09.03.2021 12:45 Uhr, Quelle: AppleInsider

Criminal hacking groups piling on to escalating Microsoft Exchange crisis

The Microsoft Exchange Server hack is becoming an even bigger security problem, due to an influx of more hacking groups attempting to take advantage of the situation before affected companies can patch their servers.Revealed on March 3 by Microsoft, an attack by Chinese hacking group "Hafnium" targeted vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server, prompting the release of patches. Shortly after the announcement, Hafnium stepped up its attacks to hit 30,000 U.S. organizations and others around the world within a few days, but now others have joined the fray.Security experts told the Financial Times that more hacking groups are using the opportunity to perform their own attacks using the same vulnerability. The hackers, including criminal groups, are stepping in to take advantage of the software flaws before organizations hosting servers can patch and protect them.Read more

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