Security News

How Microsoft is trying to identify and eradicate disinformation
2018-10-31 19:01

Diana Kelley, Microsoft's Cybersecurity Field CTO, explains how the company is addressing influence campaigns, using machine learning for these models, and looking at eliminating disinformation.

How to make your apps passwordless with Microsoft Authenticator and FIDO2
2018-10-31 10:03

Stop making users change passwords and start getting rid of passwords entirely.

Logical Bug in Microsoft Word's 'Online Video' Allows Code Execution
2018-10-29 14:00

Microsoft Office is impacted by a logical bug that allows an attacker to abuse the “online video” feature in Word to execute malicious code, Cymulate security researchers warn. read more

Microsoft Creates Sandbox for Windows Defender
2018-10-29 12:55

Microsoft announced on Friday that Windows Defender, the antivirus application shipped with the company’s operating systems, can now run in a sandbox, and the tech giant claims it’s the first...

Researchers exploit Microsoft Word through embedded video
2018-10-29 12:49

A group of researchers has found a way to infect computers via Word documents without triggering a security warning.

PoC Attack Leverages Microsoft Office and YouTube to Deliver Malware
2018-10-26 19:56

Microsoft has been notified, but no patch is yet available.

How Microsoft's Defending Democracy program amplifies account security
2018-10-25 13:48

Diana Kelley, Microsoft's Cybersecurity Field CTO, explains how the company is combating disinformation, phishing attacks, and cloud security.

Phishing attacks becoming more targeted, phishers love Microsoft the most
2018-10-23 12:00

Microsoft remains ensconced on the top of the list of brands impersonated by phishers in North America, Vade Secure has revealed. Phishers’ favorite targets The company compiles a list of the top...

Talk about a curveball: Microsoft director of sports marketing fired, charged with fraud over 'fake' invoices
2018-10-18 20:05

He tells investigators: 'I was hacked!' Microsoft's former director of sports marketing has been indicted on five counts of wire fraud, based on allegations that he created fake invoices to...

Microsoft Incompletely Patches JET Database Vulnerability
2018-10-15 16:29

An out-of-bounds (OOB) write bug in the Microsoft JET Database Engine that could be exploited for remote code execution has been incompletely addressed with the latest Patch Tuesday security...