Kiteworks employs a defense in-depth approach that includes security hardening, key encryption, rapid incident response, multi-factor authentication, closed ports, disabled SSH, embedded anti-virus, integration with existing security investments such as advanced threat prevention and data loss prevention, and more.

In follow-up to our recent alerts to Kiteworks customers, a critical zero-day vulnerability to Apache Log4j Java-based open-source logging library has been discovered. The vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) is referred to as Log4Shell or LogJam. Similar to past exploits like Shellshock or Heartbleed, Log4Shell is a remotely...

Accellion, Inc., provider of Kiteworks, the industry’s first enterprise content firewall, today issued a statement with regards to the previously reported cyberattacks on Accellion’s legacy File Transfer Appliance (“FTA”) product. As previously disclosed, Accellion engaged FireEye Mandiant, a leading cybersecurity forensics firm, to conduct an investigation...

Accellion USA, LLC is announcing End of Life for its legacy FTA software effective April 30, 2021. Accellion will continue to provide support and honor its FTA contracts for the duration of its existing License Terms. If your renewal date for your FTA software is...

Accellion, Inc., provider of the industry’s first enterprise content firewall, today issued a statement regarding Mandiant’s preliminary findings with regards to the previously reported cyberattacks on Accellion’s legacy FTA product. Mandiant, a division of FireEye, Inc., has identified UNC2546 as the criminal hacker behind the cyberattacks and data...

Accellion, Inc., provider of the industry’s first enterprise content firewall, today issued an update on the recently reported security incident regarding FTA, Accellion’s legacy large file transfer product. Accellion FTA, a 20 year old product nearing end-of life, was the target of a sophisticated cyberattack. All...