12 March 2021, 10:00 pm EST By Microsoft Explores Inside Job Possibility: Security Partners Could Have Made Private Disclosures Leading to the Attack ( Screenshot From Pexels Official Website )
Microsoft is now investigating the possibility as to whether the hackers behind a now world-wide cyberattack could have been able to gain access to some sensitive information from private disclosures along with security partners. The sensitive information was allegedly used to launch the attack according to a few sources reportedly familiar with the matter.
Was the Microsoft Exchange hack an inside job?
The investigation reportedly centers on the question of just how a stealthy attack that started in early January was able to happen just a week before the company was able to send out a software fix to its customers. During that time, a number of China-linke
12 March 2021, 8:13 pm EST By Microsoft Exchange Hack Sparks Chaos for Users with Unpatched Servers ( Screenshot From Pxhere Official Website )
Microsoft has recently issued an alert that hackers are using a certain strain of ransomware known as the DearCry and are now targeting those users with unpatched Microsoft Exchange servers. The target as of the moment is the unpatched servers exposed to the four different vulnerabilities that were reportedly being exploited by the suspected Chinese government hackers.
Microsoft Exchange hack 2021
The company is now warning its Exchange customers yet again to apply the new updated emergency patches that the company had released just last week aimed to cover the critical flaws affecting the on-premise Microsoft Exchange email servers. Microsoft previously urged its customers to install the patches as soon as
10 March 2021, 10:12 pm EST By
In the beginning of the month of March, Microsoft revealed that there were vulnerabilities reported in its Exchange Server mail and calendar software. This system is being used by several government entities and personels in different private and public companies. So far, as per initial investigations, the hackers were called as Hafnium, allegedly Chinese hackers.
About 30,000 companies and organizations were affected on the said hacking. However, there were still numbers that are unconfirmed. As an individual or private company, should you be worried about this?
Microsoft hack: Are you affected?
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