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DearCry ransomware appends .CRYPT to forcibly encrypted files. (Source: Sophos)
Fresh ransomware targeting as-yet-unpatched on-premises Exchange servers appears to have been rushed to market, with attackers seeking to capitalize on new opportunities before the competition stepped in, security firm Sophos reports.
Sophos has published a teardown of the new DearCry ransomware, which it describes as being unsophisticated and apparently created by a beginner. The ransomware was first spotted in the wild on March 9.
DearCry targets a critical proxy-logon flaw in Microsoft Exchange email servers, which was one of four zero-day flaws Microsoft patched via software updates issued on March 2, when it warned that the flaws were already being exploited in the wild.
Four exploits in Microsoft Exchange Server hit the news last week, when we heard that a Chinese hacking group had targeted the email servers of some 30,000.
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
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