Microsoft Reports ‘DearCry’ Ransomware Targeting Exchange Servers
Attackers have begun to utilize the recently patched Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities to deploy ransomware onto compromised servers, Microsoft reports. The news emerged late last night. Phillip Misner, a member of Microsoft’s security research team, tweeted about the new ransomware family tracked as Ransom:Win32/DoejoCrypt.A and nicknamed “DearCry,” which is using the Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities to…