw (tagged as “CVE-2023-3519”) to attack unpatched NetScaler Gateways.
– The attack involves inserting a malicious script into the HTML content of the authentication web page to capture user.
Kind of like biting into a lemon without expecting it, we encounter a slew of sour news. Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway devices, which have had a smooth run until now, are facing a threat. Not just any threat, but one that’s been exploiting a critical flaw in these devices. The result: A malicious credential harvesting campaign.
Let’s give a round of “ctrl + alt + applause” to IBM X-Force, who stumbled upon this sly operation last month. To put it in simpler terms – they sniffed out the online mischief faster than you can say “password123”. There’s a hole in the system and adversaries are driving a truck through it. Gigabytes of a truck, actually.
Cybersecurity isn’t a game of tag, but it seems that our adversaries didn’t get the memo. They’ve tagged the flaw as “CVE-2023-3519” and they’re it. They are capitalizing on this by exploiting unpatched NetScaler Gateways, leaving no stone unturned, or in this case, no script unmalicious.
Malicious in tech is as healthy as that week-old pizza in your fridge. By inserting a script (think of it like putting anchovies on said pizza) into the HTML content of the authentication webpage, the baddies are collecting unsuspecting users’ credentials. They’re disrupting the code base, just like anchovies do to your palate.
In the banquet that is the cybersecurity world, a new uninvited guest has shown up in the form of a critical flaw in Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway devices. IBM X-Force blew the whistle on this nefarious activity tagged as “CVE-2023-3519”. Adversaries are deploying an unappetizing blend of malicious scripts into the HTML content of the authentication webpage to harvest user credentials. So buckle up, and let’s ensure our software patches are up-to-date, because as they say, “an update a day keeps the hackers at bay.”
Original Article: https://thehackernews.com/2023/10/citrix-devices-under-attack-netscaler.html
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