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Chinese national charged for hacking thousands of Sophos firewalls

Security Affairs

has charged a Chinese national for hacking thousands of Sophos firewall devices worldwide in 2020. has charged the Chinese national Guan Tianfeng (aka gbigmao and gxiaomao) for hacking thousands of Sophos firewall devices worldwide in 2020. Tianfeng worked at Sichuan Silence Information Technology Co., based Sophos Ltd.

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Veeam warns to install patches to fix a bug in its Backup & Replication product

Security Affairs

Veeam addressed a high-severity vulnerability in the Backup Service that impacts Backup & Replication software. Veeam addressed a high-severity vulnerability in the Backup Service, tracked as CVE-2023-27532 (CVSS v3 score: 7.5), that impacts all versions of Backup & Replication software versions.

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Building a Ransomware Resilient Architecture

eSecurity Planet

You have the disaster recovery (DR) site, backups, and storage area network (SAN) snapshots. As you try each one, that pit in your stomach grows as you experience the worst feeling in IT: the realization you have no backup for recovery. Your backups, the backup server, and all the backup storage — all encrypted by ransomware.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 493 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Operation Phobos Aetor: Police dismantled 8Base ransomware gang

Security Affairs

The Talos researchers discovered a number of features implemented by Phobos allowing operators to establish persistence in a targeted system, perform speedy encryption, and remove backups. Disable system recovery, backup and shadow copies and the Windows firewall. Embedded configuration with more than 70 options available.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 511 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

CISA adds Apple iOS and iPadOS and Mitel SIP Phones flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Attackers exploit recently disclosed Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS firewalls bug U.S. custody in exchange for Marc Fogel North Korea-linked APT Emerald Sleet is using a new tactic U.S.

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Medusa ransomware hit over 300 critical infrastructure organizations until February 2025

Security Affairs

The threat actors use PsExec to execute scripts, enable RDP access, and modify firewall rules. Encryption is executed using gaze.exe , which disables security tools, deletes backups, and encrypts files with AES-256 before dropping a ransom note. Attackers use Mimikatz to steal credentials.