Security News

Microsoft obliquely acknowledges Windows 0-day bug published on Twitter
2018-08-29 16:18

Flaw allows a local user to obtain System privileges.

Microsoft Zero-Day Exploit Published Before Patch
2018-08-29 10:18

Exploit Code Published After Disclosure Process Appears to Have Gone SidewaysMicrosoft appears set to patch a zero-day local privilege escalation vulnerability after a research published...

Microsoft Windows Zero-Day Found in Task Scheduler
2018-08-28 15:58

A Windows task scheduler API function does not check permissions - so any potential local bad actor can alter them to gain elevated privileges.

Microsoft Windows zero-day vulnerability disclosed through Twitter
2018-08-28 15:39

There is no known workaround for the security flaw.

Microsoft Releases Intel Microcode Patches for Foreshadow Flaws
2018-08-23 05:56

Microsoft this week made available another round of microcode updates created by Intel for mitigating the recently disclosed speculative execution vulnerabilities tracked as Foreshadow and L1...

Microsoft's Anti-Hacking Efforts Make it an Internet Cop
2018-08-22 12:58

Intentionally or not, Microsoft has emerged as a kind of internet cop by devoting considerable resources to thwarting Russian hackers. read more

Windows 10: Microsoft and Intel patch latest Spectre CPU vulnerabilities
2018-08-22 11:27

New Windows 10 updates contain Intel's latest microcode fixes for the recently discovered Spectre variant 3a and 4 vulnerabilities.

Microsoft disrupts Fancy Bear election meddlers
2018-08-22 09:12

In a new skirmish, Microsoft took control of six internet domains that were about to be used by the group to spoof US political organisations.

Microsoft: We busted Russian Fancy Bear disinfo websites
2018-08-21 14:56

Right-leaning American think tanks reportedly targeted Microsoft has claimed it thwarted a Russian-backed phishing attack by seizing control of fake copies of right-leaning American think tanks'...

Russian Hackers Went After Conservative US Groups: Microsoft
2018-08-21 13:32

The Russian hacking unit that tried to interfere in the US presidential election has been targeting conservative US think tanks, Microsoft said. read more