You can imagine the surprise when news broke that one of the devices, the Secure Mobile Access (SMA) of such a highly secure cybersecurity firm, had been compromised by a group of Chinese hackers using a certain malware.Īlthough the device was unpatched, it was weak and very susceptible to allowing attackers to leverage a known security bug by running malicious code. In conjunction with the Capture Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) sandbox service, SonicWall firewalls have received the highest level of firewall, anti-malware, and advanced threat defense certifications from the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) Labs. SonicWall is a cybersecurity company based in the United States that sells a variety of Internet appliances aimed primarily at content control and network security.

This malware can reveal a collection of highly privileged information and grant access to Chinese hackers. The Chinese reportedly hacked the SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 series device to steal clients' contact information.Ĭhinese-linked hackers have been suspected of targeting unpatched SonicWall SMA devices with malware.According to reports, the Chinese were able to breach the SonicWall SMA device using a single ELF binary known as a TinyShell variant and a collection of bash scripts that make up the malware.Chinese-linked hackers are suspected of hacking SonicWall SMA devices using malware, revealing access to highly preserved information.

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