Microsoft has officially confirmed that the recent outages experienced by Azure, Outlook, and OneDrive were the result of targeted Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. These…
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Microsoft Agrees to Pay $20 Million Fine for XBOX Children Privacy Violations
Microsoft, one of the leading technology companies, agreed to settle charges with FTC for privacy violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).…
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Microsoft Discovers macOS vulnerability Allowing Hackers to Bypass SIP Root Restrictions
Microsoft’s security researchers have uncovered a critical vulnerability in macOS. It enables hackers with root privileges to bypass System Integrity Protection (SIP). By exploiting…
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Microsoft and Citizen Lab Reveal Commercial Spyware on iPhones
Microsoft and Citizen Lab detected the utilization of commercial spyware created by Israel-based company QuaDream. It was targeting high-risk iPhones using a zero-click exploit…
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A Microsoft Office 365 feature can help Ransomware hackers to hack Cloud files
A “dangerous piece of functionality” has been uncovered in Microsoft 365 suite that can be exploited by attackers to ransom files stored on SharePoint…
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Microsoft Office flaw identified by researchers
A zero-day flaw in Microsoft Office has caught the attention of cybersecurity researchers; the flaw can be exploited to execute arbitrary code in affected…
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Microsoft’s report tracks a 254% surge in XorDdos Malware
XorDdos, a Linux botnet malware, has been used extensively—a 254% increase—in the last six months, a Microsoft research reports. The trojan derives its name…
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Windows Print Spooler flaw exploited in the wild
The U.S Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has asked users to watch out for a vulnerability in the Windows Print Spooler. Although Microsoft…
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Hackers exploit unpatched Microsoft SQL using Cobalt Strike
Threat actors have targeted vulnerable internet-facing Microsft SQL (MS SQL) servers. The attacks entail planting the Cobalt Strike adversary simulation tool in the targeted…
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RTF template injection used for phishing attacks
Threat actors from three countries—China, Russia, India—are using a new method, RTF (Rich Text Format) template injection, to plant malware in targeted systems. “RTF…