Security News

SonicWall Issues Patches for a New Critical Flaw in SMA 100 Series Devices
2021-09-24 22:41

Network security company SonicWall has addressed a critical security vulnerability affecting its Secure Mobile Access 100 series appliances that can permit remote, unauthenticated attackers to gain administrator access on targeted devices remotely. Tracked as CVE-2021-20034, the arbitrary file deletion flaw is rated 9.1 out of a maximum of 10 on the CVSS scoring system, and could allow an adversary to bypass path traversal checks and delete any file, causing the devices to reboot to factory default settings.

SonicWall fixes critical bug allowing SMA 100 device takeover
2021-09-24 06:19

SonicWall has patched a critical security flaw impacting several Secure Mobile Access 100 series products that can let unauthenticated attackers remotely gain admin access on targeted devices. The SMA 100 series appliances vulnerable to attacks targeting the improper access control vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-20034 includes SMA 200, 210, 400, 410, and 500v. There are no temporary mitigations to remove the attack vector, and SonicWall strongly urges impacted customers to deploy security updates that address the flaw as soon as possible.

HelloKitty ransomware is targeting vulnerable SonicWall devices
2021-07-17 15:44

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.

SonicWall Warns Secure VPN Hardware Bugs Under Attack
2021-07-15 15:41

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.

SonicWall Warns Firewall Hardware Bugs Under Attack
2021-07-15 15:41

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.

Ransomware Attacks Targeting Unpatched EOL SonicWall SMA 100 VPN Appliances
2021-07-15 03:21

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.

SonicWall Warns of Imminent Ransomware Attacks Targeting Firmware Flaw
2021-07-14 20:45

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 warns of 'critical' ransomware risk to EOL SMA 100 VPN appliances
2021-07-14 15:39

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 warns of 'critical' ransomware risk to SMA 100 VPN appliances
2021-07-14 15:39

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.

Researcher Describes Potential Impact of Recently Patched SonicWall NSM Flaw
2021-07-06 13:51

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.