I am not a robot: ClickFix used to deploy StealC and Qilin
The fake human verification process led to infostealer and ransomware infections
The fake human verification process led to infostealer and ransomware infections
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) recommend that organizations conduct thorough testing and manage costs, which can be hefty, before implementing the platforms.
These latest attacks follow a long string of cyberattacks and breaches targeting US and global telecom and ISP companies.
Attackers are pouncing on financially strapped US government agencies and furloughed employees. And the effects of this period might be felt for a long time hereafter.
Ransomware defense requires focusing on business resilience. This means patching issues promptly, improving user education, and deploying multifactor authentication.
Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alert about an authentication bypass vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiweb WAF that could allow an attacker to take over admin accounts and completely compromise a device. “The watchTowr team is seeing active, indiscriminate in-the-wild exploitation of what appears to be a silently patched vulnerability in Fortinet’s FortiWeb product,” Benjamin Harris,
The now-fixed vulnerability involved a major travel services company that’s integrated with dozens of airline websites worldwide.