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And look, also today, an urgent warning
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has been issued to Australian companies
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and organizations that use Microsoft's
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content management platform, SharePoint.
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The danger is that hackers are
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exploiting a vulnerability in SharePoint
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that can be used to steal sensitive data
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and remotely execute malicious code. The
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Australian Cyber Security Center is
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urging organizations to act now after
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Microsoft observed active attacks
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targeting on premises SharePoint server
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customers. The US Cyber Security and
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Infrastructure Security Agency reported
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evidence of active exploitation starting
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back on Sunday. SharePoint was launched
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by Microsoft in 2001. It's a legacy
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program for many organizations, but it's
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still reportedly used by around 200,000
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organizations as in premises software or
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via the cloud. But it's these in
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premises programs that appear most
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vulnerable. The cyber security center
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says the attack involves the
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of untrusted data in on premises
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Microsoft SharePoint servers allowing an
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unauthorized attacker to execute code
