A new strain of ransomware has emerged which exploits a security flaw in Microsoft Exchange servers, signaling potentially damaging consequences from a high-profile hack.
Microsoft and other security researchers said the new ransomware dubbed “DearCry” was showing up in servers affected by the breach attributed to a Chinese hacker group.
“We have detected and are now blocking a new family of ransomware being used after an initial compromise of unpatched on-premises Exchange Servers,” said a tweet from Microsoft Security Intelligence.
