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- 1Warlock ransomware breaches SharePoint in water and telecom attacks▼Warlock ransomware breach SharePoint in water, telecom operator attacks
The Warlock ransomware group has breached Microsoft SharePoint servers as part of attacks on water and telecom operators, BleepingComputer reports. The intrusions appear tied to recent SharePoint vulnerabilities that attackers have been exploiting to steal data and deploy ransomware, raising concerns about critical infrastructure security.
- 2China-linked Warlock group keeps exploiting SharePoint flaws●🤖 China-linked actor Warlock is still exploiting Microsoft SharePoint flaws, both old and new, to disable security tools
Symantec's Carbon Black unit reports that Warlock, a China-linked threat actor, continues to exploit both patched and newly disclosed Microsoft SharePoint vulnerabilities to disable security tools and deploy ransomware. Targets include critical infrastructure, government bodies and educational organisations in Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking countries. Security teams are urged to patch SharePoint servers and monitor for attempts to tamper with endpoint protection.
- 3SharePoint abbreviates business unit names in unfortunate ways●Do not call your Business Unit something like Software. Sharepoint might just call your Team BS 🙈 # microsoft # namingTh
A tech worker's warning is making the rounds: naming a business unit something like "Software" can lead SharePoint to automatically abbreviate team names to an embarrassing acronym, "BS". The anecdote has struck a chord with people in IT and office work, prompting jokes about naming things being one of the hardest problems in software and a reminder to check how workplace tools auto-generate labels.