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OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Anthropic have announced the formation of the Frontier Model Forum. The goal of the Frontier Model Forum is to have member companies contribute technical and operational advice to develop a public library of solutions to support industry best practices and standards.
Microsoft Edge web browser has been displaying security warnings after Twitter changed its name to 'X'. Amid its rapid rebranding over the last few days, Twitter has also ditched the famed bird icon for a Unicode character which resembles the letter X but infact bears Mathematical meaning. Microsoft Edge warns this is a potential security issue-and it's working as intended.
Microsoft announced the public preview of a new Defender for IoT feature that helps analyze the firmware of embedded Linux devices like routers for security vulnerabilities and common weaknesses. [...]
Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing video recording and playing failures in some apps on Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems. The list of impacted platforms includes Windows 10 22H2, Windows 11 21H2, and Windows 11 22H2. The issue is triggered after installing preview cumulative updates released in the last two months.
Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing video recording and playing failures in some apps on Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems. The list of impacted platforms includes Windows 10 22H2, Windows 11 21H2, and Windows 11 22H2. The issue is triggered after installing preview cumulative updates released in the last two months.
Microsoft is investigating a known issue causing Microsoft 365 customers to experience significant delays when saving attachments in Outlook Desktop to a network share. Microsoft addressed a similar bug affecting apps in the Office Suite in February when the company acknowledged that the issue also impacted saving email attachments to a network share.
Microsoft Sharepoint and OneDrive for Business were briefly interrupted today after a German TLS certificate was mistakenly added to the main.com domains for the Microsoft 365 services. At approximately 3:08 PM ET today, a Microsoft 365 advisory 'SP659992' warned that users may be unable to access SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business.
The North Korean state-sponsored Lazarus hacking group is breaching Windows Internet Information Service web servers to hijack them for malware distribution. South Korean security analysts at ASEC previously reported that Lazarus was targeting IIS servers for initial access to corporate networks.
Microsoft shared a workaround for Outlook Desktop blocking attempts to open IP address or fully qualified domain name hyperlinks after installing this month's security updates. "Outlook blocks opening FQDN and IP address hyperlinks after installing protections for Microsoft Outlook Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability released July 11, 2023," the company says.
Microsoft is further enhancing the Windows 11 Enhanced Phishing Protection by testing a new feature that warns users when they copy and paste their Windows password into websites and documents. With the release of Windows 11 22H2, Microsoft introduced a new security feature called Enhanced Phishing protection, designed to protect your Windows and Active Directory domain credentials from being obtained by threat actors.