Security News

June 2023 Patch Tuesday: Critical patches for Microsoft Windows, SharePoint, Exchange
2023-06-13 18:36

For June 2023 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has delivered 70 new patches but, for once, none of the fixed vulnerabilities are currently exploited by attackers nor were publicly known before today! Microsoft has previously fixed CVE-2023-3079, a type confusion vulnerability in Chromium's V8 JavaScript engine, which was spotted being exploited by attackers to target Chrome users.

Microsoft 365 search outage affects Outlook, Teams, and SharePoint
2023-04-24 11:47

Microsoft is investigating an ongoing issue preventing some customers from using the search functionality across multiple Microsoft 365 services. The list of affected services includes but is not limited to Outlook on the Web, SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, and Outlook desktop clients.

Office 365 Config Loophole Opens OneDrive, SharePoint Data to Ransomware Attack
2022-06-21 12:34

Researchers are warning attackers can abuse Microsoft Office 365 functionality to target files stored on SharePoint and OneDrive in ransomware attacks."Proofpoint has discovered a potentially dangerous piece of functionality in Office 365 or Microsoft 365 that allows ransomware to encrypt files stored on SharePoint and OneDrive in a way that makes them unrecoverable without dedicated backups or a decryption key from the attacker," according to researchers.

Microsoft asks bug hunters to probe on-premises Exchange, SharePoint servers
2022-04-06 09:40

Bug hunters that discover and report high-impact security vulnerabilities in on-premises Exchange, SharePoint and Skype for Business may earn as much as $26,000 per eligible submission, Microsoft has announced. The highest awards will go to those who discover vulnerabilities that have the highest potential impact to customer security.

Microsoft adds on-premises Exchange, SharePoint to bug bounty program
2022-04-05 15:53

Microsoft has announced that Exchange, SharePoint, and Skype for Business on-premises are now part of the Applications and On-Premises Servers Bounty Program starting today. With the expansion of this bug bounty program, security researchers who find and report vulnerabilities affecting on-premises servers are eligible for awards ranging from $500 up to $26,000.

Microsoft 365 outage blocks access to OneDrive, SharePoint files
2021-11-02 16:08

A Microsoft 365 outage prevents access to files, such as Excel documents, stored on the SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Office, and Microsoft Teams cloud storage services. The outage started at approximately 11:40 AM EST, with admins and users reporting on social media that they could not open files stored on OneDrive or SharePoint.

Phishing Campaign Dangles SharePoint File-Shares
2021-08-04 14:44

Attackers are using spoofed sender addresses and Microsoft SharePoint lures in a new phishing campaign that is "Sneakier than usual" and can slip through the usual security protections in its aim to fool people into giving up their credentials, Microsoft researchers discovered. Microsoft Security Intelligence researchers discovered the campaign targeting organizations that use Microsoft Office 365 by using the file-sharing aspect of SharePoint, they revealed in a tweet on Tuesday.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Targeted With High-Risk Phish, Ransomware Attacks
2021-04-28 19:00

SharePoint servers are being picked at with high-risk, legitimate-looking, branded phish messages and preyed on by a ransomware gang using an old bug. The phish is targeting Office 365 users with a legitimate-looking SharePoint document that claims to urgently need an email signature.

Mysterious bug is deleting Microsoft Teams, SharePoint files
2021-03-18 20:18

Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Teams users report files are missing or moved to the Recycle Bin after the recent Azure Active Directory outage this week. Since Tuesday, BleepingComputer has spoken to numerous Microsoft SharePoint administrators bombarded with client calls about missing files in their SharePoint folders.

Mysterious bug is deleting Microsoft SharePoint, Teams files
2021-03-18 20:18

Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Teams users report files are missing or moved to the Recycle Bin after the recent Azure Active Directory outage this week. Since Tuesday, BleepingComputer has spoken to numerous Microsoft SharePoint administrators bombarded with client calls about missing files in their SharePoint folders.