Security News

Microsoft Makes Third Attempt at Fixing Old Stuxnet Flaw (Security Week)
2017-08-04 12:39

One of the patches released by Microsoft as part of its June 2017 security updates represents the company’s third attempt at patching an old vulnerability exploited by the notorious Stuxnet worm...

Microsoft Patches Several Outlook Vulnerabilities (Security Week)
2017-08-01 10:42

Microsoft has released patches for several important vulnerabilities affecting Outlook, the professional email and calendar application included in the Office suite. read more

Microsoft Releases Outlook and Office Click-to-Run Patches (Threatpost)
2017-07-31 17:00

Microsoft patched three new Outlook vulnerabilities and re-released updates from a broken June update.

Microsoft Battles Fancy Bear Hackers - With Lawyers (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-31 09:48

Analysis: Malicious Code-Writing Teams Versus Billable Hours: Fair Fight?To battle Russian hackers, Microsoft has moved to strip them of their malicious infrastructure. To do so, however, the...

Microsoft opens fuzz testing service to the wider public (Help Net Security)
2017-07-28 20:19

Microsoft Security Risk Detection, a cloud-based fuzz testing service previously known under the name Project Springfield, is now open to all and sundry. Fuzz testing (i.e. fuzzing) is a software...

Microsoft offers rewards for Windows bugs (Help Net Security)
2017-07-27 13:20

Microsoft is asking researchers to look for bugs inside the latest Windows 10 version (Insider Preview slow ring). Remote code execution bugs can net finders up to $15,000, elevation of privilege...

Microsoft Launches Windows Bug Bounty Program (Security Week)
2017-07-27 06:38

Microsoft announced on Wednesday the launch of a Windows bug bounty program with payouts ranging between $500 and $250,000. read more

Microsoft expands bug bounty program to cover any Windows flaw (ArsTechnica)
2017-07-26 20:28

Now every part of Windows is covered by a bug bounty scheme.

Microsoft Is Paying Up To $250,000 With Its New Bug Bounty Program (The Hackers News)
2017-07-26 11:52

Microsoft has finally launched a new dedicated bug bounty program to encourage security researchers and bug hunters for finding and responsibly reporting vulnerabilities in its latest Windows...

Microsoft targets Fancy Bear’s domains in trademark lawsuit (ArsTechnica)
2017-07-21 18:55

"Redirecting…Strontium domains will directly disrupt current Strontium infrastructure."