US EditionMicrosoft server hack hit about 100 organizations, researchers say
UNITED STATES, JUL 21 – The zero-day exploit CVE-2025-53770 allowed hackers to install backdoors and steal cryptographic keys, affecting mainly U.S. and German government agencies, banks, and universities, Shadowserver said.
- Microsoft issued an alert on Saturday about active zero-day attacks targeting self-hosted SharePoint servers worldwide.
- The alert followed a hacking campaign discovered on Friday by Eye Security, with the attacks exploiting an undisclosed vulnerability.
- An internet scan with the Shadowserver Foundation identified nearly 100 compromised organizations, mostly in the US and Germany, including government entities.
- Vaisha Bernard said the scan found victims before the technique was widely known and Microsoft urged customers to install security updates promptly.
- The FBI is aware and working with partners, while the attacks demonstrate broad global exposure with unknown attackers, suggesting ongoing risk.
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Microsoft Cyberattack: Cybersecurity Firms Identify 100 Organisations Affected by SharePoint Server Attack With Continued Access Through Backdoor | 📲 LatestLY
Microsoft faces a major cyberattack on Saturday that compromised SharePoint servers. Cybersecurity firms revealed that over 100 organizations were affected via a SharePoint Server vulnerability. Attackers had continued access through a dropped backdoor 📲 Microsoft Cyberattack: Cybersecurity Firms Identify 100 Organisations Affected by SharePoint Server Attack With Continued Access Through Backdoor.
[Silicon Valley - Watanabe Naoki] On the 20th, Microsoft began offering software updates after vulnerabilities were discovered in some of the server software for "SharePoint," which is used for sharing documents within an organization. Cyber attacks exploiting weaknesses have been coming one after another at US companies and government agencies. Security issues have come to light in the 2019 and 2016 versions of Microsoft's "SharePoint Server," …
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