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Scammers Are Selling False Microsoft Exchange Exploits on GitHub

Scammers are creating GitHub repositories to sell fake exploits for two Microsoft Exchange Server zero-day vulnerabilities.

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Security researchers have found threat actors are selling fake proof-of-concept ProxyNotShell exploits for the recently confirmed Exchange zero-day vulnerabilities. By impersonating security researchers, the scammers are trying to pass off fake exploits to gain money.

Over the weekend, Microsoft confirmed two new vulnerabilities in Exchange Server.

The company is tracking the flaws as CVE-2022-41040 and CVE-2022-41082, respectively. Microsoft describes the first as a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) bug, while the second could allow threat actors to conduct a remote code execution (RCE) attack through .

In its guidance for the flaws, Microsoft says it has seen targeted attacks on 10 organisations. The threat actors were able to exploit the vulnerabilities and Microsoft believes the attacks come from one state-sponsored group.

Microsoft and other security researchers working on these bugs are so far keeping technical information private. This is to stop more threat actors from learning how to exploit them. It seems only a small pool of hackers have found a way to exploit the flaws.

GitHub Scam

However, one scammer has taken a nefarious initiative. On , this person/s is creating repositories that pretend to be a proof-of-concept exploit for both CVE-2022-41040 and CVE-2022-41082.

John Hammond from Huntress Labs has been tracking the scammers and charting their activity on Twitter. He found five accounts selling fake exploits: ‘jml4da', ‘TimWallbey', ‘Liu Zhao Khin (0daylabin)', ‘R007er', and ‘spher0x.' Each account has since been removed from GitHub.

It is likely there are many more scammers looking to take advantage of the situation. Server zero-day vulnerability exploits can sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Needless to say, you should not hand over any cash or crypto to anyone claiming to have an exploit.

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Luke Jones
Luke Jones
Luke has been writing about all things tech for more than five years. He is following Microsoft closely to bring you the latest news about Windows, Office, Azure, Skype, HoloLens and all the rest of their products.

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