On Thursday, Microsoft recognized that hackers who organized a huge hack of government and private computer networks gained access to its internal “source code,” a vital element for its software. But the technology behemoth said the attack, which top US officials suggested have been committed by Russian-led hackers, were unable Continue Reading
A few months ago, technology giant Microsoft issued a fix for a flaw in the Windows operating system that allowed hackers to raise their permissions to kernel level on an affected machine; however, the patch did not stick. The issue, which was cashed in on by progressive hackers as a Continue Reading
Microsoft, FireEye, and GoDaddy have joined hands to come up with a kill switch for the SolarWinds Sunburst backdoor that compels the malware to axe itself. It was divulged during the last weekend that Russian state-sponsored cybercriminals breached SolarWinds and added malicious code to a Windows DLL file used by Continue Reading
A hacker who appears to be acting on behalf of a foreign government, exploiting software provider SolarWinds, FireEye, a US security firm today deploys malware-infected updates to Orion software. He said he infected the network. The FireEye report was released after Reuters, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal reported Continue Reading
As part of the company’s monthly batch of security updates, known as Patch Tuesday, Microsoft today announced 58 security patches across 10+ products and services. Microsoft released fixes for 58 newly discovered security flaws ranging as many as 11 products and services as part of the final Patch Tuesday of Continue Reading
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