The threat actors behind a recently observed Qilin ransomware attack have stolen credentials stored in Google Chrome browsers on a small set of compromised endpoints.
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The attack, detected in July
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A PoC exploit has been released for a critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-41992) found in the Arcadyan FMIMG51AX000J model, as well as other devices using the same firmware version.
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This latest Log4j exploitation-based attack uses obfuscated LDAP requests to evade detection and executes malicious scripts, establishing persistence and exfiltrating data through encrypted channels.
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