The Fallout from "CitrixBleed"

On December 18, 2023, Comcast Xfinity filed a notice to the Attorney General of Maine disclosing an exploited vulnerability in one of Xfinity's software providers, Citrix, that has jeopardized almost 36 million customers' sensitive information.
While the vulnerability was made in August of 2023, the telecommunications solutions provider announced patches in October, but it already had mass exploitation weeks after the patch was reported.
Kiran Chinnagangannagari, CTO, CPO & co-founder, Securin, shares how a vulnerability like this causes so much damage.
Chinnagangannagari implores companies to look for ways to mitigate risk.


This Cyber News was published on www.cybersecurity-insiders.com. Publication date: Thu, 21 Dec 2023 03:13:08 +0000


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