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Microsoft says Chinese hackers targeted groups via server software

5:02pm EST

WASHINGTON A China-linked cyberespionage group has been remotely plundering email inboxes using freshly discovered flaws in Microsoft mail server software, the company and outside researchers said on Tuesday - an example of how commonly used programs can be exploited to cast a wide net online.

Hacking group targets organizations via Microsoft server software -researcher

4:23pm EST

WASHINGTON, March 2 An unknown hacking group recently broke into organizations using a newly discovered flaw in Microsoft mail server software, a researcher said on Tuesday, in an example of how commonly used programs can be exploited to cast a wide net online.

Congress has new appetite for breach law following SolarWinds hack: lawmaker

Feb 26 2021

WASHINGTON A senior Democratic lawmaker said there is a growing appetite for a new federal cybersecurity breach notification law in the wake of a sprawling series of digital intrusions blamed on the Russian government.

SolarWinds, Microsoft, FireEye, CrowdStrike defend actions in major hack - U.S. Senate hearing

Feb 23 2021

WASHINGTON Top executives at Texas-based software company SolarWinds Corp, Microsoft Corp and cybersecurity firms FireEye Inc and CrowdStrike Holdings Inc defended their conduct in breaches blamed on Russian hackers and sought to shift responsibility elsewhere in testimony to a U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday. | Video

Microsoft says it notified 60 customers of SolarWinds breach - U.S. Senate panel hearing

Feb 23 2021

Microsoft Corp has notified 60 customers that their data was likely compromised in the suspected Russian hacking campaign centered on Texas-based software firm SolarWinds Corp, the company’s president told U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday.

SolarWinds, Microsoft, FireEye, CrowdStrike executives face Senate grilling

Feb 23 2021

Feb 23 Top executives at Texas-based software company SolarWinds, digital giant Microsoft and cybersecurity firms FireEye and CrowdStrike are expected on Tuesday to defend their companies' responses to a sprawling series of breaches blamed on Russian hackers when they face the U.S. Senate's Select Committee on Intelligence.

Chinese spyware code was copied from America's NSA: researchers

Feb 22 2021

WASHINGTON Chinese spies used code first developed by the U.S. National Security Agency to support their hacking operations, Israeli researchers said on Monday, another indication of how malicious software developed by governments can boomerang against their creators.

U.S. charges three North Koreans in $1.3 billion hacking spree

Feb 17 2021

WASHINGTON The United States has charged three North Korean computer programmers with a massive hacking spree aimed at stealing more than $1.3 billion in money and cryptocurrency, affecting companies from banks to Hollywood movie studios, the Department of Justice said on Wednesday. | Video

French IT monitoring company's software targeted by hackers: cyber agency

Feb 15 2021

Hackers have spent up to three years breaking into organizations by targeting monitoring software made by the French company Centreon, France's cybersecurity watchdog said on Monday.

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