Microsoft today demonstrated some of the most sophisticated detection and mitigation measures in the industry as it participated as a premier sponsor at the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit in Dubai, UAE.Read More…
Microsoft said today that a group of well-known Russian government hackers have targeted at least 16 national and international sporting and anti-doping organizations ahead of next year’s Tokyo Olympics.Read More…
Dynabook Europe has announced it is partnering with Microsoft to build the most secure Windows devices available today. The new class of Windows 10 Secured-core PCs is designed with deep integration between hardware and software and features the most advanced CPUs available to ensure resistance to current and future cyber-threats.Read More…
Microsoft is banning almost 40 new types of file extensions on its Outlook email platform. The aim is to protect email users from what it deems “at-risk” file attachments, which are typically sent with malicious scripts or executables. The move will prevent users from downloading email attachments with variousRead More…
Microsoft says it has updated its privacy policy to let customers know that it had been collecting voice data of its users with the help of employees and contractors, a Reuters report said. A spokesperson for Microsoft said the company collects voice data to provide voice-enabled services for Skype andRead More…
Cybersecurity researchers have said that a spoofing bug (CVE-2019-1105) could pave the way for an email attack chain. But Microsoft has patched the vulnerability in Outlook for Android, which opens the door to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. The company said that CVE-2019-1105 rated “important” is a spoofing vulnerability that exists inRead More…
A Google Project Zero researcher has discovered a memory corruption bug in the Microsoft’s Windows Notepad application, which can be used to open remote shell access – typically a first step for attackers infiltrating a system. The researcher noted in a tweet that that the bug was tied to aRead More…
The latest Windows 10 update from Microsoft flags Wi-Fi networks using outdated and insecure Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) and Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) authentication mechanisms. WEP, which was introduced in 1997, was superseded in 2003 by Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), which used TKIP to strengthen security. TKIP became lessRead More…
