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CISA warns of threat actors targeting "a known, previously patched, vulnerability" found in SonicWall Secure Mobile Access 100 series and Secure Remote Access products with end-of-life firmware. CISA urges users and administrators to review the SonicWall security notice and upgrade their devices to the latest firmware or immediately disconnect all end-of-life appliances.
Security vendor SonicWall is warning customers to patch its enterprise secure VPN hardware to thwart an "Imminent ransomware campaign using stolen credentials" that's exploiting security holes in current models and those running legacy firmware. In a Thursday security notice, the company reported that researchers at Mandiant identified "Threat actors actively targeting" three SMA 100 models and nine older SRA-series secure VPN products no longer supported by SonicWall.
Security vendor SonicWall is warning customers to patch its enterprise secure VPN hardware to thwart an "Imminent ransomware campaign using stolen credentials" that's exploiting security holes in current models and those running legacy firmware. In a Thursday security notice, the company reported that researchers at Mandiant identified "Threat actors actively targeting" three SMA 100 models and nine older SRA-series secure VPN products no longer supported by SonicWall.
Networking equipment maker SonicWall is alerting customers of an "Imminent" ransomware campaign targeting its Secure Mobile Access 100 series and Secure Remote Access products running unpatched and end-of-life 8.x firmware. The warning comes more than a month after reports emerged that remote access vulnerabilities in SonicWall SRA 4600 VPN appliances are being exploited as an initial access vector for ransomware attacks to breach corporate networks worldwide.
Network appliance vendor SonicWall has issued an urgent security notice to warn of imminent data-encrypting ransomware attacks targeting known - and already patched - firmware vulnerabilities. The San Jose, Calif.-based SonicWall said its own threat-intelligence indicates that ransomware actors are "Actively targeting" security defects in its Secure Mobile Access 100 series and Secure Remote Access products running unpatched and end-of-life 8.x firmware.
SonicWall has issued an "Urgent security notice" warning customers of ransomware attacks targeting unpatched end-of-life Secure Mobile Access 100 series and Secure Remote Access products. "Through the course of collaboration with trusted third parties, SonicWall has been made aware of threat actors actively targeting Secure Mobile Access 100 series and Secure Remote Access products running unpatched and end-of-life 8.x firmware in an imminent ransomware campaign using stolen credentials," the company said.
SonicWall has issued an "Urgent security notice" warning customers of ransomware attacks targeting unpatched end-of-life Secure Mobile Access 100 series and Secure Remote Access products. "Through the course of collaboration with trusted third parties, SonicWall has been made aware of threat actors actively targeting Secure Mobile Access 100 series and Secure Remote Access products running unpatched and end-of-life 8.x firmware in an imminent ransomware campaign using stolen credentials," the company said.
A researcher at Positive Technologies has described the potential impact of a recently addressed command injection vulnerability affecting SonicWall's Network Security Manager product. The security hole affects the on-premises versions of SonicWall NSM only and can be exploited through specially crafted HTTP requests sent to the vulnerable application.
SonicWall announced three new high-performance firewall models for enterprises and large organizations - NSa 4700, NSa 6700 and NSsp 13700 - designed to accelerate network throughput, stop advanced cyberattacks like ransomware, and securely connect millions of users. The new SonicWall NSa 4700 and NSa 6700 next-generation firewalls deliver 18 and 36 Gbps of firewall throughput - three times the previous comparable SonicWall appliances.
Building on momentum from the company's 'Generation 7' cybersecurity platform evolution, SonicWall is experiencing record growth across all segments, including enterprise, small- and medium-sized businesses and government. "We have been hard at work to deliver the technology, services and programs our partners and customers need in order to stay ahead of cyber threats - including ransomware - that are outpacing organizations' traditional security postures," said SonicWall President and CEO Bill Conner.