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Several unpatched Linux-related security flaws were posted to public mailing lists in October, exposing technical details before fixes were ready.
Summary
The reports, submitted by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), include two critical flaws rated CVSS 9.0 that could let a remote attacker run code on systems using the Linux kernel’s KSMBD file server.
This is a brief wire summary, the full story (linked below) has the complete details.
KazaSec's take
Incidents like this rarely start with the headline event itself, they usually trace back to an exposed remote-access endpoint, an unpatched perimeter system, or a credential phished weeks earlier. The organizations that recover fastest are the ones that tested their defenses and their incident response plan before they needed them.
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