Attacks that leverage Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities "have escalated," warns CNN. They cite a senior White House official saying the window for updating exposed servers is incredibly short -- "measured in hours, not days."
Why are we hearing this from a "senior White House official" and not Microsoft?
Just had to get that joke off my chest, but I guess it's also a minor criticism of the FP question. Yes, it is a legitimate question, but I'm doubting it's the best way to have started the discussion.
My primary question is "Is there a threat to users of email who are limited to outlook.com email?" I'm almost certain that Microsoft eats their own dog food and uses Exchange servers in house, but I can think of various reasons that outlook.com might not use them.
Okay, back again, and able to confirm that the linked story does not mention outlook.com at all. Also, I'm the only one to mention outlook.com so far in this discussion, but I'll check back later, though mostly for the witty jokes that rarely appear these days. (But obviously need to check on some websites with more technical and security sophistication than CNN.) Still don't know what was bugging Firefox (again). Now what about that mysterious Printer driver update from Microsoft that keeps rebooting my co
I don't have the link handy, but when this was first reported a few days ago, it was mentioned that M$' own services (outlook.com, O365, etc.) were supposedly patched before the vuln was publicly announced.
This is hearsay, and poorly remembered hearsay at that. YMMV.
Weird chain of notification (Score:4, Interesting)
Attacks that leverage Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities "have escalated," warns CNN. They cite a senior White House official saying the window for updating exposed servers is incredibly short -- "measured in hours, not days."
Why are we hearing this from a "senior White House official" and not Microsoft?
And why is this from CNN?
Very odd.
Re: (Score:5, Informative)
Why are we hearing this from a "senior White House official" and not Microsoft?
Because Microsoft is trying to limit the damage to themselves.
And why is this from CNN?
Because CNN is a news organization. Their job is to provide information about issues which people may be interested in or affects them in some way.
Born to be pwned? (Score:2)
Just had to get that joke off my chest, but I guess it's also a minor criticism of the FP question. Yes, it is a legitimate question, but I'm doubting it's the best way to have started the discussion.
My primary question is "Is there a threat to users of email who are limited to outlook.com email?" I'm almost certain that Microsoft eats their own dog food and uses Exchange servers in house, but I can think of various reasons that outlook.com might not use them.
My secondary question is "Can this vulnerability
Re: (Score:2)
Okay, back again, and able to confirm that the linked story does not mention outlook.com at all. Also, I'm the only one to mention outlook.com so far in this discussion, but I'll check back later, though mostly for the witty jokes that rarely appear these days. (But obviously need to check on some websites with more technical and security sophistication than CNN.) Still don't know what was bugging Firefox (again). Now what about that mysterious Printer driver update from Microsoft that keeps rebooting my co
Re:Born to be pwned? (Score:2)
I don't have the link handy, but when this was first reported a few days ago, it was mentioned that M$' own services (outlook.com, O365, etc.) were supposedly patched before the vuln was publicly announced.
This is hearsay, and poorly remembered hearsay at that. YMMV.