Progress orders emergency ShareFile server shutdown over mystery security threat
Vendor insists there's no evidence of unauthorized access, but it's asking customers to take one of the most drastic precautions available
Progress Software has ordered some ShareFile customers to pull the plug on their own servers after detecting what it describes as a "credible external security threat" targeting the on-premises component of its enterprise file-sharing platform.
The emergency warning, sent by email and seen by The Register, instructed organizations running ShareFile Storage Zone Controllers to take the unusual step of manually shutting down the Windows servers that host the software, with no patch or configuration workaround yet announced.
"We have reason to believe there is a credible external security threat targeting Progress Software's ShareFile Storage Zone Controllers," the company wrote, adding that it had already disabled access to ShareFile accounts using Storage Zone Controllers, but warned this alone was not enough.
"IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED: You must manually shut down the...
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