Microsoft says new ransomware exploiting its email servers daijiworld.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from daijiworld.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
WASHINGTON, March 13 A senior US official said yesterday the Biden administration is close to a decision on retaliation for state-sponsored hacking as fears grew over the fallout from the latest of two major cyberattacks. The official said the White House was working closely with the private.
Hackers are exploiting recently discovered vulnerabilities in Exchange email servers to drop ransomware, Microsoft has warned, a move that puts tens of thousands of email servers at risk of destructive attacks. In a tweet late Thursday, the tech giant said it had detected the new kind of file-encrypting malware called DoejoCrypt — or DearCry — which uses the same four vulnerabilities that Microsoft linked to a new China-backed hacking group called Hafnium. When chained together, the vulnerabilities allow a hacker to take full control of a vulnerable system.
DearCry ransomware unleashed in Microsoft Exchange hack crn.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from crn.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
White House Weighs New Cybersecurity Approach After Failure to Detect Hacks nytimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nytimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.