Microsoft warns of ‘active attacks’ on SharePoint collaboration software; businesses hit

“Active attacks” have targeted Microsoft’s SharePoint collaboration software, the company warned governments and businesses worldwide on late on Monday, July 21. SharePoint is generally used by global businesses and organisations to store and collaborate on documents.

According to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the vulnerability provides unauthenticated access to systems and full access to SharePoint content, which enables bad actors to execute code over the network.

The CISA has warned that this posses a risk to organisations,…