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Cring Ransomware Gang Exploits 11-Year-Old ColdFusion Bug
Unidentified threat actors breached a server running an unpatched, 11-year-old version of Adobe’s ColdFusion 9 software in minutes to remotely take over control and deploy file-encrypting Cring ransomware on the target’s network 79 hours after the hack. The server, which belonged to an unnamed services company, was used to collect timesheet and accounting data for payroll as well as to host a<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheHackersNews/~4/USuDSvrWDUo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>
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