{"id":3913,"date":"2021-03-15T14:04:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T20:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/?p=3913"},"modified":"2021-03-15T14:04:28","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T20:04:28","slug":"welcome-to-the-era-of-the-mega-hack-zdnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/?p=3913","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the era of the mega-hack | ZDNet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Weaponized software flaws now threaten everyone, not just the few.<\/p>\n

We’re now living in the era of the mega-hack. More than ever, software flaws are being seized on by sophisticated hackers who take these bugs — and use them to create attacks that compromise the computer systems of thousands of organizations, all at once.<\/p>\n

Newly discovered vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s Exchange Server provide a good example of this evolution<\/a>. The flaws were seized on by (likely China-backed<\/a>) hackers as a way to attack networks, with tens of thousands<\/a> <\/span> of systems apparently compromised in a widespread attack. At least 10 other groups<\/a> are thought to be attempting to use the same exploits, and now cyber criminals are piggy-backing on the original attack in an attempt to deliver ransomware too<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source: Welcome to the era of the mega-hack | ZDNet<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Weaponized software flaws now threaten everyone, not just the few. We’re now living in the era of the mega-hack. More than ever, software flaws are being seized on by sophisticated hackers who take these bugs — and use them to create attacks that compromise the computer systems of thousands of…<\/p>\n

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