Sophos
Sophos discloses critical Firewall remote code execution flaw
Sophos has addressed three vulnerabilities in its Sophos Firewall product that could allow remote unauthenticated threat actors to perform SQL injection, remote code execution, and gain privileged SSH access to devices. The vulnerabilities affect Sophos Firewall version 21.0 GA (21.0.0) and older, with the company already releasing hotfixes that are installed by default and permanent fixes […]
US sanctions Chinese firm for hacking firewalls in ransomware attacks
The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned Chinese cybersecurity company Sichuan Silence and one of its employees for their involvement in a series of Ragnarok ransomware attacks targeting U.S. critical infrastructure companies and many other victims worldwide in April 2020. According to the Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Sichuan Silence is a Chengdu-based cybersecurity […]
Custom “Pygmy Goat” malware used in Sophos Firewall hack on govt network
UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has published an analysis of a Linux malware named “Pigmy Goat” created to backdoor Sophos XG firewall devices as part of recently disclosed attacks by Chinese threat actors. Last week, Sophos published a series of reports dubbed “Pacific Rim” that detailed five-year attacks by Chinese threat actors on edge networking devices. One […]