Cybersecurity
Microsoft Warns of New Threat Against Unpatched Networks
- Hackers capitalizing on businesses yet to fix vulnerabilities
- Company has detected and blocked a ‘new family of ransomware’
Microsoft discovered hackers were exploiting previously unknown vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s widely used Exchange business email software earlier in March.
Photographer: Mark Kauzlarich/BloombergThis article is for subscribers only.
Microsoft Corp. has detected and blocked a “new family of ransomware” that was being used against servers that still hadn’t patched vulnerabilities after last week’s major security breach.
The updates it released on Friday are a temporary measure to defend against attacks, which were already occurring in many places, the company said.