Security News

Office for Mac Users Warned of Malicious SYLK Files
2019-11-01 21:59

Researchers warn XML macros embedded in SYLK files can sidestep Microsoft Office for Mac protections.

News Wrap: APTs, Office 365 Voicemail Phish and Bed Bath & Beyond Breach
2019-11-01 19:32

Threatpost editors discuss this week's biggest news - from a data breach of Bed Bath & Beyond, a tricky phishing attack and widespread APT activity.

Fake Voicemail/Office 365 Attack Targets Enterprise Execs
2019-10-31 13:11

Executives at high-profile companies are being targeted by a fake voicemail campaign hunting for Office 365 credentials.

Office 365 users targeted with fake voicemail alerts in suspected whaling campaign
2019-10-31 06:30

Office 365 users at high-profile companies in a wide variety of industries are being targeted with voicemail-themed phishing emails, McAfee researchers have found. They say that a wide range of...

Hypercore Networks and CloudGenix bring cloud-scale economics to the enterprise remote office
2019-09-27 00:00

Hypercore Networks, global provider of managed WAN, Voice, Security and Monitoring Solutions, announced a managed service provider (MSP) partnership with CloudGenix, the category leader in...

Can you code a way to foil online terrorist vids? The Home Office might just have £600K for you
2019-09-24 15:55

UK.gov wants 'algorithm' to be shared with other tech firms UK prime minister (at time of writing) Boris Johnson announced to the UN Security Council today a plan to block the sharing of violent...

UK Home Office web form snafu allows you to both agree and disagree – strongly – all at once
2019-09-17 13:30

Government cares what you think. Honest A UK Home Office consultation on new, intrusive police powers was so incompetently written that you could both "strongly agree" and "strongly disagree" at...

Microsoft Makes Automated Incident Response in Office 365 ATP Generally Available
2019-09-12 10:02

The Automated Incident Response feature in Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) is now generally available, Microsoft has announced. read more

Office 365 security: Automated incident response based on playbooks
2019-09-10 10:43

Five months after introducing Automated Incident Response in Office 365 ATP, Microsoft has announced it’s making it more widely available. Customers who have opted for Office 365 ATP Plan 2,...

Red flag: Home Office inks £45m border tech extension with IBM
2019-09-04 11:31

After 15 years, Semaphore DB that flags up persons of interest goes into extra (Brexit) time The Home Office has inked a £45m 33-month contract extension with IBM for its creaking Semaphore border...