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Microsoft replacing Remote Desktop app with Windows App in May
2025-03-11 16:27

Microsoft announced that it will drop support for the Remote Desktop app (available via the Microsoft Store) on May 27 and replace it with its new Windows App. [...]

Microsoft shares guidance on upcoming Publisher deprecation
2025-03-10 18:15

Microsoft has published guidance for users of Microsoft Publisher as it will no longer be supported after October 2026 and removed from Microsoft 365. [...]

Microsoft lifts Windows 11 update block for some AutoCAD users
2025-03-10 13:02

Microsoft has removed a compatibility hold that prevented some AutoCAD users from installing the Windows 11 2024 Update due to launch and crash issues. [...]

Microsoft admits GitHub hosted malware that infected almost a million devices
2025-03-10 01:56

Also, phone cleaner apps are a data-sucking scam, Singapore considering the literal rod for scammers, and more Infosec in Brief Microsoft has spotted a malvertising campaign that downloaded...

Microsoft Warns of Malvertising Campaign Infecting Over 1 Million Devices Worldwide
2025-03-07 13:05

Microsoft has disclosed details of a large-scale malvertising campaign that's estimated to have impacted over one million devices globally as part of what it said is an opportunistic attack...

Microsoft: North Korean hackers join Qilin ransomware gang
2025-03-07 12:10

Microsoft says a North Korean hacking group tracked as Moonstone Sleet has deployed Qilin ransomware payloads in a limited number of attacks. [...]

Microsoft says malvertising campaign impacted 1 million PCs
2025-03-06 20:53

​Microsoft has taken down an undisclosed number of GitHub repositories used in a massive malvertising campaign that impacted almost one million devices worldwide. [...]

Microsoft 365 apps will prompt users to back up files in OneDrive
2025-03-06 15:52

Starting mid-March 2025, Microsoft will start prompting users of its Microsoft 365 apps for Windows to back up their files to OneDrive. [...]

Microsoft Teams tactics, malware connect Black Basta, Cactus ransomware
2025-03-04 22:47

New research has uncovered further links between the Black Basta and Cactus ransomware gangs, with members of both groups utilizing the same social engineering attacks and the BackConnect proxy...

Cisco, Hitachi, Microsoft, and Progress Flaws Actively Exploited—CISA Sounds Alarm
2025-03-04 04:39

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added five security flaws impacting software from Cisco, Hitachi Vantara, Microsoft Windows, and Progress WhatsUp Gold to...