Ransomware Hackers Have Set Their Sights on Exchange Servers

Cirrusitsolutions19 Jul, 2022Business

Microsoft Exchange servers are once more in the crosshairs of hackers around the world. Most recently, hacking groups have been specifically targeting them to deploy BlackCat ransomware. As is common among ransomware attacks, the hackers here first rifle through an infected network, looking for login credentials, proprietary information, and other sensitive files that they can copy and exfiltrate. They exploit a target organization in two ways. They ultimately encrypt a target's files and demand payment to unlock them and then ransom the copied files for additional payment.