CRN

ConnectWise ScreenConnect Vulnerability Seeing Exploits: CISA

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is seeing active exploits related to the ConnectWise ScreenConnect vulnerability that was reported earlier last week. Vulnerabilities ...
TechCrunch

Hackers are exploiting ConnectWise flaws to deploy LockBit ransomware, security experts warn

Security experts are warning that a pair of high-risk flaws in a popular remote access tool are being exploited by hackers to deploy LockBit ransomware — days after authorities announced that they had ...
The Business Journals

Threat actors exploit popular ConnectWise security tool called ScreenConnect after vulnerability

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min The growing number of ...
Yahoo

ConnectWise hit by nation-state cyberattack, some ScreenConnect customer systems affected

ConnectWise has revealed it recently suffered a cyberattack, likely at the hands of a “sophisticated nation state actor.” In a short announcement published on its website, the company said it recently ...
TechRadar

North Korean hacking group attacks ScreenConnect flaws to drop dangerous new malware

North Korean state-sponsored threat actors were observed using the recently discovered ScreenConnect vulnerabilities to steal sensitive data from their targets. A new report from Kroll shared with ...
IT News For Australia Business

ConnectWise patches critical ScreenConnect vulnerability

ConnectWise has disclosed two vulnerabilities, one critical, in its ScreenConnect remote desktop application. The critical bug, CVE-2024-1709, was described by security company Horizon3 in an X post ...
Yahoo News UK

Researchers warn high-risk ConnectWise flaw under attack is 'embarrassingly easy' to exploit

Security experts are warning that a high-risk vulnerability in a widely used remote access tool is "trivial and embarrassingly easy" to exploit, as the software's developer confirms malicious hackers ...
Computer Weekly

ConnectWise users see cyber attacks surge, including ransomware

Cyber attacks against vulnerable instances of the ConnectWise ScreenConnect remote management platform are now being observed following the disclosure of a critical vulnerability in the service, ...
CRN

ConnectWise Control Was Used By Bad Actors: Blackpoint Cyber

“We hate to see any software products used for malicious purposes, but unfortunately, remote control tools are used for this purpose all too frequently,” said ConnectWise Chief Product Officer Jeff ...
SourceSecurity

Critical security vulnerabilities identified in ConnectWise ScreenConnect by Gotham Security researchers

Gotham Security, an Abacus Group company providing high-quality boutique cybersecurity services, has announced that its research team recently discovered two vulnerabilities in ConnectWise ...
Computer Weekly

Cyber experts alarmed by ‘trivial’ ConnectWise vulns

A pair of newly disclosed vulnerabilities in a widely used remote desktop access application beloved of managed services providers (MSPs) is drawing comparisons to the July 2021 cyber attack on Kaseya ...