SANS Stormcast Sunday, August 03, 2025: Legacy Protocols; Sonicwall SSL VPN Possible 0-Day; (#)

SANS Stormcast Sunday, August 03, 2025: Legacy Protocols; Sonicwall SSL VPN Possible 0-Day; Scans for pop3user with guessable password A particular IP assigned to a network that calls itself "Unmanaged" has been scanning telnet/ssh for a user called "pop3user" with passwords "pop3user" or "123456". I assume they are looking for legacy systems that either currently run pop3 or ran pop3 in the past, and left the user enabled. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Legacy%20May%20Kill/32166 Possible Sonicwall SSL VPN 0-Day Arcticwolf observed compromised Sonicwall SSL VPN devices used by the Akira group to install ransomware. These devices were fully patched, and credentials were recently rotated. https://arcticwolf.com/resources/blog/arctic-wolf-observes-july-2025-uptick-in-akira-ransomware-activity-targeting-sonicwall-ssl-vpn/ PAM Based Linux Backdoor For over a year, attackers have used a PAM-based Linux backdoor that so far has gotten little attention from anti-malware vendors. PAM-based backdoors can be stealthy, and this one in particular includes various anti-forensics tricks. https://www.nextron-systems.com/2025/08/01/plague-a-newly-discovered-pam-based-backdoor-for-linux/ keywords: pam; linux; backdoor; sonicwall; legacy