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Hackers are abusing a vulnerability in a popular Veeam product to try and deployransomwareagainst their targets.

Some of theseVPNswere even running unsupported software versions, it was said.

Ransomware

It has a severity score of 9.8 (critical).

The vulnerability affected previous versions of VBR, particularly version 12.1.2.172 and earlier.

Admins were advised to upgrade to the latest version to mitigate the risk of exploitation.

In total, Sophos researchers observed four attack attempts so far.

Sophos X-Ops continues to track this threat behavior.

ViaThe Hacker News

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