Krebs on Security

JULY 8, 2019

But GandCrab far eclipsed the success of competing ransomware affiliate programs largely because its authors worked assiduously to update the malware so that it could evade antivirus and other security defenses. ” Dedserver also heavily promoted a virtual private networking (VPN) service called vpn-service[.]us

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Unpatched devices can give attackers privileged access to networks, particularly those set up as VPN virtual servers, ICA proxies, RDP proxies, or AAA servers. It is suspected that the Akira ransomware organization used an undisclosed weakness in Cisco VPN software to evade authentication. MFA should be enabled for all VPN users.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 11, 2024

JetBrains released a detailed blog post explaining the specific timeline of discovering the vulnerabilities, the conflict with Rapid7, and JetBrains’ stance on releasing vulnerability information. Whichever user’s privileges the attacker has exploited could then be used to create a remote access VPN session.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 19, 2024

March 8, 2024 150,000 Fortinet Secure Web Gateways Remain Exposed Type of vulnerability: Arbitrary code execution (ACE). The problem: The FortiOS SSL VPN feature vulnerability, CVE-2024-21762, disclosed February 8th , remains exposed to attack on nearly 150,000 devices according to the ShadowServer Foundation website.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Help telecommuting employees : Given the rise of mobile and the cloud, organizations would do themselves a great disservice if they exclude telecommuting employees from their security training programs. Through these initiatives, security personnel should make sure that this remote workforce has everything it needs to work securely.

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