Pierluigi Paganini
March 29, 2024
Cisco is warning customers of password-spraying attacks that have been targeting Remote Access VPN (RAVPN) services configured on Cisco Secure Firewall devices.
The company published a document containing recommendations against password spray attacks aimed at Remote Access VPN (RAVPN) services. The IT giant pointed out that the attacks are also targeting third-party VPN concentrators.
“Cisco was made aware of multiple reports related to password spraying attacks aimed at RAVPN services. It has been noted by Talos that these attacks are not limited to Cisco products but also third-party VPN concentrators.” reads the report. “Depending on your environment, the attacks can cause accounts to be locked, resulting in Denial of Service (DoS)-like conditions.”
Password spraying is a type of brute force attack. In this attack, an attacker will brute force logins based on list of usernames with default passwords on the application. For example, an attacker will use one password (say, Secure@123) against many different accounts on the application to avoid account lockouts that would normally occur when brute forcing a single account with many passwords.
The company shared Indicators of Compromise (IoC) for these attacks, including:
Below is the list of recommendations to defend against these attacks:
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