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SonicWall has revealed that the recent spike in activity targeting its Gen 7 and newer firewalls with SSL VPN enabled is related to an older, now-patched bug and password reuse. "We now have high confidence that the recent SSL VPN activity is not connected to a zero-day vulnerability," the company said. "Instead, there is a significant correlation with threat activity related to CVE-2024-40766."

Secrets managers hold all the keys to an enterprise's kingdom. Two popular ones had longstanding, critical, unauthenticated RCE vulnerabilities.

Two critical vulnerabilities affect the security vendor's management console, one of which is under active exploitation. The company has updated cloud-based products but won't have a patch for its on-premises version until mid-August.

We’re thrilled to share that this year, the Microsoft Bounty Program has distributed $17 million to 344 security researchers from 59 countries, the highest total bounty awarded in the program’s history. In close collaboration with the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), these security researchers have helped identify and resolve more than a thousand potential vulnerabilities, strengthening protections for Microsoft customers around the world.

SonicWall said it's actively investigating reports to determine if there is a new zero-day vulnerability following reports of a spike in Akira ransomware actors in late July 2025. "Over the past 72 hours, there has been a notable increase in both internally and externally reported cyber incidents involving Gen 7 SonicWall firewalls where SSLVPN is enabled," the network security vendor said in a

An uptick of ransomware activity by the group in late July that uses the vendor's SSL VPN devices for initial intrusion shows evidence of an as-yet-undisclosed flaw under exploitation.

Malware isn’t just trying to hide anymore—it’s trying to belong. We’re seeing code that talks like us, logs like us, even documents itself like a helpful teammate. Some threats now look more like developer tools than exploits. Others borrow trust from open-source platforms, or quietly build themselves out of AI-written snippets. It’s not just about being malicious—it’s about being believable.

Last year, we announced the largest hacking event in history: Zero Day Quest, with up to $4 million in bounty awards. The response from the global security community was incredible and helped improve security for our customers and partners. This year, Zero Day Quest is back with even more potential bounty awards: up to $5 million total for high-impact research in Cloud and AI security.

SonicWall SSL VPN devices have become the target of Akira ransomware attacks as part of a newfound surge in activity observed in late July 2025. "In the intrusions reviewed, multiple pre-ransomware intrusions were observed within a short period of time, each involving VPN access through SonicWall SSL VPNs," Arctic Wolf Labs researcher Julian Tuin said in a report. The cybersecurity company

The FSB cyberespionage group known as Turla seems to have used its control of Russia's network infrastructure to meddle with web traffic and trick diplomats into infecting their computers.