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Tech veteran Microsoft It was said on Tuesday that three groups of China-based hackers were behind the ongoing cyber attack on their Sharepoint File-Sharing System.
The Microsoft Safety Response Center first published a blog about the attack against the on-primeses SharePoint Server on 19 July, stating that the attackers exploited weaknesses related to spoofing and remote code execution. Sharepoint is a document-sharing platform that aims to allow users to share information safely within an organization and promote cooperation.
In an update posted on Tuesday, Microsoft indicates three China-based Hacking groups are responsible for cyber attacks.
“As this writing, Microsoft has observed two designated Chinese nation-state actors, linen typhoon and violet typhoon, which exploit these weaknesses targeting the Internet-Sawrepoint server,” Microsoft wrote. “In addition, we have seen another China -based danger actor, which has been tracked as Hurricane -2603, exploits these weaknesses.”
Microsoft said that three China-based hacking groups are likely to be behind the Sharepoint Brech. (CESC Maymo / Getty Images)
Microsoft’s post said Linen Typhoon Hacking group Has been active since 2012 and has focused on intellectual property theft with special emphasis on government, defense, strategic plan and human rights organizations.
Linen Typhoon is known that Microsoft has “described as a drive-by-agreement and historically rely on existing adventures to compromise with organizations.”
| Langer | Security | Last | Change | Change % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Msft | Microsoft Corp. | 505.87 | +0.60 |
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Violet Typhoon Group is active in hacking operations since 2015 and has been more focused on espionage.
Microsoft stated that the group has targeted the former government and military personnel, non-governmental organizations, think tanks, higher education, digital and print media as well as financial and healthcare sectors in America, Europe and East Asia.
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Microsoft underlined the hacking groups behind the ongoing attacks in a security updated post. ,
Microsoft said Violet Typhoon exposes weaknesses Web infrastructure Among your target organizations to take advantage of weaknesses and install web shells.
It also recognized Storm -2063 as participating in Brech, which was evaluated as a China -based actor with moderate belief and noted that he has not identified relations between that group and other known Chinese hacking groups.
Microsoft’s post mentioned that Linen Typhoon Hacking Group is active since 2012. ( / istock)
The company said that while it has observed the group Deployment of ransomware In the past, it is not currently able to assess its objectives with confidence.
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Microsoft said it has released Safety update Using all versions of SharePoint to protect customers completely and customers should apply those updates immediately.
