Was Acer just hit with a ransomware attack?, F5 warns customers about multiple critical vulnerabilities, and Microsoft is doing everything they can to get people to patch Exchange vulnerabilities! All that coming up now on ThreatWire.
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Acer:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/acer-reportedly-targeted-with-50-million-ransomware-attack/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/computer-giant-acer-hit-by-50-million-ransomware-attack/
https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/20/22341642/acer-ransomware-microsoft-exchange-revil-security
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/03/to-security-pros-dread-another-critical-server-vulnerability-is-under-exploit/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_source=twitter&utm_social-type=owned&utm_medium=social
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K02566623
https://twitter.com/buffaloverflow/status/1372861157317435394
https://twitter.com/Unit42_Intel/status/1373017186818781190
https://threatpost.com/critical-f5-big-ip-flaw-now-under-active-attack/164940/
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2021/03/10/f5-security-advisory-rce-vulnerabilities-big-ip-big-iq
https://www.cyberscoop.com/f5-networks-big-ip-exploit-vulnerability/
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-exchange-server-these-quarterly-updates-include-fixes-for-security-flaws/
https://blog.f-secure.com/microsoft-exchange-proxylogon/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-exchange-servers-now-targeted-by-black-kingdom-ransomware/
https://mspoweruser.com/microsoft-defender-antivirus-will-now-automatically-mitigate-on-premises-exchange-server-vulnerabilities/
https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2021/03/15/one-click-microsoft-exchange-on-premises-mitigation-tool-march-2021/
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