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Kyndryl and Microsoft join forces to help customers explore the use of generative AI

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Kyndryl and Microsoft join forces to help customers explore the use of generative AI 09/08/2023 at 15:31 By Industry News Kyndryl and Microsoft announced a joint effort to enable the adoption of enterprise-grade generative AI solutions for businesses on The Microsoft Cloud. Leveraging the partnership’s Joint Innovation Centers, Kyndryl’s growing patent portfolio in data and […]

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Patch Tuesday: Microsoft (Finally) Patches Exploited Office Zero-Days

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Patch Tuesday: Microsoft (Finally) Patches Exploited Office Zero-Days 08/08/2023 at 23:17 By Ryan Naraine Patch Tuesday: A month after confirming active exploitation of Office code execution flaws, Microsoft has shipped patches for multiple affected products. The post Patch Tuesday: Microsoft (Finally) Patches Exploited Office Zero-Days appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from

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August 2023 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes critical bugs in Teams, MSMQ

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August 2023 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes critical bugs in Teams, MSMQ 08/08/2023 at 22:46 By Zeljka Zorz August 2023 Patch Tuesday is here; among the 76 CVE-numbered issues fixed by Microsoft this time around is a DoS vulnerability in .NET and Visual Studio (CVE-2023-38180) for which proof-of-exploit code exists. Other than the fact that a

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Microsoft Criticized Over Handling of Critical Power Platform Vulnerability

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Microsoft Criticized Over Handling of Critical Power Platform Vulnerability 04/08/2023 at 17:03 By Eduard Kovacs A critical Microsoft Power Platform vulnerability exposed authentication data and other secrets, but the tech giant has been accused of handling it poorly. The post Microsoft Criticized Over Handling of Critical Power Platform Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article

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August 2023 Patch Tuesday forecast: Software security improvements

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August 2023 Patch Tuesday forecast: Software security improvements 04/08/2023 at 12:17 By Help Net Security The continued onslaught of phishing attacks, ransomware deployment, and other exploitation is forcing the community to pay closer attention to early identification, as well as fast response, to vulnerabilities in their software. In July alone Microsoft addressed 84 CVEs in

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Russian APT phished government employees via Microsoft Teams

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Russian APT phished government employees via Microsoft Teams 03/08/2023 at 15:17 By Zeljka Zorz An APT group linked to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service has hit employees of several dozen global organizations with phishing attacks via Microsoft Teams, says Microsoft. A social engineering attack to bypass MFA protection “To facilitate their attack, the actor uses Microsoft

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Microsoft Message Queuing Vulnerabilities Allow Remote Code Execution, DoS Attacks

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Microsoft Message Queuing Vulnerabilities Allow Remote Code Execution, DoS Attacks 26/07/2023 at 17:34 By Ionut Arghire Fortinet has published details on a series of critical- and high-severity vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Message Queuing service. The post Microsoft Message Queuing Vulnerabilities Allow Remote Code Execution, DoS Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt

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Product showcase: Stellar Toolkit for Exchange – Restore Exchange Database

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Product showcase: Stellar Toolkit for Exchange – Restore Exchange Database 26/07/2023 at 07:02 By Help Net Security Time is of the essence when it comes to recovery after Exchange Server failure or database corruption, as organizations depend on emails for their day-to-day business communication. The more the delay in restoring services and recovering data, the

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Threat Actor Targeting Developers via Trojanized MS Visual Studio

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Threat Actor Targeting Developers via Trojanized MS Visual Studio 25/07/2023 at 18:06 By cybleinc CRIL examines a Trojanized Visual Studio installer that deploys a Cookie Stealer and utilizes Telegram for data exfiltration. The post Threat Actor Targeting Developers via Trojanized MS Visual Studio appeared first on Cyble. This article is an excerpt from Cyble View

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Microsoft Cloud Hack Exposed More than Exchange, Outlook Emails

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Microsoft Cloud Hack Exposed More than Exchange, Outlook Emails 21/07/2023 at 20:19 By Ryan Naraine Cloud security researcher warns that stolen Microsoft signing key was more powerful and not limited to Outlook.com and Exchange Online. The post Microsoft Cloud Hack Exposed More than Exchange, Outlook Emails appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt

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Fabricated Microsoft Crypto Wallet Phishing Site Spreads Infostealer

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Fabricated Microsoft Crypto Wallet Phishing Site Spreads Infostealer 21/07/2023 at 19:19 By cybleinc Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs analyzes Threat Actors spreading Luca Stealer disguised as a beta version of Microsoft Crypto Wallet. The post Fabricated Microsoft Crypto Wallet Phishing Site Spreads Infostealer appeared first on Cyble. This article is an excerpt from Cyble View

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Microsoft Exchange servers compromised by Turla APT

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Microsoft Exchange servers compromised by Turla APT 20/07/2023 at 15:17 By Helga Labus Turla has been targeting defense sector organizations in Ukraine and Eastern Europe with DeliveryCheck and Kazuar backdoors / infostealers and has been using compromised Microsoft Exchange servers to control them. Turla APT Turla (aka Secret Blizzard, Snake, UAC-0003) is a sophisticated and

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Thanks Storm-0558! Microsoft to expand default access to cloud logs

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Thanks Storm-0558! Microsoft to expand default access to cloud logs 20/07/2023 at 13:31 By Zeljka Zorz Starting in September 2023, more federal government and commercial Microsoft customers will have access to expanded cloud logging capabilities at no additional charge, Microsoft and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have announced on Wednesday. The announcements come

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Microsoft Bows to Pressure to Free Up Cloud Security Logs

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Microsoft Bows to Pressure to Free Up Cloud Security Logs 19/07/2023 at 19:49 By Ryan Naraine Facing intense pressure after Chinese APT hack, Microsoft plans to expand logging defaults for lower-tier M365 customers. The post Microsoft Bows to Pressure to Free Up Cloud Security Logs appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from

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Veeam Software delivers new backup and restore capabilities with Microsoft 365 Backup

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Veeam Software delivers new backup and restore capabilities with Microsoft 365 Backup 19/07/2023 at 15:32 By Industry News Veeam Software announced it is integrating Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 with newly launched Microsoft 365 Backup via their backup APIs to bring customers and partners new capabilities for backup, recovery, ransomware protection and business continuity. Veeam

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Splunk partners with Microsoft to strengthen digital resilience

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Splunk partners with Microsoft to strengthen digital resilience 18/07/2023 at 14:03 By Industry News Splunk and Microsoft are partnering to build Splunk’s enterprise security and observability offerings on Microsoft Azure. Additionally, for the first time, Splunk solutions will be available for purchase on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. “Splunk and Microsoft’s strategic partnership will provide our

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Trojanized Application Preying on TeamViewer Users

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Trojanized Application Preying on TeamViewer Users 13/07/2023 at 14:32 By cybleinc Cyble Research & Intelligence Labs analyzes a trojanized version of the TeamViewer application and how it distributes njRAT. The post Trojanized Application Preying on TeamViewer Users appeared first on Cyble. This article is an excerpt from Cyble View Original Source React to this headline:

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Chinese hackers forged authentication tokens to breach government emails

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Chinese hackers forged authentication tokens to breach government emails 12/07/2023 at 13:17 By Zeljka Zorz Sophisticated hackers have accessed email accounts of organizations and government agencies via authentication tokens they forged by using an acquired Microsoft account (MSA) consumer signing key, the company has revealed on Tuesday. “The threat actor Microsoft links to this incident

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Microsoft patches four exploited zero-days, but lags with fixes for a fifth (CVE-2023-36884)

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Microsoft patches four exploited zero-days, but lags with fixes for a fifth (CVE-2023-36884) 11/07/2023 at 22:31 By Zeljka Zorz For July 2023 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has delivered 130 patches; among them are four for vulnerabilites actively exploited by attackers, but no patch for CVE-2023-36884, an Office and Windows HTML RCE vulnerability exploited in targeted attacks

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July 2023 Patch Tuesday forecast: A month of instability and uncertainty

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July 2023 Patch Tuesday forecast: A month of instability and uncertainty 07/07/2023 at 12:17 By Help Net Security We’re halfway through 2023 already and moving into our seventh Patch Tuesday of the year next week. There’s been a lot of activity with Microsoft this month which may impact updates we’ll see. But first taking a

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