Security News

Multiple flaws in Microsoft macOS apps unpatched despite potential risks
2024-08-19 19:01

Cisco Talos says eight vulnerabilities in Microsoft's macOS apps could be abused by nefarious types to record video and sound from a user's device, access sensitive data, log user input, and escalate privileges. For users familiar with macOS, it's what's responsible for requesting your permission to run new apps, and displays prompts when those apps want to access sensitive stores such as contacts, photos, webcams, etc.

Microsoft Patches Zero-Day Flaw Exploited by North Korea’s Lazarus Group
2024-08-19 07:05

A newly patched security flaw in Microsoft Windows was exploited as a zero-day by Lazarus Group, a prolific state-sponsored actor affiliated with North Korea. The security vulnerability, tracked...

Microsoft shares workaround for Outlook crashing after opening
2024-08-16 22:30

​​​​Microsoft has shared a workaround for a known issue affecting Microsoft 365 customers and causing classic Outlook to crash after opening or when starting up in Safe mode. [...]

Microsoft: Enable MFA or lose access to admin portals in October
2024-08-16 19:06

Microsoft warned Entra global admins on Thursday to enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) for their tenants until October 15 to ensure users don't lose access to admin portals. [...]

Microsoft Edge PDF reader is getting more Copilot AI features
2024-08-16 12:53

Microsoft is improving Copilot integration in the Edge browser with AI-powered smart keywords. This will allow the AI to generate important keywords from the PDF and then help you analyze each topic. [...]

Microsoft removes FAT32 partition size limit in Windows 11
2024-08-15 21:53

Microsoft removed today an arbitrary 32GB size limit for FAT32 partitions in the latest Windows 11 Canary build, now allowing for a maximum size of 2TB. [...]

Microsoft disables BitLocker security fix, advises manual mitigation
2024-08-15 15:26

Microsoft has disabled a fix for a BitLocker security feature bypass vulnerability due to firmware incompatibility issues that were causing patched Windows devices to go into BitLocker recovery mode. [...]

Microsoft shares temp fix for Outlook, Word crashes when typing
2024-08-15 13:55

​Microsoft has shared a temporary fix for a known issue that causes Microsoft 365 apps like Outlook, Word, and OneNote to unexpectedly crash while typing or spell-checking a text. [...]

Microsoft Patched 6 Actively Exploited Zero-Day Flaws
2024-08-14 19:19

Patch Tuesday brought updates for 90 security vulnerabilities, including patching severe remote code execution vulnerabilities and closing some doors in Chromium.

Microsoft retires Windows updates causing 0x80070643 errors
2024-08-14 18:31

Microsoft has retired several Windows security updates released during the January 2024 Patch Tuesday that have been causing 0x80070643 errors when installing Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)...