Security News

Multiple threat groups are actively exploiting a vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange servers, researchers warn. After Microsoft patched the flaw in February researchers with the Zero Day Initiative, which first reported the vulnerability, published further details of the flaw and how it could be exploited.

Multiple threat groups are actively exploiting a vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange servers, researchers warn. After Microsoft patched the flaw in February researchers with the Zero Day Initiative, which first reported the vulnerability, published further details of the flaw and how it could be exploited.

Healthcare industry at greatest risk of data breachThe healthcare industry has significantly more exposed attack surfaces than any other industry surveyed, according to Censys's research findings of cloud risks and cloud maturity by industry, revealed at RSA Conference 2020. Attackers probing for vulnerable Microsoft Exchange Servers, is yours one of them?CVE-2020-0688, a remote code execution bug in Microsoft Exchange Server that has been squashed by Microsoft in early February, is ripe for exploitation and could become a vector for ransomware groups in coming months, warns cybersecurity researcher Kevin Beaumont.

Hackers have started scanning the Internet for Microsoft Exchange Server instances that are affected by a remote code execution vulnerability patched earlier this month. The issue resides in the Exchange Control Panel component and consists of Exchange Server installations having the same validationKey and decryptionKey values in web.

CVE-2020-0688, a remote code execution bug in Microsoft Exchange Server that has been squashed by Microsoft in early February, is ripe for exploitation and could become a vector for ransomware groups in coming months, warns cybersecurity researcher Kevin Beaumont. Organizations running on-premise Exchange - any supported version up until the recent patch - would do well to patch as soon as possible, as scanning for vulnerable internet-facing servers has already begun.

Julian Assange was offered a pardon by the White House only if he publicly said Russia did not hack the Democratic National Committee, according to the WikiLeaks supremo's lawyer. Assange appeared in the central London court via video link from prison.

Farsight Security announced enhancements to its flagship, Security Information Exchange data-sharing platform to help security professionals measurably improve the prevention, detection and response of the latest cyberattacks. Newly active domains: The industry's first real-time DNS Intelligence data feed that reports domains as they resume activity on the Internet after a period of inactivity.

A 29-year-old Russian scumbag has admitted masterminding the Cardplanet underworld marketplace as well as a second forum for elite fraudsters. Aleksei Burkov appeared in a US federal district court in Virginia this week to plead guilty [PDF] to access device fraud, and conspiracy to commit computer intrusion, identity theft, wire and access device fraud, and money laundering.

Turkish hackers claimed Friday to have hijacked for more than 90 minutes the official websites of the Greek parliament, the foreign affairs and economy ministries, as well as the country's stock exchange. On their Facebook page, the hackers group, Anka Neferler Tim, justified their action by saying that "Greece is threatening Turkey in the Aegean Sea and in the eastern Mediterranean. And now it's threatening the conference on Libya".