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The first breach of a Microsoft Exchange Server instance was observed by cybersecurity company Volexity on 6 January 2021. [1] By the end of January, Volexity had observed a breach allowing attackers to spy on two of their customers, and alerted Microsoft to the vulnerability. After Microsoft was alerted of the breach, Volexity noted the ...
Hafnium (group) (Redirected from HAFNIUM (group)) Hafnium (sometimes styled HAFNIUM; also called Silk Typhoon by Microsoft [1]) is a cyber espionage group, sometimes known as an advanced persistent threat, with alleged ties to the Chinese government. [2] [3] [4] Hafnium is closely connected to APT40. [5]
In 2020, a major cyberattack suspected to have been committed by a group backed by the Russian government penetrated thousands of organizations globally including multiple parts of the United States federal government, leading to a series of data breaches. [1] [28] [29] The cyberattack and data breach were reported to be among the worst cyber ...
Kaseya VSA ransomware attack. On 2 July 2021, a number of managed service providers (MSPs) and their customers became victims of a ransomware attack perpetrated by the REvil group, [1] causing widespread downtime for over 1,000 companies. [2] [3] The attack was carried out by exploiting a vulnerability in VSA (Virtual System Administrator), a ...
Supply chain attack. A supply chain attack is a cyber-attack that seeks to damage an organization by targeting less secure elements in the supply chain. [1] A supply chain attack can occur in any industry, from the financial sector, oil industry, to a government sector. [2] A supply chain attack can happen in software or hardware. [3]
Exchange Web Services (EWS), an alternative to the MAPI protocol, is a documented SOAP -based protocol introduced with Exchange Server 2007. Exchange Web Services is used by the latest version of Microsoft Entourage for Mac and Microsoft Outlook for Mac - since the release of Mac OS X Snow Leopard Mac computers running OS X include some support ...
The Library was protected by firewalls and antivirus software but was not using multi-factor authentication (MFA), and had installed a new Terminal Services server in February 2020 to facilitate remote access to third-party providers and internal IT administrators during the COVID-19 pandemic; this was the server on which unauthorised access ...
On November 13, 2021, Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, going by his alias "Pompompurin", compromised the FBI's external email system, sending thousands of messages warning of a cyberattack by cybersecurity CEO Vinny Troia who was falsely suggested to have been identified as part of The Dark Overlord hacking group by the United States Department of ...