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Flax Typhoon Exploits Five Flaws as CISA Sets October 11 Deadline for Federal Agencies

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What happened

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added five security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following their abuse by a China-linked threat actor (the person or group behind an attack) known as Flax Typhoon.

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