By
Juha Saarinen
on Jul 9, 2021 10:16AM
Source: Trustwave
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The Kaseya Virtual Systems Administration (VSA) remote management and monitoring system software that was hijacked in a devastating ransomware attack had multiple critical vulnerabilities, security researchers found.
Researchers at the Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure (DIVD) found seven vulnerabilites in Kaseya VSA on-premise, and reported them to the vendor ahead of last week's REvil attacks worldwide.
Kaseya was quick to respond and to develop patches for four of the vulnerabilites but two critical bugs remain to be addressed.
"As we stated before, Kaseya’s response to our disclosure has been on point and timely; unlike other vendors, we have previously disclosed vulnerabilities to," DIVD researcher Frank Breedijk wrote.