Microsoft Confirms Breach In SolarWinds Hack, Denies Infecting Others Microsoft has confirmed that they were hacked in the recent SolarWinds attacks but denied that their software was compromised in a supply-chain attack to infect customers. This past weekend it was discovered that Russian state-sponsored hackers breached SolarWinds and used their auto-update mechanism to distribute Read more…
Malicious Chrome, Edge Extensions With 3M Installs Still In Stores Malicious Chrome and Edge browser extensions with over 3 million installs, most of them still available on the Chrome Web Store and the Microsoft Edge Add-ons portal, are capable of stealing users’ info and redirecting them to phishing sites. The malware-laced extensions found Read more…
FireEye, Microsoft Create Kill Switch For SolarWinds Backdoor Microsoft, FireEye, and GoDaddy have collaborated to create a kill switch for the SolarWinds Sunburst backdoor that forces the malware to terminate itself. This past weekend it was revealed that Russian state-sponsored hackers breached SolarWinds and added malicious code to a Windows DLL file used Read more…
Microsoft Authenticator Brings Password Autofill To Mobile Devices Microsoft has released a new version of Microsoft Authenticator that now acts as a password manager for Android and iOS. With this new feature, you can now autofill credentials into websites and apps that were saved via Authenticator or Microsoft Edge’s built-in Read more…
Microsoft To Quarantine Compromised SolarWinds Binaries Tomorrow Microsoft has announced today that Microsoft Defender will begin quarantining compromised SolarWind Orion binaries starting tomorrow morning. Over the weekend, it was revealed that Russian nation-state hackers breached SolarWinds, a network management software developer, and added malicious code to their Orion Platform. The malicious binaries were then Read more…
Microsoft 365 gets native app support on Apple Silicon Macs Microsoft has started rolling out new Universal versions of Microsoft 365 apps with native support for both Apple Silicon and Intel-based Macs starting today. After the update, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote will be able to take full advantage of the Read more…
Microsoft Removes Update Block For Windows 10 NVMe SSD Devices Microsoft has removed a safeguard hold blocking Windows 10 updates on systems affected by a known issue causing blue screen of death (BSOD) crashes when users plugged in a Thunderbolt NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) Solid State Drive (SSD). Impacted devices also display a Read more…
Microsoft Partially Fixes Windows 10 Conexant Audio Driver Issues Microsoft has partially addressed known issues impacting Windows 10 devices with certain Conexant or Synaptics audio devices after investigating ongoing errors since May 2020. Microsoft has also removed some of the safeguard holds blocking the affected systems from upgrading to the Read more…
Microsoft Office Security Updates Fix Critical SharePoint RCE Bugs Microsoft has addressed critical remote code execution vulnerabilities in multiple SharePoint versions with this month’s Office security updates. In total, this month the company released 23 security updates and 5 cumulative updates for 7 different products, fixing 9 vulnerabilities that could Read more…
Microsoft: New Malware Can Infect Over 30K Windows PCs A Day Microsoft has warned of an ongoing campaign pushing a new browser hijacking and credential-stealing malware dubbed Adrozek which, at its peak, was able to take over more than 30,000 devices every day. On compromised computers, Adrozek injects ads into search Read more…
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