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Experts are still unsure of the hackers' motivations, and whether the incident may have been a "test run" for a larger attack.

Microsoft Exchange attack timeline (Source: ESET) Serious vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange have been exploited by at least 10 advanced persistent threat groups that have been collectively been hitting thousands of companies over the last three months, security researchers warn. Full details of the attacks and groups involved - when known - have been released by researchers at Slovakia-based security firm ESET. They say at least several APT groups also began attacks that exploit the flaws, prior to Jan. 5, which is when Microsoft says it first learned about the vulnerabilities. "This sugg...

9 March 2021, 10:00 pm EST By Microsoft Email Hack Could be Bigger than Thought of as Estimations Dictate Tens of Thousands  ( Screenshot From Pxhere Official Website ) Just a week after Microsoft had initially announced that its very own widely used email server program has reportedly been hacked. Experts are also reportedly not encouraged by what they have been able to find. Red Canary cybersecurity firm comments According to the story by NBC News, Katie Nickels,...

Get Permission Researchers with Microsoft and FireEye are disclosing additional malware used by the hacking group that targeted SolarWinds in December 2020, according to a pair of reports released Thursday. The newly discovered malware appears to be second-stage payloads deployed by the hacking group after victimized organizations downloaded a Trojanized software update to SolarWind's Orion network monitoring platform, which contained a backdoor dubbed "Sunburst," the reports note. While about 18,000 of the company's customers downloaded the compromised software update, the attackers only de...

Get Permission Researchers with Microsoft and FireEye are disclosing additional malware used by the hacking group that targeted SolarWinds in December 2020, according to a pair of reports released Thursday. The newly discovered malware appears to be second-stage payloads deployed by the hacking group after victimized organizations downloaded a Trojanized software update to SolarWind's Orion network monitoring platform, which contained a backdoor dubbed "Sunburst," the reports note. While about 18,000 of the company's customers downloaded the compromised software update, the attackers only de...