China-based government hackers have exploited a bug in Microsoft’s email server software to target U.S. organizations, the company said Tuesday. Microsoft said that a “highly skilled and sophisticated” state-sponsored group operating from China has been trying to steal information from a number of American targets, including universities, defence contractors, law firms and infectious-disease researchers. Microsoft…
Microsoft has warned its customers against a new sophisticated nation-state cyber attack that has its origin in China and is primarily targeting on-premises ‘Exchange Server’ software of the tech giant. Called “Hafnium,” it operates from China and is attacking infectious disease researchers, law firms, higher education institutions, defence contractors, policy…
FOSTER CITY, Calif., March 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS), a pioneer and leading provider of cloud-based IT, security, and compliance solutions, today issued an update on the security incident regarding the Accellion FTA file transfer solution. Qualys received new information about a previously identified zero-day exploit in a third-party solution, Accellion FTA that Qualys deployed to…
Identity & Access Management , Privileged Access Management , Security Operations In Other M&A Activity, TPG Capital to Acquire Thycotic; KnowBe4 Buys MediaPRO Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • March 4, 2021 The security firm Okta shook up the identity and access management market Wednesday by announcing a $6.5 billion deal to acquire the customer…
The US Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has posted a new emergency directive calling on federal agencies to immediately patch or disconnect Microsoft Exchange servers. The alert follows a recent warning from Microsoft about major zero-day attacks on email servers, according to a recent posting by the tech giant. The zero-day…
Zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server | IT Security News 4. March 2021 The four vulnerabilities inside Microsoft Exchange Server allow an attacker to compromise a vulnerable server. As a result, an attacker will gain access to all registered email accounts, or be able to execute arbitrary code (remote code execution or RCE) within the…
There is no end in sight to the violent crackdown by the military against protesters in Myanmar, political analyst and journalist Annie Zaman has said. “What we are witnessing is that people are standing alone, they don’t have weapons, they are not as strong as the military,” she told BBC World News. Following the 1…
Germany’s decision to approve the AstraZeneca vaccine for use in over 65 year olds has been welcomed, by the German Society for Immunology. Dr Carsten Watzl told BBC World News: “Given the data that came out of Scotland and England it’s been proven that it is effective and there is no question about the safety…
New Delhi: A hacking group backed by China has in recent weeks targeted the IT systems of two Indian vaccine makers whose coronavirus shots are being used in the country’s immunisation drive, reported news agency Reuters quoting cyber intelligence firm Cyfirma. China and India have both sold or gifted COVID-19 shots to many countries under…
Western countries with higher rates of obesity are seeing more deaths from coronavirus than Asian countries with less obesity, the World Obesity Federation’s Dr Olivia Cavalcanti has said. She told BBC World News it was not clear why overweight people were more at risk, but could be due to an inflammatory response of the body….
