Security News

Microsoft tops list of brands impersonated by phishers
2018-07-18 12:40

The number one brand spoofed by phishers in Q2 2018 in North America was Microsoft, says email security company Vade Security. The company credits the surging of adoption of Microsoft Office 365...

Microsoft Offers $100,000 Bounty for Finding Bugs in Its Identity Services
2018-07-18 08:48

Microsoft today launched a new bug bounty program for bug hunters and researchers finding security vulnerabilities in its "identity services." Hacking into networks and stealing data have become...

Microsoft Offers $100,000 in New Identity Bug Bounty Program
2018-07-18 08:35

Microsoft on Tuesday announced the launch of a new bug bounty program that offers researchers the opportunity to earn up to $100,000 for discovering serious vulnerabilities in the company’s...

Microsoft to pay new bounties for identity services holes
2018-07-18 06:28

If ye can board Microsoft accounts, Azure AD or even OpenID without the skipper knowing, loot be your reward Microsoft’s launched a new bug bounty program, this time for identity services.…

SoftwareONE launches Security for Microsoft 365
2018-07-17 17:31

SoftwareONE announced that it has launched Security for Microsoft 365, a managed service that enhances the security of Microsoft 365 environments as well as manages and protects users, devices,...

ClearDATA launches healthcare compliant cloud offering on Microsoft Azure
2018-07-17 13:30

ClearDATA has launched a healthcare compliant offering for Microsoft Azure. The offering helps healthcare organizations operating on Azure to innovate and scale while maintaining compliance with...

Proofpoint Cloud Account Defense detects compromised Microsoft Office 365 accounts
2018-07-13 15:27

Proofpoint announced the availability of Proofpoint Cloud Account Defense (CAD) to detect and protect Microsoft Office 365 accounts, preventing attackers from causing financial and data loss....

Microsoft offers extended support for Windows, SQL 2008: but with a catch
2018-07-12 22:06

An extra three years of patches are being offered to in-cloud users.

Microsoft plugs 53 security holes in July 2018 Patch Tuesday
2018-07-11 15:47

For its July 2018 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has patched 53 vulnerabilities. 17 of them are critical and 16 of those affect Internet Explorer and Edge. Microsoft updates “The 16 CVEs covering...

Intel, Microsoft, Adobe release a swarm of bug fixes to ruin your week
2018-07-11 00:24

Massive patch dump with 112 fixes... and that's just for the Photoshop giant IT admins face a busy week ahead as Microsoft, Intel, and Adobe have issued bundles of scheduled security fixes...