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Microsoft Releases Printer Fix For Older Windows Versions Microsoft has released out-of-band emergency updates for Windows 7, 8.1, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2012 to fix printer issues arising from the March 2021 Patch Tuesday updates. Now that Microsoft has ironed out the bugs in its recent Windows 10 OOB printing Read more…

Microsoft Exchange Servers Now Targeted By Black Kingdom Ransomware Another ransomware operation known as ‘Black Kingdom’ is exploiting the Microsoft Exchange Server ProxyLogon vulnerabilities to encrypt servers. Over the weekend, security researcher Marcus Hutchins, aka MalwareTechBlog, tweeted that a threat actor was compromising Microsoft Exchange servers via the ProxyLogon vulnerabilities to deploy ransomware. Based on Read more…

Microsoft Halts Rollout Of Windows 10 KB5001649 Emergency Update Microsoft has paused the Windows 10 KB5001649 cumulative update rollout, likely due to installation issues and reported crashes. Microsoft is now offering the previously released KB5001567 emergency update instead. The March 2021 updates have been a complete mess when printing, with Read more…

Microsoft Edge Tests Fix For DNS-Over-HTTPS Performance Issues Microsoft is testing a fix for performance issues in Microsoft Edge’s DNS-over-HTTPS feature and has once again enabled a list of suggested DoH servers. DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) allows DNS resolution to be performed over an encrypted HTTPS connection rather than through normal plain Read more…

Mysterious Bug Is Deleting Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Files Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Teams users report files are missing or moved to the Recycle Bin after the recent Azure Active Directory outage this week. On Monday, Microsoft suffered a massive outage that affected almost all cloud services, including Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, Xbox Read more…

Microsoft Warns Of More Printing Issues caused By March Updates Microsoft says that customers might experience additional printing issues besides blue screen crashes after installing Windows 10 updates released earlier this month. According to Microsoft, these recent Windows 10 updates will cause issues when printing from some apps or when Read more…

Microsoft Is Auto-Installing The Windows 10 WebView2 Runtime Microsoft is automatically installing the WebView2 runtime on Windows 10 machines to support upcoming versions of the Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Office applications. Microsoft’s WebView2 allows developers to embed and render web content directly in their native applications, including JavaScript, HTML, and Read more…

Microsoft’s Azure SDK Site Tricked Into Listing Fake Package A security researcher was able to add a counterfeit test package to the official list of Microsoft Azure SDK latest releases. The simple trick if abused by an attacker can give off the impression that their malicious package is part of the Read more…

Microsoft Explains The Cause Of Yesterday’s Massive Service Outage Microsoft has shed some light on the root cause behind yesterday’s massive Azure authentication outage that affected multiple Microsoft services and blocked users from logging into their accounts. Customers experienced authentication errors across many Microsoft services, including Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, Exchange Online, Read more…

The Microsoft Exchange Hacks: How They Started And Where We Are The emergency patches for the recently disclosed critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange email server did not come soon enough and organizations had little time to prepare before en masse exploitation began. Named ProxyLogon, the bug has been exploited in the wild Read more…