Ransomware scans for old software for attack
Forgotten, unpatched and outdated software is an ideal gateway for cyber criminals. This is also the case in the current case of a ransomware attack that an 11-year-old Adobe ColdFusion software used on a server for itself. Sophos has uncovered a particularly clever attack called "Cring Ransomware Exploits Ancient ColdFusion Server". Cring ransomware operators attacked their victim after hacking a server running an unpatched, 11-year-old version of Adobe ColdFusion software. The victim used the server to collect worksheets and accounting data for the payroll and a number of ...