AnyDesk Compromised, Passwords Revoked
AnyDesk, which provides a remote desktop application providing access, file transfer, and VPN functionality for endpoints, has announced that its production systems have been compromised, and that it plans to revoke all its security-related certificates and reset all Web portal passwords as a precaution. The company assured its customers in a statement released late on…
CISA Orders Ivanti VPN Appliances Disconnected: What to Do
The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has given Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies 48 hours to rip out all Ivanti appliances in use on federal networks, over concerns that multiple threat actors are actively exploiting multiple security flaws in these systems. The order is part of the supplemental direction accompanying last week’s…
Volexity Catches Chinese Hackers Exploiting Ivanti VPN Zero-Days
The vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2023-46805 and CVE-2024-21887, affect fully patched Internet-facing Ivanti Connect Secure VPN appliances (formerly known as Pulse Secure) and were caught during in-the-wild zero-day exploitation. Ivanti, a company that has struggled with major security problems, released pre-patch mitigations for the new vulnerabilities but said comprehensive fixes will be released on a staggered…
Zero-day in Cisco ASA and FTD is actively exploited in ransomware attacks
Cisco warns that a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-20269) in Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) is actively exploited by ransomware groups to gain initial access to corporate networks. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit the vulnerability to conduct a brute force attack in an attempt to identify valid username and password combinations…
CISA Wants Exposed Government Devices Remediated In 14 Days
Researchers have discovered hundreds of devices running on government networks that expose remote management interfaces on the open Web. Thanks to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), that will change quickly — possibly too quickly, according to some experts. On June 13, CISA released Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 23-02, with the goal of eliminating…
Public exploit is now available for Cisco AnyConnect VPN client
An easy-to-use exploit was publicly released this week for a patched vulnerability that affects the widely used Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and Cisco Secure Client applications for Windows. Attackers could leverage the exploit to elevate their privileges on a victim’s system and take full control of it. Cisco Secure Client for Windows, previously known…
Iranian Hackers Deploy New Ransomware Against Israeli Firms
Security researchers have discovered an Iran-linked APT group carrying out a new chain of ransomware attacks using a new strain of malware against Israeli organizations. Researchers at Check Point found a ransomware strain called Moneybird that is reminiscent of the Iranian Agrius group’s previous campaigns. Agrius gained notoriety for targeting Israel-based entities with wiper variants,…
Zyxel firewall and VPN devices affected by critical flaws
Zyxel addressed two critical buffer overflow vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2023-33009 and CVE-2023-33010, that affect several of its firewall and VPN products. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can can trigger the flaws to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition and remote code execution on vulnerable devices. Below are the description for both issues provided by the vendor in…
What is Zero Trust Security? Breaking Down a Zero Trust Architecture
As cloud-based enterprises and remote workers continue to grow in popularity, the need to implement zero-trust security models has never been more relevant. But what is zero trust security? In short, zero trust security is a model founded on the assumption that no user or device can be trusted and must be verified — including…
Security tool adoption jumps, Okta report shows
Identity and access management (IAM) vendor Okta today released a report detailing app use and security trends among its broad user base. Among other trends it identified, the report found that zero trust security policies have become more common, and uptake of a wide range of security tools has been sharply on the rise. Okta…
