{"id":32989,"date":"2019-11-18T02:39:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T07:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cybercon1.com\/?p=32989"},"modified":"2019-11-18T02:39:41","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T07:39:41","slug":"connectwise-warns-of-ongoing-ransomware-attacks-targeting-its-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/18\/connectwise-warns-of-ongoing-ransomware-attacks-targeting-its-customers\/","title":{"rendered":"ConnectWise warns of ongoing ransomware attacks targeting its customers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Catalin Cimpanu<\/a> – ConnectWise<\/a>, a Florida-based company that provides remote IT management solutions, is warning customers that hackers are targeting its software to gain access to client networks and install ransomware<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ConnectWise Automate is a software package that lets IT admins manage a company’s computer fleet and other IT assets from a central location. It’s a classic remote access\/management solution that many large companies use when they have assets spread across a large number of locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The software is available in a cloud-based offering, but also as on-premise servers, for more secure setups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a security alert sent out this week, ConnectWise said hackers are targeting on-premise Automate systems so they can take over servers and then deploy ransomware<\/strong> across a company’s entire computer fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n