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Hacktivist Group Twelve Targets Russian Entities with Destructive Cyber Attacks

The Hacker Newsby @TheHackersNews ()4 min read3
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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2021-21972
Unauthenticated RCE in VMware vCenter Server vSphere Client Plugin
9.8100%KEVRansomwarePoC ×3
KEV
CVE-2021-22005
Path Traversal File Upload RCE in VMware vCenter Server (Analytics Service)
9.8100%KEVRansomwarePoC
KEV

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4 min read at thehackernews.com

A hacktivist group known as Twelve has been observed using an arsenal of publicly available tools to conduct destructive cyber attacks against Russian targets. "Rather than demand a ransom for decrypting data, Twelve prefers to encrypt victims' data and then destroy their infrastructure with a wiper to prevent recovery," Kaspersky said in a Friday analysis.

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