Microsoft Exchange servers being hacked by new LockFile ransomware

From bleepingcomputer.com

Exchange Ransomware

A new ransomware gang known as LockFile encrypts Windows domains after hacking into Microsoft Exchange servers using the recently disclosed ProxyShell vulnerabilities.

ProxyShell is the name of an attack consisting of three chained Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities that result in unauthenticated, remote code execution.

The three vulnerabilities were discovered by Devcore Principal Security ResearcherĀ Orange Tsai, who chained them together to take over a Microsoft Exchange server in April’sĀ Pwn2Own 2021 hacking contest.

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