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Feds Discover Additional Microsoft Exchange Vulnerabilities The U.S. National Security Agency discovered and notified Microsoft of two Exchange Server vulnerabilities that could allow hackers to persistently access and control enterprise networks. By Michael Novinson April 13, 2021, 06:07 PM EDT The U.S. National Security Agency discovered and notified Microsoft of two Exchange Server vulnerabilities that could allow hackers to persistently access and control e...

The Department of Justice used a court order to dismantle ‘hundreds’ of web shells installed using Exchange Server vulnerabilities. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Leaders) In an unprecedented move, the Department of Justice used a court order to dismantle ‘hundreds’ of web shells installed using Exchange Server vulnerabilities patched by Microsoft six weeks ago. Microsoft claimed a state-sponsored group located in China that it dubbed Hafnium actively exploited the vulnerabilit...

Remote-control malware wiped, deployments must still be patched Share Copy The FBI deleted web shells installed by criminals on hundreds of Microsoft Exchange servers across the United States, it was revealed on Tuesday. The Feds were given approval by the courts to carry out the deletions, which occurred without first warning the servers owners, following the discovery and exploitation of critical vulnerabilities in the enterprise software. Shortly after Microsoft raised the alarm earl...

The U.S. National Security Agency discovered and notified Microsoft of two Exchange Server vulnerabilities that could allow hackers to persistently access and control enterprise networks. The latest flaws impact on-premises Microsoft Exchange Servers 2013, 2016, and 2019, and could be exploited by adversaries to gain access and maintain persistence on the target host, according to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. These flaws are likely to be weaponised, and CISA said there�...

The FBI is remotely hacking hundreds of computers to protect them from Hafnium They went inside unprotected computers to remove the threat Share this story Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In what’s believed to be an unprecedented move, the FBI is trying to protect hundreds of computers infected by the Hafnium hack by “The FBI conducted the removal by issuing a command through the web shell to the server, which was designed to cause the server to delete only the web shell (identif...

Wednesday, 14 Apr 2021 10:41 AM MYT Both CISA and Microsoft said it did not appear that hackers had taken advantage of the newly discovered weakness to break into Exchange email systems. ― AFP pic Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. SAN FRANCISCO, April 14 ­— Microsoft yesterday moved to defend against a dangerous new threat to Exchange email servers while the fight continued against hackers taking advantage of a flaw patched last month. The U...

FBI hacks compromised Exchange servers as more companies get targeted SHARE In a possibly unprecedented move, the U.S. Federal Bureau Investigation has obtained a court order to allow it to hack compromised Microsoft Corp. Exchange Servers to remove vulnerabilities as more stories of Exchange servers being targeted continue to emerge. The court order allowed the FBI to copy and remove malicious web shells from hundreds of vulnerable computers that were compromised by s...

Windows operating systems and other products. The patches include four security fixes for Microsoft Exchange Server — the same systems that have been besieged by attacks on four separate (and zero-day) bugs in the email software over the past month. Redmond also patched a Windows flaw that is actively being exploited in the wild. Nineteen of the vulnerabilities fixed this month earned Microsoft’s most-dire “Critical” label, meaning they could be used by malware or malcontents to seize ...

Microsoft defends against new threat to Exchange   Published On CISA called on government departments to immediately install the latest software update by Microsoft SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Microsoft on Tuesday moved to defend against a dangerous new threat to Exchange email servers while the fight continued against hackers taking advantage of a flaw patched last month. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, part of the Department of Homeland Security, called on government depa...

By Mike Lennon on April 14, 2021 FBI agents executed a court-authorized cyber operation to delete malicious web shells from hundreds of previously hacked Microsoft Exchange servers in the United States, unbeknownst to their owners, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said Tuesday. After a wave of major in-the-wild zero-day attacks against Exchange Server installations that occurred globally in January, savvy organizations scrambled to lock down vulnerable Microsoft email servers and remove we...