Cybersecurity

Microsoft Rolls Out Patches for 73 Flaws, Including 2 Windows Zero-Days

Feb 14, 2024NewsroomPatch Tuesday / Vulnerability Microsoft has released patches to address 73 security flaws spanning its software lineup as part of its Patch Tuesday updates for February 2024, including two zero-days that have come under active exploitation. Of the 73 vulnerabilities, 5 are rated Critical, 65 are rated Important, and three and rated Moderate […]

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Microsoft Warns of Kremlin-Backed APT28 Exploiting Critical Outlook Vulnerability

Dec 05, 2023NewsroomEmail Security / Vulnerability Microsoft on Monday said it detected Kremlin-backed nation-state activity exploiting a critical security flaw in its Outlook email service to gain unauthorized access to victims’ accounts within Exchange servers. The tech giant attributed the intrusions to a threat actor it called Forest Blizzard (formerly Strontium), which is also widely […]

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Microsoft Warns of Nation-State Hackers Exploiting Critical Atlassian Confluence Vulnerability

Oct 11, 2023NewsroomCyber Attack / Vulnerability Microsoft has linked the exploitation of a recently disclosed critical flaw in Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server to a nation-state actor it tracks as Storm-0062 (aka DarkShadow or Oro0lxy). The tech giant’s threat intelligence team said it observed in-the-wild abuse of the vulnerability since September 14, 2023. “CVE-2023-22515 […]