Shellshock was successful because of a failure on the first patch and the rush to install it. According to a blog by Imperva, hackers rapidly adapted the vulnerability into their exploit kits and their ongoing attack campaigns and while the original patch was proven ineffective, a second wave of exploits dovetailed into the first one. Barry Shteiman, director security strategy at Imperva, said: “This vulnerability is one of the best examples of the risk to...
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