A vulnerability impacting Fortinet VPNs is being exploited by a new human-operated ransomware strain known as Cring to breach and encrypt industrial sector companies’ networks.
Cring ransomware (also known as Crypt3r, Vjiszy1lo, Ghost, Phantom) was discovered by Amigo_A in January and spotted by the CSIRT team of Swiss telecommunications provider Swisscom.
The Cring operators drop customized Mimikatz samples, followed by CobaltStrike after gaining initial access and deploy the ransomware payloads by downloading using the legitimate Windows CertUtil certificate manager to bypass security software.
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Source: Bleeping Computer