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Veeam B&R RCE vulnerability CVE-2024-40711 is exploited in attacks
Veeam B&R RCE vulnerability CVE-2024-40711 is exploited in attacks. On September 24, there were no signs of this vulnerability being exploited in the wild. And on October 10, Sophos X-Ops reported that they had observed a series of attacks exploiting this vulnerability over the course of a month. The attackers’ goal was to install Akira […]
Veeam B&R RCE vulnerability CVE-2024-40711 is exploited in attacks. On September 24, there were no signs of this vulnerability being exploited in the wild. And on October 10, Sophos X-Ops reported that they had observed a series of attacks exploiting this vulnerability over the course of a month. The attackers’ goal was to install Akira and Fog ransomware. 🤷♂️
The thesis of my original post was correct. The absence of reports on the exploitation of vulnerabilities in real attacks is not a reason to ignore them.
_“This does not mean that attackers do not exploit these vulnerabilities. It is possible that targeted attacks using these vulnerabilities have simply not yet been reliably confirmed.”
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🟥 Positive Technologies classifies the vulnerability as trending since September 10th.
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