Huge cyber attack under way – 2.8 million IPs being used to target VPN devices


A wide range of Virtual Private Network (VPN) and other networking devices are currently under attack by threat actors trying to break in to wider networks, experts have warned.

Threat monitoring platform The Shadowserver Foundation warned about the ongoing attack on X, noting someone is currently using roughly 2.8 million different IP addresses to try and guess the passwords for VPNs and similar devices built by Palo Alto Networks, Ivanti, SonicWall, and others. Besides VPNs, the threat actors are going for gateways, security appliances, and other edge devices connected to the public internet.

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Source: MSN News


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