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

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.

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