Ongoing Akira ransomware attacks targeting SonicWall SSL VPN devices continue to evolve, with the threat actors found to be successfully logging in despite OTP MFA being enabled on accounts.

SonicWall made its name in the small office market, and although the company is expanding rapidly into the enterprise, products such as the SSL-VPN 200 show that it hasn’t lost the value touch.

Security experts have warned of a surge in malicious activity from Akira ransomware actors targeted at victims running SonicWall SSL VPN appliances. The campaign appears to have begun back in late ...