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Critical Zimbra RCE flaw now actively exploited in attacks
CERT Polska, the Polish Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), warned that attackers have begun exploiting a critical vulnerability in Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS).
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Why it matters: This matters because internet-exposed mail servers are still high-value targets, and more than 12,100 visible Zimbra systems means the real problem is not patch availability. It is whether teams can prove which servers are exposed, whether SNMP notifications are enabled, and whether compromise indicators are already sitting in logs.
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Original source: BleepingComputer
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