Security News

Experts, Microsoft Push for Global NGO to Expose Hackers (Security Week)
2017-06-08 15:26

As cyberattacks sow ever greater chaos worldwide, IT titan Microsoft and independent experts are pushing for a new global NGO tasked with the tricky job of unmasking the hackers behind them. read more

Microsoft Acquires Security Orchestration Firm Hexadite (Security Week)
2017-06-08 14:01

Microsoft announced on Thursday that it has agreed to acquire Boston-based security orchestration firm Hexadite for an undisclosed sum. read more

Kaspersky Files Antitrust Complaints Against Microsoft (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-08 09:48

Microsoft Squeezes Out Third-Party Anti-Virus Products, Complaints ClaimRussian anti-virus vendor Kaspersky Lab has filed two antitrust complaints against Microsoft in Europe, contending that the...

Beware! This Microsoft PowerPoint Hack Installs Malware Without Requiring Macros (The Hackers News)
2017-06-07 05:29

"Disable macros and always be extra careful when you manually enable it while opening Microsoft Office Word documents." You might have heard of above-mentioned security warning multiple times on...

Kaspersky Accuses Microsoft of Unfairly Disabling its Antivirus in Windows 10 (The Hackers News)
2017-06-07 00:54

Russian antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab is so upset with US software giant Microsoft that the security firm has filed more antitrust complaints against the company. The antivirus firm initially...

8 RCE, DoS holes in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine plugged (Help Net Security)
2017-05-30 17:22

After the discovery and the fixing of a “crazy bad” remote code execution flaw in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine earlier this month, now comes another MMPE security update that plugs...

Microsoft Patches Several Malware Protection Engine Flaws (Security Week)
2017-05-30 08:34

Microsoft Fixes Several Antimalware Engine Vulnerabilities Found by Google Researchers read more

Microsoft Quietly Patches Another Critical Malware Protection Engine Flaw (Threatpost)
2017-05-28 10:00

Microsoft quietly patched a critical vulnerability found by Google's Project Zero team in the Malware Protection Engine.