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Malware Infiltrates Microsoft Store via Clones of Popular Games A malware named Electron Bot has found its way into Microsoft’s Official Store through clones of popular games such as Subway Surfer and Temple Run, leading to the infection of roughly 5,000 computers in Sweden, Israel, Spain, and Bermuda. The malware, Read more…

Microsoft Defender for Cloud can Now Protect Google Cloud Resources Microsoft announced today that Microsoft Defender for Cloud now also comes with native protection for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environments, providing security recommendations and threat detection across clouds. Defender for Cloud (formerly known as Azure Security Center and Azure Defender) is Read more…

Vulnerable Microsoft SQL Servers Targeted with Cobalt Strike Threat analysts have observed a new wave of attacks installing Cobalt Strike beacons on vulnerable Microsoft SQL Servers, leading to deeper infiltration and subsequent malware infections. MS-SQL Server is a popular database management system powering large internet applications to small single-system applets. Read more…

Hackers Slip into Microsoft Teams Chats to Distribute Malware Security researchers warn that some attackers are compromising Microsoft Teams accounts to slip into chats and spread malicious executables to participants in the conversation. More than 270 million users are relying on Microsoft Teams every month, many of them trusting the platform implicitly, Read more…

Microsoft is Making it Harder to Steal Windows Passwords from Memory Microsoft is enabling a Microsoft Defender ‘Attack Surface Reduction’ security rule by default to block hackers’ attempts to steal Windows credentials from the LSASS process. When threat actors compromise a network, they attempt to spread laterally to other devices Read more…

Microsoft Fixes Defender Flaw Letting Hackers Bypass Antivirus Scans Microsoft has recently addressed a weakness in the Microsoft Defender Antivirus on Windows that allowed attackers to plant and execute malicious payloads without triggering Defender’s malware detection engine. This security flaw [1, 2] affected the latest Windows 10 versions, and threat attackers could Read more…

Microsoft: Support for Windows 10 20H2 ending in May 2022 Microsoft reminded customers today that multiple editions of Windows 10, version 20H2 and Windows 10, version 1909 are quickly approaching the end of servicing (EOS). In a support document updated today, Microsoft stated that Windows 10 20H2 (also known as the October 2020 Update) Read more…

Microsoft Starts Killing off WMIC in Windows, will Thwart Attacks Microsoft is moving forward with removing the Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) tool, wmic.exe, starting with the latest Windows 11 preview builds in the Dev channel. WMIC.exe is a built-in Microsoft program that allows command-line access to the Windows Management Read more…

Microsoft Teams Now Needs 50% Less Power During Meetings Microsoft has drastically reduced Microsoft Teams’ power requirements in calls and meetings since June 2020, improving experience consistency and making it more friendly with low-end devices. Robert Aichner, a Principal Group Program Manager at Microsoft, said today that Microsoft Teams now Read more…