Microsoft points out China-based hackers using vicious new zero-day ‘rapid attacks’ to deliver ransomware to targets around the world.

• Storm-1175 quickly moves from access to ransomware deployment
• Exploit zero and n days on multiple products
• It is aimed at health, financial, educational and professional services.

The Chinese-speaking hacker collective Storm-1175 is moving quickly, going from initial access to full system compromise and data exfiltration in weeks, and sometimes in less than 24 hours, experts warned.

A new report from Microsoft claims that the group was seen exploiting multiple flaws, both zero-day and n-day, in its activities. In some cases, they would even chain together multiple defects to get better results.