Security News

Microsoft Patches Over 90 Vulnerabilities With August 2019 Updates
2019-08-13 19:03

Microsoft’s August 2019 Patch Tuesday updates fix more than 90 vulnerabilities, but none of them have been exploited in attacks or disclosed publicly before the patches were released. read more

Microsoft's new vulnerability tracking service is about IT productivity
2019-08-09 10:23

With so many threats and vulnerabilities to deal with, just knowing which actions you should prioritize can be hard. The new Threat & Vulnerability Management service from Microsoft should help.

Black Hat 2019: Addressing Supply-Chain Risk Starts with People, Microsoft Says
2019-08-08 20:13

LAS VEGAS – Supply-chain attacks have nabbed headlines lately thanks to high-profile incidents like the Wipro news last April, where attackers were able to compromise the staffing agency’s network...

Microsoft puts another nail in VBScript coffin
2019-08-08 09:52

Listen up, VBScript fans: your favourite scripting language's days are numbered.

Microsoft Says It 'Listens' to Conversations Only With Permission
2019-08-08 04:43

Microsoft said Wednesday its contractors listen to conversations to hone voice translation features offered by Skype and its digital assistant Cortana, but only when obtaining user permission. read more

Reverse RDP Attack Also Enables Guest-to-Host Escape in Microsoft Hyper-V
2019-08-07 23:03

Remember the reverse RDP attack? Earlier this year, researchers disclosed clipboard hijacking and path-traversal issues in Microsoft's Windows built-in RDP client that could allow a malicious RDP...

Black Hat 2019: Microsoft Protocol Flaw Leaves Azure Users Open to Attack
2019-08-07 20:00

At Black Hat USA 2019, researchers showed how a previously-disclosed flaw on Windows systems that could allow arbitrary code execution could also impact Hyper-V.

JASK joins the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association
2019-08-06 22:45

JASK, the provider of one of the industry’s first cloud-native SIEM platforms, announced it joined the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA), a group of security technology providers...

Microsoft: Russia Probes Office Printers, VOIP Phones
2019-08-06 12:48

Points to the Need to Make IoT Devices More SecureMicrosoft warned on Monday that Russia-linked attackers are gaining access to corporate networks through poorly configured devices, such as office...