Cybersecurity Dive November 22, 2023
LockBit 3.0 affiliates targeted a unit of Boeing and federal authorities have alerted almost 300 organizations they are vulnerable to attack.
Dive Brief:
- Criminal threat groups and nation-state actors are exploiting a critical vulnerability in Citrix Netscaler ADC and Netscaler Gateway to launch attacks, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and FBI warned on Tuesday.
- Affiliates of LockBit 3.0 exploited the vulnerability — dubbed CitrixBleed by researchers — to gain access into Boeing’s parts and distribution unit and exfiltrate data, as part of a suspected ransomware attack, according to federal authorities.
- CISA, through its ransomware vulnerability warning program, has notified almost 300 organizations they were running vulnerable instances of the devices and needed to take mitigation measures before they...