Security News

How to Reduce Exchange Server Downtime in Case of a Disaster?
2021-08-17 13:00

Exchange Server downtime may occur at any point in time due to several reasons, such as malware attack, server crash, database corruption, and hardware or software-related issues/incompatibility. Exchange Server downtime is inevitable, especially when your organization relies on a standalone on-premises Exchange server.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server earns Common Criteria EAL 4+ certification
2021-08-17 09:57

SUSE announced its flagship Linux distribution has earned Common Criteria EAL 4+ certification.SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 is now EAL 4+ level certified for IBM Z, Arm and x86-64 architectures, signifying compliance with the most-demanding security requirements for mission-critical infrastructure.

T-Mobile data breach confirmed, servers were hacked
2021-08-16 19:52

T-Mobile has confirmed that threat actors hacked their servers in a recent cyber attack but still investigate whether customer data was stolen.Yesterday, news broke that a threat actor was selling the alleged personal data for 100 million T-Mobile customers after they breached database servers operated by the mobile network.

Exchange Servers Under Active Attack via ProxyShell Bugs
2021-08-13 18:56

In his Black Hat presentation last week, Devcore principal security researcher Orange Tsai said that a survey shows more than 400,000 Exchange servers on the internet that are exposed to the attack via port 443. Breakdown of Exchange servers on Shodan vulnerable to ProxyShell or ProxyLogon, it's just under 50% of internet facing Exchange servers.

Hackers Deploying Backdoors on Exchange Servers via ProxyShell Vulnerabilities
2021-08-13 10:08

Threat actors have started exploiting the recently disclosed Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities to deliver web shells that give them access to the compromised system. Orange Tsai, principal researcher at security consulting firm DEVCORE, recently disclosed the details of three Exchange vulnerabilities that can be exploited by remote, unauthenticated attackers to take control of vulnerable servers.

Hackers Actively Searching for Unpatched Microsoft Exchange Servers
2021-08-13 02:46

Threat actors are actively carrying out opportunistic scanning and exploitation of Exchange servers using a new exploit chain leveraging a trio of flaws affecting on-premises installations, making them the latest set of bugs after ProxyLogon vulnerabilities were exploited en masse at the start of the year. The remote code execution flaws have been collectively dubbed "ProxyShell." At least 30,000 machines are affected by the vulnerabilities, according to a Shodan scan performed by Jan Kopriva of SANS Internet Storm Center.

Hackers Actively Searching for Unpatched Microsoft Exchange Servers
2021-08-13 02:46

Threat actors are actively carrying out opportunistic scanning and exploitation of Exchange servers using a new exploit chain leveraging a trio of flaws affecting on-premises installations, making them the latest set of bugs after ProxyLogon vulnerabilities were exploited en masse at the start of the year. The remote code execution flaws have been collectively dubbed "ProxyShell." At least 30,000 machines are affected by the vulnerabilities, according to a Shodan scan performed by Jan Kopriva of SANS Internet Storm Center.

Microsoft Exchange servers are getting hacked via ProxyShell exploits
2021-08-12 21:24

Threat actors are actively exploiting Microsoft Exchange servers using the ProxyShell vulnerability to install backdoors for later access. ProxyShell is the name of an attack that uses three chained Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities to perform unauthenticated, remote code execution.

When 2FA on your Linux servers won't let you in, try this fix
2021-08-12 15:00

When your Linux servers are giving you fits, Jack Wallen has the solution for you.

Ransomware gang uses PrintNightmare to breach Windows servers
2021-08-12 09:03

Ransomware operators have added PrintNightmare exploits to their arsenal and are targeting Windows servers to deploy Magniber ransomware payloads. PrintNightmare is a class of security vulnerabilities impacting the Windows Print Spooler service, Windows print drivers, and the Windows Point and Print feature.