Microsoft Defender will help protect Windows against serious Exchange failure

Microsoft's Exchange has been under heavy attack in recent days. The 4 serious security flaws that were discovered guarantee the success of the attackers and compromise the opening of access points to the infrastructures of many organizations.

The fixes are already available and being applied, but the software giant wants to guarantee faster protection. For that, and as a complement, Microsoft has to come to Defender an update that will help protect Exchange.

A very big problem with Exchange

All organizations using Microsoft Exchange are vulnerable. The 4 recently discovered flaws are serious and open the doors of these servers to any attacker. It is estimated that there are already 30,000 companies being attacked by hackers, who exploit these vulnerabilities.

Microsoft already has the necessary updates available to address these serious flaws. Not being simple to apply, they solve the problem and guarantee the necessary protection. For smaller organizations, there is a one-click solution, which addresses the problem automatically and assesses the damage.

Microsoft Defender will help protect

Now, and to ensure even more security, Microsoft Defender will be used. This will ensure that one of the entrance doors, CVE-2021-26855, is temporarily resolved until everything is centrally addressed.

This help arrives automatically and transparently for Windows users. With the attackers' door closed, it is impossible to exploit the most serious of failures, the one that most attackers exploited to attack organizations.

Windows is a protection weapon

The success of these attacks has been great, which demonstrates their importance and need to be corrected. Many organizations found themselves grappling with problems and their structures affected, as was the case with Acer and the recent ransomware attack.

Even with the answer given by Microsoft, many companies and other entities are still vulnerable and exposed. The patches are available and ready to be installed, but not everyone wants to take this step. So, these Microsoft measures that involve Defender, are guarantee that Exchange is a little more protected.