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More hacking groups join Microsoft Exchange attack frenzy By More state-sponsored hacking groups have joined the ongoing attacks targeting tens of thousands of on-premises Exchange servers impacted by severe vulnerabilities tracked as ProxyLogon. After Microsofts initial report that the vulnerabilities were actively exploited by a Chinese APT group named Hafnium, Slovak internet security firm ESET shared info on at least three other Chinese-backed hacking groups abusing the ProxyLogon fl...

On the off chance you were looking for more security to-dos from Microsoft today...the company released software updates to plug more than 82 security flaws in Windows and other supported software. Ten of these earned Microsoft's "critical" rating, meaning they can be exploited by malware or miscreants with little or no help from users.

Thinkstock On March 2, Microsoft revealed a critical cybersecurity offensive launched by a foreign adversary against organizations in the United States. The company attributed the attacks to a Chinese advanced persistent threat group it calls Hafnium. Microsoft quickly announced patches for the four previously unknown vulnerabilities in Exchange Server that the malicious actors had exploited.  Reports circulated last week that the hackers compromised at least 30,000, and likel...

Microsoft release patches to fix critical bugs: Report ​ By IANS | Published on ​ Wed, Mar 10 2021 12:42 IST | ​ 0 Views Microsoft. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News San Francisco, March 10 : Microsoft has released 89 security fixes for software including the Edge browser, Office and Azure that patch critical issues including vectors for the remote execution of arbitrary code. During the tech giants standard monthly patch round, Microsoft released a slew of patches to fix v...

Microsoft released fixes for over 80 CVEs in yesterday’s Patch Tuesday update round, including a zero-day bug and several publicly disclosed vulnerabilities. In a week dominated by the exploitation on a massive scale of four zero-day Exchange Server flaws patched out-of-band by Microsoft last week, there’s yet more to do for sysadmins. The first is yet another zero-day, this time in Internet Explorer. “CVE-2021-26411 is a memory corruption vulnerability that could allow an attacker to ta...

Patch Tuesday overshadowed by Microsoft Exchange attacks Microsoft’s March Patch Tuesday update drops amid ongoing fall-out from widespread Exchange attacks Share this item with your network: By Published: 10 Mar 2021 11:40 Microsoft has patched a total of 89 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) in its latest Patch Tuesday update, which dropped on 9 March, including 14 bugs rated as critical – but the latest round of updates is overshadowed by the developing crisis around four C...

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); //]]>//--> By John P. Mello Jr. Mar 10, 2021 4:00 AM PT Microsoft on Monday reported that multiple malicious actors were taking advantage of vulnerabilities in the companys Exchange software last week to attack systems at organizations that have failed to patch the flaws. To help organizations that havent deployed Microsofts security tools, the company released the malware hashes and known malicious file paths which can be used to address the vulnerabilities manually. Microsoft revealed on M...

IT teams have a long road ahead of them as they work to find and root out all vestiges of the Hafnium hack in their Microsoft Exchange systems.

By Ed Zuger Local columnist Mar 10, 2021 Zuger There are few idioms about ports, those seaside locations across the globe providing harbors to load or unload ocean cargo. “A port in the storm” comes to mind, which I’ve twisted in the title above for my own purposes soon to come. Maybe your family home serves as your port in the storms of life’s challenges, enemy fire, or other disheartening events. It provides refuge, comfort, and safety amongst family. There are...