The number of attempted attacks has continued to grow. Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency agents. The size of the attack also prompted the establishment of a new multi-agency “Unified Coordination Group” task force which includes U.S. organizations were targeted, though not all of those attacks were necessarily successful.
A report on March 8 stated that the attack was larger than originally believed. The release of a tool by Microsoft comes as the attacks on Exchange services, believed to be undertaken by Chinese state-sponsored actors, continue to increase.
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“This tool is not a replacement for the Exchange security update but is the fastest and easiest way to mitigate the highest risks to internet-connected, on-premises Exchange Servers prior to patching,” Microsoft explained. Those who download the tool, which includes the latest Microsoft Safety Scanner, will automatically mitigate the vulnerability named CVE-2021-26855 on any Exchange server on which it is deployed. The tool, tested across Exchange Server 2013, 20, is described as an “interim mitigation for customers who are unfamiliar with the patch/update process or who have not yet applied the on-premises Exchange security update.”
The EOMT has been created particularly to help customers that don’t have dedicated security or information technology teams to apply the relevant security updates, but it’s not limited to those customers. today released a one-click Microsoft Exchange On-Premises Mitigation Tool designed to help customers apply critical security updates related to a serious vulnerability first disclosed earlier this month.
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