Security News > 2020 > July > Hackers Scanning for Citrix Systems Affected by Recent Vulnerabilities
Hackers are apparently scanning the web for systems affected by the recently disclosed Citrix vulnerabilities, which the vendor suggested are less likely to be exploited.
Citrix informed customers earlier this week that it has patched a total of 11 vulnerabilities affecting its ADC, Gateway, and SD-WAN WANOP networking products.
Johannes Ullrich, dean of research at the SANS Technology Institute, reported on Thursday that a honeypot set up to capture attacks aimed at F5 Networks' BIG-IP systems recorded attempts to exploit two of the recent Citrix vulnerabilities.
Ullrich says their honeypot has been hit by attempts to download files and obtain information, which are likely part of scans looking for vulnerable Citrix systems.
"I firmly believe that when you don't provide technical details about vulnerabilities you are preventing defensive teams from creating proper detection and mitigation measures against security issues as well as preventing new security analysts and developers from learning from past mistakes. If other people hadn't created write-ups of the vulnerabilities they found, I wouldn't have been able to find these results you see here today," the researcher said.