SANS Stormcast Tuesday, August 12th, 2025: Erlang OTP SSH Exploits (Palo Alto Networks); Winrar Exploits; Netscaler Exploits; OpenSSH Pushing PQ Crypto; (#)

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SANS Stormcast Tuesday, August 12th, 2025: Erlang OTP SSH Exploits (Palo Alto Networks); Winrar Exploits; Netscaler Exploits; OpenSSH Pushing PQ Crypto; Erlang OTP SSH Exploits A recently patched and easily exploited vulnerability in Erlang/OTP SSH is being exploited. Palo Alto collected some of the details about this exploit activity that they observed. https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/erlang-otp-cve-2025-32433/ WinRAR Exploited WinRAR vulnerabilities are actively being exploited by a number of threat actors. The vulnerability allows for the creation of arbitrary files as the archive is extracted. https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/winrar-zero-day-under-active.html Citrix Netscaler Exploit Updates The Dutch Center for Cyber Security is updating its guidance on recent Citrix Netscaler attacks. Note that the attacks started before a patch became available, and attackers are actively hiding their tracks to make it more difficult to detect a compromise. https://www.ncsc.nl/actueel/nieuws/2025/07/22/casus-citrix-kwetsbaarheidhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/netherlands-citrix-netscaler-flaw-cve-2025-6543-exploited-to-breach-orgs/ OpenSSH Post Quantum Encryption Starting in version 10.1, OpenSSH will warn users if they are using quantum-unsafe algorithms https://www.openssh.com/pq.html keywords: citirx; netscaler; openssh; ssh; erlang; otp; winrar;