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Germany warns of 17K vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers exposed online

Caute_cautim — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 04:33:17 GMT

Hi All

Where do they go wrong, despite being warned several times?

https://www-bleepingcomputer-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/germany-warns-of-17k-vulnerable-microsoft-exchange-servers-exposed-online/amp/

Regards

Caute_Cautim

Re: Germany warns of 17K vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers exposed online

Early_Adopter — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 23:10:28 GMT

Maybe they wanted to be just like Exchange Online…?

Re: Germany warns of 17K vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers exposed online

Caute_cautim — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 01:29:16 GMT

@Early_AdopterDuh Kaput - my brain hurts....

Regards

Caute_Cautim

Re: Germany warns of 17K vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers exposed online

Early_Adopter — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 02:03:04 GMT

Big Daddy Microsoft say’s it’s impolite to over secure your messaging systems..? 😛

Disrupts the days of the attacker, they don’t get proper family time and become surly, expressing them selves in more vindictive ways..?

I think it’s very likely some of those boxes are part of honey nets, email is a glittering prize for an information broker.

I do think that there are lots of good ways to mitigate this ZTNA tools, Old Trusty the VPN and unfashionable though it is patch your systems.

More broadly whilst there are some decent Microsoft Security products out there, it’s the organisation itself does not make money from the security of business or safety and privacy of its consumers. The only way I see to fix this(given how institutionally unresponsive it is) is co-ordinated and punitive regulation across its key markets and if that fails, break it up.