Microsoft Defender update helps address Exchange Server vulnerability
(Windows Phone Central)

Microsoft continues to address vulnerabilities utilized by Exchange Server attackers. What you need to know Microsoft Defender now mitigates a vulnerability affecting Exchange servers. The tool specifically mitigates CVE-2021-26855, one of four issues utilized in the attacks on Exchange servers. Microsoft Defender will mitigate the issue automatically as long as automatic updates are turned on. Microsoft continues to take steps to address vulnerabilities utilized by the recent attacks on its Exchange Server software. The company released emergency fixes on March 2 and released a one-click mitigation tool to reduce the risk of an attack on vulnerable servers. Now, Microsoft has updated Microsoft Defender to address a vulnerability. Microsoft Defender Antivirus and System Center Endpoint Protection will now automatically mitigate one issue on vulnerable Exchange Servers. Microsoft outlines the step in a security blog post (via ZDNet): Today, we have taken an additional step t...