Security News
Microsoft has revealed that Thursday's worldwide outage was caused by a code defect that allowed the Azure DNS service to become overwhelmed and not respond to DNS queries. Last night, Microsoft published a root cause analysis for this week's outage and explained that it was caused by their Azure DNS service becoming overloaded.
Entrust announces the integration of its nShield hardware security modules with Microsoft Double Key Encryption. Double Key Encryption for Microsoft 365 protects a company's highly sensitive data using two component keys - one key that is in the customer's control and a Microsoft key stored securely in Microsoft Azure.
Microsoft has fixed an Outlook bug that blocked users from forwarding or replying to emails containing embedded hyperlinks pointing to long URLs. Outlook for PC users experiencing this issue are seeing "Cannot send this item" errors according to customers' reports on Microsoft's community website.
HYAS announced technology integration between HYAS Protect and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. The combined solution increases Microsoft Defender for Endpoint's proven security coverage and efficacy, offering comprehensive endpoint protection for our joint customers.
Microsoft's digital assistant Cortana was first unveiled with Windows Phones, and it was later introduced on Android and iOS. Microsoft had even offered Cortana in its Microsoft Launcher, but they decided to remove all the consumer-centric integrations after focusing instead on enterprise customers. Due to this, Microsoft Cortana for Android and iOS never took off with mobile users.
Microsoft won a nearly $22 billion contract to supply U.S. Army combat troops with its augmented reality headsets. Microsoft and the Army separately announced the deal Wednesday.
Most of the recent credential phishing attacks seen by Menlo Security served phony Outlook and Office 365 login pages. In its report, the Menlo Tabs team said it discovered a rise in credential phishing attacks over the past month.
Argus Cyber Security has collaborated with Microsoft Azure IoT and joined the Microsoft partner network to provide vehicle manufacturers the ability to monitor, detect, and mitigate attacks in the cloud. Argus cyber security suite, integrated with Azure IoT for automotive applications, includes Argus Fleet Protection, an Automotive Security Operation Center solution, in-vehicle insights from Argus Connected ECU Protection, and update capabilities with Argus Software Updates Over-the-Air.
According to a new Security Signals report released Tuesday by Microsoft, a whopping 80 percent of businesses reported "At least one firmware attack" in the past two years but only 30 percent allocated any budget spend on firmware protection. Businesses aren't paying close enough attention to securing this critical layer, says David Weston, Microsoft partner director of OS security.
The recently patched vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange have sparked new interest among cybercriminals, who increased the volume of attacks focusing on this particular vector. While ransomware attacks have increased in frequency in the past six months, cybersecurity company Check Point last week noticed a surge in incidents targeting Microsoft Exchange servers vulnerable to the so-called ProxyLogon critical bugs.