The FBI says backup right now, as in today, because these ongoing attacks have moved away from phishing to something even more dangerous.
you need to pay attention to. I mean, that should go without saying, but ignoring other attack methodologies is akin to burying your head in the sand while someone steals your bucket and spade afterward. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has just published a new security advisory warning of one such non-phishing attack being exploited in an ongoing and particularly dangerous ransomware campaign known as Ghost .
“The FBI has observed Ghost actors obtaining initial access to networks by exploiting public facing applications that are associated with multiple Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures,” the advisory said, “Their methodology includes leveraging vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiOS appliances, servers running Adobe ColdFusion, Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Exchange, commonly referred to as the ProxyShell attack chain.
“This advisory from the FBI and CISA highlights that the Ghost ransomware operation is utilising vulnerability exploits to gain access to organisations, which is divergence from the typical ransomware attacks that are executed via social engineering,” Simon Phillips, chief technology officer at SecureAck, said, “Given that the products Ghost targets are designed for businesses and the CVEs being exploited are so outdated, this highlights an urgent need to reinforce fundamental security...
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