Microsoft, SharePoint and Ransomware
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Microsoft is investigating whether a leak from its early alert system for cybersecurity companies allowed Chinese hackers to exploit flaws in its SharePoint service before they were patched, Bloomberg News reported on Friday.
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Microsoft contained a major SharePoint security flaw, amid fresh questions about the future of its legacy on-premises software.
Federal cybersecurity officials have issued a warning to Microsoft users about a security flaw allowing hackers to access to certain SharePoint systems.
Investors are desensitized to cyberattacks and have other issues on their mind ahead of Microsoft’s earnings report next week, analysts say.
New estimates regarding the recently-exploited Microsoft SharePoint vulnerabilities now evaluate that as many as 400 organizations may have been targeted.
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While organizations may have a variety of reasons for sticking with on-premises Microsoft SharePoint servers, widespread attacks targeting the servers are grounds to “re-do their risk calculus” and newly explore cloud-based options,
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is one of the best 52-week high stocks to buy now. On July 21, the software giant released a patch for a vulnerability that affected the servers of the SharePoint document management software.
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Cryptopolitan on MSNMicrosoft probes suspected leak from cybersecurity partner programMicrosoft is probing whether a leak from its Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP)—an early warning system for cybersecurity partners—may have enabled Chinese hackers to exploit unpatched vulnerabilities in its SharePoint server software.