Millions of mail servers with EXIM await burglary

A vulnerability in exim, especially in the version 4.8.7-4.9.1 included! The update to 4.9.2 is designed to close the vulnerability!

Servers with exim in the dangerous versions that have not been updated in time can be compromised by attackers and evil hackers get full root control of these servers through this vulnerability! The bug is listed under CVE-2019-10149!

Mail servers, unlike normal servers, are much sensitive to look at! Often emails are used to, for example, To have passwords restored! Also in the e-mails often recipients leave the passwords! Stud only if they have not been changed and the hacker immediately gets access to the bank or Bitcoin wallet with the access mail! But also the hacker can use the hacked mail server to have the passwords sent to the mail address via password recovery function! Anyone who gets access to an important mail account as a hacker may be able to withdraw all assets from the user in question!

So those who run mail servers must be aware that such sensitive systems are to be maintained and maintained quite regularly!

All server operators should generally update their servers regularly! It may also be a good idea to install auto update! We have described how to do this on the following pages! https://serverhosting.1awww.com/de/virtuelle-server/dokumentation.html

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