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Microsoft Fixes Issue Causing Windows 10 Apps To Forget Passwords Microsoft has addressed a known issue impacting multiple Windows 10 apps and causing them to forget users’ passwords after upgrading devices to certain Windows 10, version 2004 builds. The issue was resolved in the KB4598291 release preview cumulative update for all editions Read more…

Microsoft Defender ATP Detects Chrome Updates As PHP Backdoors Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is currently detecting at least two Chrome updates as malware, tagging the Slovenian localization file bundled with the Google Chrome installer as a malicious file. System admins are reporting that Microsoft’s enterprise endpoint security platform (previously known as Microsoft Defender Read more…

Microsoft Defender Now Detects MacOS System, App Vulnerabilities Microsoft announced that Defender for Endpoint will now also help admins discover OS and software vulnerabilities affecting macOS devices on their organization’s network. With the enterprise endpoint security platform’s threat and vulnerability management feature now generally available for macOS, security admins can Read more…

For Microsoft, Cybersecurity Has Become Bigger Than Business Since the cybersecurity firm FireEye hired Microsoft to help investigate a hack at the federal contractor SolarWinds, Microsoft has helped clean up the mess, alerted victims and distributed other details meant to fend off alleged Russian spies. Microsoft did all of that Read more…

Microsoft: 8 Trillion Daily Signals Power Our Cybersecurity Services Microsoft’s security services grew by $10 billion in 2020, as more companies began utilizing their cloud-based security services. Microsoft released the second quarter of the fiscal year 2021 earnings this week and beat consensus estimates by 7.36%. While most of this growth is Read more…

Microsoft: DPRK Hackers ‘Likely’ Hit Researchers With Chrome Exploit Today, Microsoft disclosed that they have also been monitoring the targeted attacks against vulnerability researchers for months and have attributed the attacks to a DPRK group named ‘Zinc.’ Earlier this week, Google disclosed that a North Korean government-backed hacking group has been using Read more…

Microsoft Rolls Out Application Guard For Office To All Customers Microsoft has announced that Application Guard for Office is now generally available for all Microsoft 365 users with supported licenses. Application Guard for Office (aka Microsoft Defender Application Guard for Office) blocks files downloaded from untrusted sources from gaining access to trusted Read more…

Here’s How A Researcher Broke Into Microsoft VS Code’s GitHub This month a researcher has disclosed how he broke into the official GitHub repository of Microsoft Visual Studio Code. A vulnerability in VS Code’s issue management function and a lack of authentication checks enabled the researcher to obtain push access, and write Read more…

Microsoft Releases New Windows 10 Intel CPU Microcode Updates Microsoft has released a new set of Intel microcode updates for Windows 10 20H2, 2004, 1909, and older versions to fix bugs impacting multiple Intel CPU families. Microcode updates are released by Intel after discovering bugs in their CPUs to allow OS vendors to Read more…

Microsoft Shares Workaround For Windows 10 Conexant Driver Issues Microsoft has shared a workaround for a known issue impacting Windows 10 devices with Conexant ISST audio drivers and causing update errors and issues. The known issue impacting computers with Conexant ISST audio drivers has been under investigation since May 2020 when the Read more…