A newly discovered zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server has experts declaring an emergency and urging CSOs to think about the need to abandon on-premises email solutions.
“Because it’s already being exploited in the wild, this isn’t a ‘patch next week situation; it’s a ‘mitigate right now’ emergency,” warned Rob Enderle of the Enderle Group.
“This is another reminder to find a trusted cloud provider for e-mail,” added Johannes Ullrich, dean of research at the SANS Institute. “On-premises Exchange is becoming a legacy product, and while some organizations need it for internal and outbound email, its attack surface should be minimized by reducing its exposure to external email.”...