Tag: #Cybersecurity

  • Ransom-seeking hackers having advantage of server flaws: Microsoft

    Ransom-seeking hackers having advantage of server flaws: Microsoft

    WASHINGTON: Ransom-seeking hackers have begun taking advantage of a recently disclosed flaw in Microsoft’s widely used mail server software, the company said early Thursday – a serious escalation that could portend widespread digital disruption. The disclosure, initially made on Twitter by Microsoft Corp security program manager Phillip Misner and later confirmed by the Redmond, Washington-based…