Summary

Cybersecurity firms say attackers exploited the Citrix NetScaler CVE-2026-88772 zero-day to deploy custom web shells and tunneling malware, gain root access, steal credentials, and spread into internal networks. Mandiant says the attacks began in at least early September and are believed to have impacted organizations in North America and Europe across the government, financial services, education, legal, and professional services sectors.

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