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SonicWall: Cloud Backup Compromise Impacts 5% of Base

🔒 SonicWall has disclosed a security incident affecting its cloud backup service for firewalls, reporting that threat actors accessed stored preference files for roughly 5% of its install base. While credentials inside those files are encrypted, exposed metadata such as serial numbers could enable future targeting. SonicWall said this was not a ransomware event but a series of brute-force attempts. Impacted customers are asked to check MySonicWall, restrict WAN access, follow the vendor's remediation checklist, and import a supplied preferences file that randomizes local passwords and IPSec keys.

Brute-force Attacks Target SonicWall Cloud Backups

🔒 SonicWall warned that brute-force attacks against its firewall API used for cloud backups may have exposed preference files stored in customers' MySonicWall.com portals. The vendor has disabled the cloud backup capability and is urging admins to restrict or disable SSLVPN and Web/SSH management over the WAN, then reset passwords, keys, and secrets. Less than 5% of the install base had backups in the cloud, but that could still affect thousands of organizations. SonicWall has provided remediation guidance and will notify customers if their accounts show impacted serial numbers.

SonicWall urges credential resets after MySonicWall breach

🔐 SonicWall says firewall configuration backup files in certain MySonicWall accounts were exposed in a security incident and is urging customers to reset credentials immediately. The company reports it cut off attacker access and is working with cybersecurity and law enforcement to investigate. SonicWall published an Essential Credential Reset checklist to help administrators update passwords, API keys, tokens and related secrets and to restrict WAN access before making changes.

Akira Ransomware Exploits Unpatched SonicWall VPNs

🚨 The Australian Cyber Security Centre has observed increased exploitation of SonicWall SSL VPNs by the Akira ransomware group, leveraging CVE-2024-40766. The vulnerability, patched over a year ago, affects SonicWall Gen 5 and Gen 6 appliances and Gen 7 devices running SonicOS 7.0.1-5035 and earlier. Organisations remain at risk if they did not both install firmware updates and immediately rotate administrative credentials after migration. Security vendors Rapid7 and Recorded Future report automated intrusions tied to this issue; operators are advised to patch, reset passwords, restrict VPN access and enable robust MFA.

Akira Ransomware Reuses Critical SonicWall SSLVPN Bug

🔒 The Akira ransomware gang is actively exploiting CVE-2024-40766 to target unpatched SonicWall SSL VPN endpoints and gain unauthorized network access. SonicWall released a patch in August 2024 and warned that exposed credentials could allow attackers to configure MFA or TOTP and bypass protections. Administrators should apply the vendor update, rotate local SSLVPN passwords, enforce MFA, mitigate Default Group risks, and restrict Virtual Office Portal access.

Akira Exploits SonicWall SSL VPN Flaw and LDAP Settings

🔒 Rapid7 and SonicWall report a surge in intrusions tied to the Akira ransomware group exploiting a year-old SSL VPN vulnerability, CVE-2024-40766 (CVSS 9.3), and LDAP misconfigurations that retained local passwords during migrations. Attackers are brute-forcing credentials, abusing SonicWall's Virtual Office defaults to enable mMFA/TOTP, and using loaders like Bumblebee to deploy AdaptixC2 and persistent tools. SonicWall urges rotating local accounts, enabling Botnet Filtering and Account Lockout, enforcing MFA, restricting Virtual Office access, and reviewing LDAP default groups.