Microsoft said three hacking groups tied to China have tried to exploit a vulnerability that affected some versions of its SharePoint collaboration software. Attackers in China also sought to exploit a vulnerability in Microsoft's Exchange Server software four years ago.
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On July 19, Microsoft alerted users that it was experiencing an active cyberattack on its SharePoint servers, which allow organizations to share and manage documents.
A global attack on Microsoft server software used by thousands of government agencies and businesses to share documents within organisations is likely the work of a single actor, a cybersecurity researcher said on Monday.
The company confirms ‘active attacks' targeting SharePoint Servers customers.
Microsoft (MSFT -0.33%) has been a steady yet quiet outperformer this year. While the market is up around 6%, Microsoft shares have risen an outstanding 20%.
Nvidia (NVDA -0.42%) has skyrocketed in value over the last three years to become the world's first $4 trillion company. The 10x-plus increase in value from three years ago was fueled by the massive spending on artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, of which Nvidia's graphics processing units (GPUs) are a key component.
Over the next couple of weeks, many of America's largest technology companies will report their operating results for the recent quarter, which ended on June 30. They will update investors on their financial performance, and also their progress in the artificial intelligence (AI) space, which is creating an incredible amount of value at the moment.
Ahead of Microsoft's (MSFT -0.33%) quarterly earnings release on July 30, many investors are likely looking closely at their shares of the software giant. After all, the stock has seen an incredible run recently.
Following a Pro Publica report that Microsoft was using engineers in China to help maintain Department of Defense cloud computing systems, the company said it's made changes to ensure this will no longer happen.
Microsoft said Friday it is making sure that personnel based in China are not providing technical support for US Defense Department systems, after investigative news site ProPublica revealed the practice earlier this week.
The market has returned to its highs, along with many top artificial intelligence (AI) names. However, another market dip could always be around the corner.