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Cyber espionage campaign targets Microsoft SharePoint servers, affects 100 organizations

A cyber espionage campaign has compromised around 100 organizations by targeting self-hosted Microsoft SharePoint servers, Microsoft reported.

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Cyber espionage campaign targets Microsoft SharePoint servers, affects 100 organizations
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A major cyber espionage campaign has compromised approximately 100 organizations by targeting Microsoft’s self-hosted SharePoint servers, researchers reported. The attacks are currently active, with Microsoft warning that these servers, used for internal collaboration and file sharing, are at risk. Cloud-based SharePoint services remain unaffected.

"We are monitoring the situation closely and recommend organizations take immediate action to secure their servers," Microsoft stated in a recent advisory.

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