Microsoft has released an advisory about a critical flaw in its Exchange Server, designated as CVE-2024-21410, which poses a grave cybersecurity threat. Assigned a high severity score of 9.8, this vulnerability is being exploited to carry out privilege escalation attacks, allowing perpetrators to impersonate legitimate users by misusing their Net-NTLMv2 hashes to gain unauthorized access to the server. This security
In the current digital landscape, data has emerged as a crucial asset for organizations, akin to currency. With the growing reliance on technology, data loss in on-premises Exchange Server environments has become increasingly common. This article delves into the profound consequences of data loss, the rising cybersecurity threats contributing to it, and the need for a comprehensive backup strategy tailored
In a recent cybersecurity incident, a China-based Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actor known as Storm-0558 successfully accessed the Microsoft 365 cloud environment and exfiltrated unclassified Exchange Online Outlook data from a small number of accounts. This article provides a comprehensive analysis of the attack, Microsoft’s response, the identification of anomalous activity, recommendations for organizations, and the significance of baseline patterns
