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Week in review: Ivanti fixes RCE vulnerability, Nissan breach affects 100,000 individuals
2024-03-24 09:00

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Ivanti Releases Urgent Fix for Critical Sentry RCE Vulnerability
2024-03-21 03:55

Ivanti has disclosed details of a critical remote code execution flaw impacting Standalone Sentry, urging customers to apply the fixes immediately to stay protected against potential cyber...

Ivanti fixes RCE vulnerability reported by NATO cybersecurity researchers (CVE-2023-41724)
2024-03-20 18:47

Ivanti has fixed a critical RCE vulnerability in Ivanti Standalone Sentry that has been reported by researchers with the NATO Cyber Security Centre. The vulnerability affects all supported version of Ivanti Standalone Sentry as well as older, unsupported ones.

Ivanti fixes critical Standalone Sentry bug reported by NATO
2024-03-20 17:08

Ivanti warned customers to immediately patch a critical severity Standalone Sentry vulnerability reported by NATO Cyber Security Centre researchers. Ivanti also fixed a second critical vulnerability in its Neurons for ITSM IT service management solution that enables remote threat actors with access to an account with low privileges to execute commands "In the context of web application's user."

Cybercrime crew Magnet Goblin bursts onto the scene exploiting Ivanti holes
2024-03-08 22:55

There's yet another group of miscreants out there hijacking insecure Ivanti devices: A new, financially motivated gang dubbed Magnet Goblin has emerged from the shadowy digital depths with a knack for rapidly exploiting newly disclosed vulnerabilities before vendors have issued a fix. The cybercrime crew has targeted US medical, manufacturing, and energy-sector organizations, according to Check Point, which said it spotted Magnet Goblin abusing security holes in Ivanti's code to break into networks back in January just one day after a proof-of-concept, or PoC, exploit was made public.

Five Eyes Agencies Warn of Active Exploitation of Ivanti Gateway Vulnerabilities
2024-03-01 06:26

The Five Eyes (FVEY) intelligence alliance has issued a new cybersecurity advisory warning of cyber threat actors exploiting known security flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure...

CISA cautions against using hacked Ivanti VPN gateways even after factory resets
2024-02-29 20:35

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency revealed today that attackers who hack Ivanti VPN appliances using one of multiple actively exploited vulnerabilities may be able to maintain root persistence even after performing factory resets. The authoring organizations encourage network defenders to assume that user and service account credentials stored within the affected Ivanti VPN appliances are likely compromised, hunt for malicious activity on their networks using the detection methods and indicators of compromise within this advisory, run Ivanti's most recent external ICT, and apply available patching guidance provided by Ivanti as version updates become available.

CISA warns against using hacked Ivanti devices even after factory resets
2024-02-29 20:35

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency revealed today that attackers who breached Ivanti appliances using one of multiple actively exploited vulnerabilities can maintain root persistence even after performing factory resets. CISA found that the Ivanti ICT failed to detect compromise while investigating multiple hacking incidents involving hacked Ivanti appliances.

Chinese Hackers Exploiting Ivanti VPN Flaws to Deploy New Malware
2024-02-29 05:49

At least two different suspected China-linked cyber espionage clusters, tracked as UNC5325 and UNC3886, have been attributed to the exploitation of security flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure VPN...

Top 4 Ivanti Competitors and Alternatives for 2024
2024-02-20 14:41

Ivanti Secure VPN is a popular remote access VPN solution used by businesses, organizations and governments worldwide. French cyberdefense search engine ONYPHE has said that 29,664 Ivanti Secure VPN appliances are connected to the internet.