Microsoft: What Is the Priority?
September 8, 2021
Two items caught my attention today (September 3, 2021). The first was “Conti Ransomware Now Hacking Exchange Servers with ProxyShell Exploits.” What’s interesting is that Microsoft Exchange is in the news again. Here’s the interesting part of the write up:
The Conti ransomware gang is hacking into Microsoft Exchange servers and breaching corporate networks using recently disclosed ProxyShell vulnerability exploits…. While Microsoft fully patched these vulnerabilities in May 2021, technical details regarding exploiting the vulnerabilities were recently released, allowing threat actors to start using them in attacks. So far, we have seen threat actors using the ProxyShell vulnerabilities to drop webshells, backdoors, and to deploy the LockFile ransomware.
Isn’t this like a 45 rpm recording of the The Trashmen’s “Surfin’ Bird.” Repetitive much? Here’s the lyric. Just substitute breach or break for bird, and you may have a hit on your hands:
A well a everybody’s heard about the bird
B-b-b bird, bird, bird, b-bird’s the word
A well a bird, bird, bird, the bird is the word
A well a bird, bird, bird, well the bird is the word
(Repeat endlessly)
The second item was “Don’t Like the New Windows 11 Start or Taskbar? Don’t Worry – Microsoft’s Got Your Back.” The main thrust of this write up is that Microsoft trashed the task bar and start menu of Windows 11. I learned:
Affected Insiders found, according to Microsoft, “that Start and Taskbar were unresponsive and Settings and other areas of the OS wouldn’t load.” The result was a hurried update requiring those impacted to do a bit of Registry tinkering in order to get things back to normal.
From the all-important security assurances to the suggestions of the best Windows ever, Microsoft delivers flawed experiences for some it seems.
Trust, confidence in Microsoft software, and commitment to providing secure and stable tools are in short supply in Harrod’s Creek. Your mileage may vary, but bad actors continue to get useful tips about ways in which Microsoft says, “Hey, pay us a visit.”
Stephen E Arnold, September 8, 2021
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