07 Nov Microsoft Warns of More Harmful Windows BlueKeep Attacks, Patch Now The Microsoft Defender ATP Research Team says that the BlueKeep attacks detected on November 2 are connected with a coin mining campaign from September that used the same command-and-control (C2) infrastructure. […]
07 Nov Microsoft to Remove Downloads Folder from Disk Cleanup Microsoft has decided to roll back its decision to add the Downloads folder to the Windows 10 Disk Cleanup program after receiving negative feedback from users. […]
04 Nov Office 365 to Prevent Malicious Docs From Infecting Windows Microsoft Office is getting a new feature called Application Guard that will allow users to open attachments in a virtualized container to protect Windows from malicious macros and exploits. […]
04 Nov Microsoft 365 Helps Improve Orgs’ Security and Compliance Posture AI-powered security and compliance guidance is rolling out to Microsoft 365 customers starting this week to help them address potential issues via guided experience. […]
01 Nov Windows 10 1903 Affected by New Setup Bug, Workaround Ready Microsoft says that Windows 10, version 1903 is affected by a new bug triggering an error asking users to “Try again” after completing the Windows installation process or after resetting a device. […]
01 Nov Office 365 Phishing Campaign Baits Employees with Pay Raises Pay raises were used by scammers to bait employees in a recent phishing campaign that tried to trick them into handing out their Microsoft Office 365 account credentials. […]
31 Oct Microsoft Shares Solutions for Windows TLS Failures, Timeouts Microsoft has acknowledged a new issue affecting several Windows versions that could lead to Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connections intermittently failing or getting timed out. […]
31 Oct Microsoft Warns of Windows Slow Startup Due to Persistent Memory Microsoft acknowledged a new known issue impacting several Windows versions and leading to unexpectedly slow startups on computers configured to use persistent memory. […]
30 Oct Microsoft Issues Workaround for Windows 10 User Creation IME Bug Microsoft published a workaround to mitigate an issue preventing Windows 10 customers from creating local users when setting up a new Windows device using Input Method Editor (IME). […]
30 Oct Microsoft Users Hit with Phishing Kits Hosted on Thousands of Domains Microsoft’s users were the most targeted by phishing campaigns among the top targeted brands with attackers using a thousands of domains specifically registered to be used for harvesting credentials from their targets. […]