Google warns suspected China-linked hackers could exploit BeyondTrust flaw

Oct 15 (Reuters) - ‌Google warned ​on ​Thursday that organizations should prepare for "potential widespread exploitation" after ‌a new bug was found in ⁠US cybersecurity firm BeyondTrust's remote support appliances.

Successful ‌exploitation of the ‌vulnerability gives attackers access to credentials, allows them to arbitrarily upload files ​and assume control of the host, according to Google Threat ⁠Intelligence Group and Mandiant.

Here are more details:

• A ​suspected China-linked hacking group, known as Armory Castle, had exploited the ​then-unknown vulnerability in ‌August, a post on Google's blog said

• The flaw affects ⁠BeyondTrust Remote Support, an enterprise tool that allows information technology teams to ⁠remotely access and troubleshoot computers and other ​devices

• Google says now that the vulnerability has been disclosed, Armory Castle and others ‌may try to exploit it widely, in line with past ‌behavior and urged swift action ⁠to either patch ‌or mitigate ​the vulnerability

(Reporting by Jaspreet Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Diti ‌Pujara)

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