NSA warns 'Sandworm' hackers targeting email servers

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NSA warns 'Sandworm' hackers targeting email servers

Leveraging a software vulnerability in Exim.

The US National Security Agency warned government partners and private companies about a Russian hacking operation that uses a special intrusion technique to target operating systems often used by industrial firms to manage computer infrastructure. “This is a vulnerability that is being ...

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