Windows TCO Leftovers
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RFERL ☛ Ransomware Group Offers Hacked Serbian Electricity Provider's Data For Download
Qilin uses malicious software to infect information systems and block the owners of the data stored on the systems from accessing it. Victims are then told they must pay a ransom to get access to their data. Various online sources say the group typically targets the systems of critical infrastructure, such as energy, traffic, health care, and telecommunications.
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The Verge ☛ Microsoft ‘senior leadership’ emails accessed by Russian SolarWinds [intruders]
The [compromise] took place just days after Microsoft announced its plan to overhaul its software security following major Azure cloud attacks. While Microsoft customers don’t appear to have been impacted in this new incident and this wasn’t the result of a Microsoft vulnerability, this is still the latest in a line of cybersecurity incidents for Microsoft. It found itself at the center of the SolarWinds attack nearly three years ago, then 30,000 organizations’ email servers were hacked in 2021 due to a Microsoft Exchange Server flaw, and Chinese hackers breached US government emails via a Microsoft cloud exploit last year.
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RFERL ☛ Microsoft Says It Was [Breached] By Russian State-Sponsored Group
[...] The Russian group was able to access "a very small percentage" of Microsoft corporate e-mail accounts, including members of its senior leadership team and employees in its cybersecurity, legal, and other functions, Microsoft said.