Accellion FTA Exploited for Data Theft and Extortion Attempts

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According to researchers from FireEye, a threat actor tracked by Mandiant as UNC2546 exploited multiple zero-days in Accellion’s legacy File Transfer Appliance (FTA). The goal of the attacks was to install a new web shell named DEWMODE. Starting in January 2021, the group’s motivation became clear when they began to send extortion emails to employees […]

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