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Ransomware Groups Prioritize Defense Evasion for Data Exfiltration

Infosecurity Magazineby James Coker ()4 min read3
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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2018-13379
Unauthenticated Path Traversal in Fortinet FortiOS SSL VPN
9.8100%KEVRansomware
KEV
CVE-2020-1472
Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation (Zerologon) in Microsoft Netlogon Domain Controllers
5.599%KEVRansomwarePoC
KEV
CVE-2023-0669
Pre-Authentication Deserialization RCE in Fortra GoAnywhere MFT
7.2100%KEVRansomwarePoC ×3
KEV

From the original article

4 min read at infosecurity-magazine.com

Ransomware attackers are applying a significant focus on defense evasion tactics to increase dwell time in victim networks, according to a new report by Cisco Talos. This trend is a result of the shift to the double-extortion ransomware model, in which attackers aim to steal sensitive data and threaten to publish it online alongside locking down the victims’ systems.

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By James Coker · infosecurity-magazine.com

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