Security News > 2024 > October > Critical Veeam Vulnerability Exploited to Spread Akira and Fog Ransomware
2024-10-14 08:55
Threat actors are actively attempting to exploit a now-patched security flaw in Veeam Backup & Replication to deploy Akira and Fog ransomware. Cybersecurity vendor Sophos said it has been tracking a series of attacks in the past month leveraging compromised VPN credentials and CVE-2024-40711 to create a local account and deploy the ransomware. CVE-2024-40711, rated 9.8 out of 10.0 on the
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Related Vulnerability
| DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-07 | CVE-2024-40711 | Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Veeam Backup & Replication 12.0.0.1420 A deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability with a malicious payload can allow an unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE). | 9.8 |