Let the games begin Ransomware has officially entered the Microsoft SharePoint exploitation ring.… Late Wednesday, in an update to its earlier warning, Redmond confirmed that a threat group it tracks as Storm-2603 is abusing vulnerable on-premises SharePoint servers to deploy ransomware.

Threat actors exploit SharePoint flaws to access internal systems, steal sensitive data, and carry out surveillance, impersonation, and extortion.

It's not just data theft. A China-based hacking group is using a flaw in vulnerable SharePoint servers to deliver ransomware, Microsoft warns.