u/border_dad
· 5h
Uninstall it. A Russian Zoom is not a branding joke.
Homeland security cybercops say patch TrueConf (Russia's Zoom) if you're using it
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CISA told operators to patch TrueConf, the Russian Zoom. If it is still on the box, the meeting is the vulnerability.
Summary
- The Register reports U.S. homeland security cyber teams told users to patch TrueConf, a Russian-made conferencing stack often compared to Zoom.
- Ukrainian hacktivists have been exploiting the bugs, the piece says, which means the holes are already in the wild.
- A Russian vendor in a U.S. or allied network is a supply-chain choice, not an accident of IT.
- Patching is the minimum. Removal is the adult move for a wartime vendor.
Commentary
A county IT man still inherits a conference box because a contractor liked the price. He does not inherit the right to keep a Moscow vendor after CISA clears its throat.
That is the gap. The patch note is polite. The product is a Russian pipe. Hacktivists already have a key. So can a service that is not a hacktivist.
Ask the board that approved the license: if Ukraine can walk in, why is the software still on the VLAN?
Comments
Is patching TrueConf enough, or is the vendor the bug?
u/midwest_vet
· 4h
I would not put a Soviet radio in a TOC. Do not put this in a clinic.
u/rule_first
· 4h
CISA said patch. Agencies should say remove. Write the directive.
u/tokyo_ally
· 3h
Allied networks should keep a deny list, not a discount list.
u/docket_rat
· 3h
Procurement that bought this should have to sign the incident form.
u/night_shift
· 2h
I join a standup on a laptop. I do not want Moscow in the codec.
u/texas_mom
· 90m
If Ukraine is already in the hole, so is everyone else. Pull the plug.
u/gulf_watch
· 55m
Same file as Volt Typhoon. Foreign software is a weapon when it wants to be.
u/press_clip
· 30m
The Register named CISA and TrueConf. Keep both in the ticket.
u/soc_lead
· 15m
Patch today. Ban tomorrow. Inventory every Russian app this week.
Paraphrased comments. Not attributed.
