The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) has issued an urgent warning following the active exploitation of a critical vulnerability affecting SonicWall SSL VPN appliances across Australia. The flaw, CVE-2024-40766, is being leveraged by threat actors, including those deploying Akira ransomware, to gain unauthorized access to networks and, in some instances, cause firewall crashes. This vulnerability, first disclosed in August 2024 under advisory...
