Security News

Bug Caused Microsoft Outlook to Send Emails in Cleartext
2017-10-12 17:06

A vulnerability that that was recently addressed by Microsoft as part of the October 2017 Patch Tuesday could result in Outlook sending emails in cleartext when S/MIME encryption was supposed to...

Buggy Microsoft Outlook Sending Encrypted S/MIME Emails With Plaintext Copy For Months
2017-10-12 01:58

Beware, If you are using S/MIME protocol over Microsoft Outlook to encrypt your email communication, you need to watch out. From at least last 6 months, your messages were being sent in both...

Microsoft Issues Patches For Severe Flaws, Including Office Zero-Day & DNS Attack
2017-10-11 02:06

As part of its "October Patch Tuesday," Microsoft has today released a large batch of security updates to patch a total of 62 vulnerabilities in its products, including a severe MS office zero-day...

Microsoft Patches Office Bug Actively Being Exploited
2017-10-10 20:44

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday security bulletin includes 62 fixes for vulnerabilities tied to Office, SBM1 and the Windows DNS client.

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...