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Chinese threat actors, known as BrazenBamboo, are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Fortinet's FortiClient Windows VPN client to steal credentials. The hackers use a custom post-exploitation toolkit called DeepData, which includes a FortiClient plugin to extract usernames, passwords, and VPN s…

Two critical vulnerabilities in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS, CVE-2024-0012 and CVE-2024-9474, have been disclosed. CVE-2024-0012 is an authentication bypass allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to gain admin privileges, while CVE-2024-9474 is an authenticated privilege escalation bug. These can …

A critical authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2024-0012) in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software allows unauthenticated attackers to gain administrator privileges on affected devices. The issue affects PAN-OS versions 10.2, 11.0, 11.1, and 11.2, but not Cloud NGFW or Prisma Access. Limited expl…

A Chinese state-affiliated threat actor, BrazenBamboo, has exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Fortinet's Windows VPN client to steal user credentials. The vulnerability allows extraction of login information from the FortiClient process memory. BrazenBamboo uses two malware families: DEEPDATA, a…

Since early August, there has been a significant increase in Fog and Akira ransomware intrusions targeting SonicWall SSL VPN users across various industries. The attacks appear opportunistic rather than targeting specific sectors. All affected devices lacked patches for CVE-2024-40766. Initial acce…

A new ransomware called Fog has been identified, affecting education and recreation centers in the United States. The threat actors gain access through compromised VPN credentials, disable Windows Defender, and deploy the ransomware. Fog is a 32-bit EXE file compiled using Microsoft Visual C/C++. I…

While the vulnerability CVE-2023-27532 was made public in March 2023 and subsequently patched by Veeam for versions 12/11a and later for Veeam Backup & Replication software, Group-IB’s Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) team recently observed a notable incident related to this vulnerabi…

This analysis examines an attack where a threat actor compromised a Korean company's ERP server, initially accessing it through a poorly secured MS-SQL service. The actor installed a web shell, stole credentials, and ultimately set up SoftEther VPN on the server, likely to use it as part of a comma…