Microsoft has discontinued support for domain fronting via Azure. The cloud computing platform is primarily designed for developing, testing, and running applications. It supports setups ranging from virtual computing to networking and is underpinned by Microsoft’s data centers. The company ... Read more
The Microsoft Security team has been commended for its handling of the latest Microsoft Exchange breach, which affected over 25,000 customers globally. According to Charles Carmakal, the senior vice president at FireEye, the tech giant has done exceptionally well in ... Read more
Microsoft is issuing guidance in the wake of a targeted cyberattack most recently aimed at parts of the US government. Microsoft's issuance is both parts, identifying recent nation-state sanctioned attack techniques as well as giving its customer assurance that as ... Read more
Over the course of 90-days the researchers found 40 exploits, 20 of which were considered "Critical or Important severity security vulnerabilities."
Much has been said about the effects of foreign interference in the 2016 presidential elections, but if anything, cyberattacks from foreign adversaries have increased in the leadup to the 2020 elections. Today, Microsoft, in their On the Issues corporate blog, ... Read more
Microsoft finds that security researchers are a vital component of the cybersecurity ecosystem. These security researchers spend time discovering and reporting security bugs before anyone can use the bugs for nefarious purposes. As detailed in a post on the Microsoft ... Read more
Cybersecurity company CyberArk revealed today that it has worked with Microsoft to fix an account takeover vulnerability in Microsoft Teams based on the use of malicious GIFs.
Microsoft's M12 Venture arm announced yesterday that it was investing in Arkose Labs, a San Francisco-based startup developing a fraud and abuse prevention platform for protecting web and mobile apps.
Apparently, advertising malware is not only hitting Windows users only. As noted in a report by ZDNet, ChromeOS and macOS users are increasing at risk for advertising malware on websites. ZDNet provided advertising malware statistics and data gathered by a ... Read more
Microsoft's Windows Hello Will officially become a FIDO2-certified authenticator service in the next release of Windows 10.
As it turns out, the fact that hackers were able to view the private emails of users of Microsoft’s free Outlook.com service wasn't even the worst of the news. As it turns out, they were also able to steal some cryptocurrencies from multiple victims.
Following a new report revealing that hackers were actually able to read the content of compromised Outlook.com email accounts, Microsoft has been forced to change its stance.
Starting today, Microsoft AccountGuard, a free service offering advanced measures to protect critical democratic processes from cyberattacks is available in the UK.
Several big tech companies are currently in a race to win the Pentagon’s $10 billion JEDI cloud contract, and after Google pulled out from the fight yesterday, Microsoft is now touting an upcoming expansion of its Azure Government Secret cloud service.
CyberShikshaa is a 3-year program to create a robust pool of skilled women professionals and bolster the cybersecurity ecosystem in India.
Microsoft is set to issue an emergency Windows Update to address the latest Intel and AMD processors security concerns.
Synack and Illusive Networks are two Microsoft Ventures security start-ups who are beating hackers at their own game.
Reuters reports an exclusive interview with India's cyber security coordinator Gulshan Rai confirms that Microsoft has "in principle agreed".
French regulators of CNIL announced this week that they are now dropping the complaints against Microsoft for Windows 10 privacy settings.
All four were arrested by a collaboration between the City of London Police and Microsoft, who assisted cracking down on the fraudulent behavior.
Two Britons have been arrested yesterday by the local authorities for attempting to hack into Microsoft's network, but the company says that they did not gain access to customer information.