Microsoft Releases Urgent Fix for Sharepoint Vulnerability Being Used in Global Cyberattacks
Engineers were still working on a fix for the older SharePoint Server 2016 software. Cyber criminals often use zero-day exploits to steal sensitive data and passwords. The vulnerability also could allow hackers to access services connected to SharePoint including OneDrive and Teams. The company said in its blog post that it discovered at least dozens of systems were compromised around the world. Security engineers stated the attacks occurred in waves on July 18 and 19. Although the scope of the attack is still being assessed the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned that the impact could be widespread and recommended that any servers impacted by the exploit should be disconnected from the internet until they are patched.
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