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, despite the absence of protections
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 by stealing credentials or using
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 abuse it since at least 2014.
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) will reach EOS on May
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