Security News

Microsoft Patches Office Zero-Day Used to Deliver Malware
2017-10-10 19:31

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for October 2017 address a total of 62 vulnerabilities, including a critical Office zero-day flaw that has been exploited in targeted attacks. read more

Microsoft Patches Critical Windows DNS Client Vulnerabilities
2017-10-10 18:00

Microsoft patched three memory corruption vulnerabilities in the Windows DNS client that could be abused by a man-in-the-middle attacker to run arbitrary code.

Microsoft Cortana Can Now Read Your Skype Messages to Make Chat Smarter
2017-10-10 08:31

Microsoft today announced built-in support for Cortana—an artificial intelligence-powered smart assistant—in Skype messenger on Android as well as iOS devices. What purpose does it serve?...

Varied Patch Process by Microsoft Exposes Windows Users: Google Researcher
2017-10-09 18:38

Not all Windows releases receive the same treatment when it comes to security patches, leaving some users exposed to known vulnerabilities, security researchers from Google's Project Zero team...

New Microsoft Tool Analyzes Memory Corruption Bugs
2017-10-04 17:05

A newly released analysis tool from Microsoft helps security engineers and developers investigate memory corruption bugs. read more

Hackers Exploiting Microsoft Servers to Mine Monero - Makes $63,000 In 3 Months
2017-09-28 09:33

Mining cryptocurrencies can be a costly investment as it takes a monstrous amount of computing power, and thus hackers have started using malware that steals computing resources of computers it...

Hackers behind CCleaner compromise were after Intel, Microsoft, Cisco
2017-09-21 17:45

There is a new twist in the CCleaner hack saga: the attackers apparently didn’t set out to compromise as many machines as possible. A covert, highly targeted attack According to Cisco, their...

Microsoft: Windows getting more stable, faster, and lasting longer on battery
2017-09-21 00:26

Even as Windows 10 users grow, support calls are declining.

Microsoft Extends Office Bounty Program
2017-09-18 11:25

Microsoft has announced an extension to its Microsoft Office Bounty Program, which is now set to run until December 31, 2017. read more

Microsoft Azure confidential computing keeps data in use secret
2017-09-15 20:40

Microsoft has announced a new Azure (cloud) data security capability: confidential computing. Who’s it for? The capability allows companies to use the cloud even if they don’t completely trust the...