Technology giants Microsoft has said it has spotted three state-sponsored hacking operations, or APTs, that have targeted as many as seven leading companies involved in the research and manufacturing of Covid-19 vaccines. The software behemoth traced the attacks back to one cybercriminal in Russia and two North Korean hacking groups. Continue Reading
Technology giant Microsoft has exhorted users to stop telephone-based multi-factor authentication (MFA) solutions like one-time codes sent via SMS and voice calls. The company has instead asked users to replace them with newer MFA technologies, such as app-based authenticators and security keys. Alex Weinert, Director of Identity Security at Microsoft, Continue Reading
On Tuesday, tech giant Microsoft released its monthly roll-up of security fixes known as Patch Tuesday. In November, the software conglomerate patched 112 security flaws across an extensive range of products, from Microsoft Edge to the Windows WalletService. This month’s fix also comprises a patch for a Windows zero-day flaw. Continue Reading
A zero-day vulnerability in the Windows operating system that is reportedly under active exploitation has been recently revealed by security researchers from Google. According to Ben Hawkes, team lead for Project Zero, Google’s elite vulnerability research team, the zero-day is supposed to be patched on November 10, which is the Continue Reading
This week, researchers noticed that Emotet attacks using a new prototype that feigns to be a Microsoft Office message exhorting the receiver to inform their Microsoft Word to add a new feature. Emotet junk messages influence templates to trick the victims into allowing macros to start the infection. Once malware Continue Reading
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