Microsoft says China hacked Exchange email product

Microsoft says China hacked Exchange email product

Microsoft said that its Exchange email product had been compromised by Chinese hackers. The company said it believes the group, which it named “Hafnium,” was supported by the Chinese state. Microsoft also released security updates to combat the hacks. Visit the Business section of Insider for more stories. Microsoft announced Tuesday that its Exchange email…

Max level vulnerability found in Logix PLCs

Max level vulnerability found in Logix PLCs

A new vulnerability discovered in various Rockwell Automation programmable logic controllers (PLC) has received a 10 out of 10 risk score, the highest possible on the CVSS vulnerability scale. The new vulnerability is being tracked as CVE-2021-22681. Attackers can abuse this flaw in the Logix Designer 5000 software to gain the secret cryptographic key, which…

Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch as Chinese Hackers Exploiting Exchange Server Flaws

Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch as Chinese Hackers Exploiting Exchange Server Flaws

Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch as Chinese Hackers Exploiting Exchange Server Flaws | IT Security News Sponsors Endpoint Cybersecurity www.endpoint-cybersecurity.com – Consulting in building your security products– Employee awareness training– Security tests for applications and pentesting… and more. Daily Summary Patreon Categories CategoriesSelect Category(ISC)2 Blog  (323)(ISC)2 Blog infosec  (13)(ISC)² Blog  (318)2020-12-08 – Files for an ISC diary (recent Qakbot…

Microsoft Releases Out-of-Band Security Patches for Exchange Server — Redmondmag.com

Microsoft Releases Out-of-Band Security Patches for Exchange Server — Redmondmag.com

News Microsoft Releases Out-of-Band Security Patches for Exchange Server Microsoft on Tuesday released out-of-band security patches for Exchange Server to address multiple zero-day flaws that are currently being exploited in active attacks. Organizations running Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019 products should apply these patches right away. Microsoft also released security…

US announces sanctions on Russia over Alexei Navalny’s poisoning

US announces sanctions on Russia over Alexei Navalny’s poisoning

The sanctions are the first against Russia by the Biden administration, which has pledged to confront President Vladimir Putin for alleged attacks on Russian opposition figures and hacking abroad, including of US government agencies and US businesses. Former president Donald Trump had spoken admiringly of Putin and resisted criticism and many proposed penalties of Putin’s…