A series of attacks that struck SonicWall VPN customers in recent months may be worse than initially thought. In early August, word got out that Akira ransomware was used in attacks against SonicWall ...
Security researchers have warned of another step change in the velocity of ransomware, after spotting the Akira group complete all stages of an attack within an hour. Halcyon said in a new report that ...
ReliaQuest warns Akira ransomware often spreads via compromised assets inherited during mergers and acquisitions Most infections stem from unpatched SonicWall SSL VPN appliances, exploited for lateral ...
A November 13, 2025, a Cybersecurity Advisory warned that new activity by the Akira ransomware variant “presents an imminent threat to critical infrastructure.” The Advisory was jointly issued by four ...
New Microsoft research disclosed disruption of a cybercrime operation known as Fox Tempest, a malware-signing-as-a-service (MSaaS) platform that enabled ransomware gangs and other threat actors to ...
Although SonicWall has provided a patch for a vulnerability for its VPN affecting its Gen5, Gen6, and Gen7 firewall appliances (which allowed threat actors unauthorized access to SonicWall appliances) ...
The Apache Software Foundation disputes claims that its OpenOffice project suffered an Akira ransomware attack, after the threat actors claimed to have stolen 23 GB of corporate documents. Apache ...