{"id":242060,"date":"2026-07-10T12:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T16:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/10\/initial-access-broker-linked-to-weaponization-of-citrixbleed2-flaw\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T12:45:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T16:45:06","slug":"initial-access-broker-linked-to-weaponization-of-citrixbleed2-flaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/10\/initial-access-broker-linked-to-weaponization-of-citrixbleed2-flaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Initial access broker linked to weaponization of CitrixBleed2 flaw"},"content":{"rendered":"

Initial access broker linked to weaponization of CitrixBleed2 flaw<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.cybersecuritydive.com\/news\/initial-access-broker-citrixbleed2-flaw-DragonForce\/824961\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-07-10 12:25:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.cybersecuritydive.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Author: <\/a><\/p>\n

Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. <\/p>\n

An initial access broker weaponized a critical vulnerability known as CitrixBleed 2 in a series of attacks during the first half of 2026 across multiple organizations, according to a report\u00a0released Thursday by the security company Huntress.\u00a0
\nAfter exploiting the vulnerability, the hackers escalated privileges, created rogue local administrator accounts and established persistence with legitimate remote access tools, including ScreenConnect and Zoho Assist.\u00a0
\nAbout a half-dozen cases between January and June followed a consistent playbook. In the most advanced case, the attackers deployed DragonForce ransomware, Huntress researchers said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the incident that progressed to ransomware, the speed the adversary operated with was their singular advantage \u2014 ransomware was deployed almost immediately following the execution of the local privilege escalation script \u2014 leaving little time for defenders to respond,\u201d Michael Tigges, principal tactical response analyst at Huntress, told Cybersecurity Dive.\u00a0
\nThe cases all involved very similar attack patterns. Only one of the cases led to deployment of DragonForce ransomware.\u00a0
\nHuntress is urging organizations using Citrix NetScaler to patch their systems and apply other additional measures.\u00a0
\nThe vulnerability is related to insufficient input validation in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway that leads to memory overread when NetScaler is configured as Gateway or virtual server, according to Citrix. The flaw was exploited in a number of attacks in 2025.\u00a0
\nCitrix released guidance on the vulnerability last year.\u00a0
\nRelated campaign
\nIn April, researchers at Sophos spotted a similar pattern of activity, tracking the cluster under the name STAC3725. Those attacks involved the abuse of QEMU, an open-source machine emulator.\u00a0
\nThe flaw is similar to the same 2023 vulnerability known as CitrixBleed that led to a massive wave of attacks against major companies, including Comcast, a subsidiary of Boeing and other organizations.<\/p>\n

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