Microsoft’s scheduled Patch Tuesday security update for February includes fixes for two zero-day security vulnerabilities under active attack, plus 71 other flaws across a wide range of its products. In all, five of the vulnerabilities for which Microsoft issued a February patch were rated as critical, 66 as important, and two as moderate. The update […]
Enlarge The hackers who recently broke into Microsoft’s network and monitored top executives’ email for two months did so by gaining access to an aging test account with administrative privileges, a major gaffe on the company’s part, a researcher said. The new detail was provided in vaguely worded language included in a post Microsoft published […]
Microsoft’s January 2024 Patch Tuesday includes security updates for 49 flaws and 12 remote code execution vulnerabilities. Two critical vulnerabilities were fixed, including a Windows Kerberos Security Feature Bypass and a Hyper-V RCE.
Microsoft’s block on Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros has led attackers to experiment with different file types, with XLL files now being used as a means to distribute malware.
By Raphael Satter and Zeba Siddiqui WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Chinese hackers who breached Microsoft’s email platform this year managed to steal tens of thousands of emails from U.S. State Department accounts, a Senate staffer told Reuters on Wednesday. The staffer, who attended a briefing by State Department IT officials, said the officials told lawmakers that 60,000 […]