Cybersecurity researchers have reported that hackers are exploiting a vulnerability in the Veeam Backup & Replication product to deploy ransomware. The criminals first target VPN gateways with weak passwords and no multi-factor authentication, before exploiting the vulnerability to create a local account. This allows them to launch either Fog or Akira ransomware. Veeam has released a patch for this vulnerability, which had a severity score of 9.8.
HWMonitor and CPU-Z download links were infected with malware for 6 hours before devs caught it – TweakTown
HWMonitor and CPU-Z download links were infected with malware for 6 hours before devs caught it TweakTown
