Data loss costs are going up – and not just for those who choose to pay thieves
Ransoms, investigations, and breach-related lawsuits are hitting companies in the wallet, law firm says
Cyber-crime02 May 2023 | 4
Russia's APT28 targets Ukraine government with bogus Windows updates
Nasty emails designed to infect systems with info-stealing malware
Cyber-crime02 May 2023 | 4
Plugging the infosec holes before the bad guys can sneak in
RSA Conference 2023 Security posture management gets its due at RSA
Spotlight on RSA01 May 2023 | 2
iPhones hook up with Windows as Microsoft’s Phone Link dials up Apple's iOS
Windows Phone did this ages ago but flopped
OSes28 Apr 2023 | 39
DoJ, Treasury accuses 3 men of laundering crypto for North Korea
If the DPRK is named, you know it somehow involves Lazarus Group
Cyber-crime26 Apr 2023 | 3
SentinelOne sticks generative AI into its stuff because 2023 gotta 2023
RSA Conference 2023 Look, anyone can build these things
Spotlight on RSA24 Apr 2023 | 5
Where are we now – Microsoft 363? Cloud suite suffers another outage
Final update Some customers unable to use the search function for online services like Teams and Outlook
SaaS24 Apr 2023 | 20
How fiends abuse an out-of-date Microsoft Windows driver to infect victims
It's like those TV movies where a spy cuts a wire and the whole building's security goes out
Research24 Apr 2023 | 16
Autonomy's Mike Lynch loses battle against extradition to the US on fraud charges
Next stop, Euro human rights court?
Software21 Apr 2023 | 25
ChatGPT fans need 'defensive mindset' to avoid scammers and malware
Palo Alto Networks spots suspicious activity spikes such as naughty domains, phishing, and worse
AI + ML21 Apr 2023 | 4
Microsoft not a Teams player as admin center, 365 service suffer partial outage
Final update It’s not the caching. There’s no way it’s the caching. It was the caching
SaaS20 Apr 2023 | 22
Spyware slinger QuaDream’s reported demise may be the canary in the coal mine
Analysis NSO and others are still out there, but pariahs find it hard to do business
Cyber-crime19 Apr 2023 | 3
Microsoft opens up Defender threat intel library with file hash, URL search
Surprised there's no ChatGPT angle and that it's not called MalwareTotal
Security18 Apr 2023 | 1
Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 surprisingly still a thing, will get Windows 11 treatment
This is, we're told, a good thing
Personal Tech17 Apr 2023 | 3
More ads in Windows 11 Start Menu could be last straw for some
Others are resigned to inevitability and argue it's better than a subscription
OSes17 Apr 2023 | 115
Compatibility mess breaks not one but two Windows password tools
Windows LAPS and legacy LAPS don't play nicely under certain conditions, Microsoft says
CSO14 Apr 2023 | 6
While Twitter wants to sell its verification, Microsoft will do it for free on LinkedIn
Redmond expands a digital ID process for its platform as Musk seeks cash for blue check marks
CSO14 Apr 2023 | 23
Microsoft mucks with PrtScr key for first time in decades
In Windows 11 it'll soon default to the Snipping Tool. And that's just fine with users, right?
OSes13 Apr 2023 | 64
FBI: How fake Xi cops prey on Chinese nationals in the US
你好 [insert name], 我在 Ministry of Public Security 工作 [insert shakedown]
Cyber-crime12 Apr 2023 | 17
Microsoft's Garage band offers album of experimental Excel jazz
For those who think spreadsheet app isn't wild enough, try some of these potential future widgets
Applications12 Apr 2023 | 11
Microsoft switches gears, keeps Exchange Online's CARs around until Sept 2024
At least Redmond listens to some customers
SaaS10 Apr 2023 | 1
Apple squashes iOS, macOS zero-day bugs already exploited by snoops
Keep calm and install patches before abuse becomes widespread
Patches10 Apr 2023 | 1
Microsoft, Fortra are this fed up with cyber-gangs abusing Cobalt Strike
Oh, sure, let's play a game of legal and technical whack-a-mole
Cyber-crime10 Apr 2023 | 8
Microsoft coughs up some change after allegedly selling software to no-no companies
Nadella happy to sling code to Russians and Iranians, or nah?
Channel07 Apr 2023 | 13
Google: If your Android app can create accounts, it better be easy to delete them, too
Awoogah, awooooogah, new policy coming for developers
Personal Tech07 Apr 2023 | 14
In wars of the future, national security won't end at space
Efforts under way to keep satellites and other craft safe from military threats
Defense Tech Week06 Apr 2023 | 4
Microsoft stumps loyal fans by making OneDrive handle Outlook attachments
Which means you may suddenly hit a 5GB limit rather than 15GB
Storage06 Apr 2023 | 76
US defense tech veterans call for a separate Cyber Force
Analysis A seventh branch of the military is needed to address rising threats
Defense Tech Week06 Apr 2023 | 21
Microsoft tells admins to autoreview your Autopatch alerts or autolose the service
And you wouldn't want that ... would you?
Security05 Apr 2023 | 20
Think tank: Chips Act is great, but US should look at biotech supply chain too
The White House and DoD move to bolster domestic biomanufacturing
Public Sector04 Apr 2023 | 4
Microsoft adds chatbots to Teams for the Pentagon
Yes, DoD admins, your users can ask for this now, but make sure your bots are in compliance
Defense Tech Week04 Apr 2023 | 4
April brings tulips, taxes ... and phisherfolk scammers
Tactical#Octopus: Don't let users click on that zip file
Research03 Apr 2023 | 6
AlienFox malware caught in the cloud hen house
Malicious toolkit targets misconfigured hosts in AWS and Office 365
Security30 Mar 2023 |
Microsoft uses carrot and stick with Exchange Online admins
If you need extra time to dump RPS, OK, but email from unsupported Exchange servers is blocked till they’re up to date
Spotlight on RSA30 Mar 2023 | 16
Microsoft Defender shoots down legit URLs as malicious
Updated Those hoping to use nefarious websites like, er, Zoom are overrun by alerts. Redmond 'investigating'
Security29 Mar 2023 | 25
Oh, really? Microsoft worries multicloud complicates security and identity
Coincidentally lays off techies in its identity team
Spotlight on RSA29 Mar 2023 | 8
Microsoft enlarges its cockpit of Copilots to include security
It starts with chat bots inventing D&D campaigns and ends with AI all over your Excel and network logs
AI + ML28 Mar 2023 | 9
Microsoft scrambles to fix Windows 11 'aCropalypse' privacy-battering bug
Updated All your previously Snipping Tool cropped images aren't, basically
OSes24 Mar 2023 | 54
CISA unleashes Untitled Goose Tool to honk at danger in Microsoft's cloud
Not a headline we expected to write today
CSO24 Mar 2023 | 11
Attackers hit Bitcoin ATMs to steal $1.5 million in crypto cash
Terminal maker General Bytes shutters its cloud business after second breach in seven months
Security23 Mar 2023 | 30
Microsoft freaks out users with Windows 11 warning: 'LSA protection is off'
Alerts telling folks their 'device may be vulnerable' triggered by KB5007651
OSes22 Mar 2023 | 52
You just gonna take that AWS? Let Microsoft school your users on cloud security?
And Google Cloud is next
CSO21 Mar 2023 | 3
Microsoft to give more than microsecond's thought about your Windows 11 needs
Concerns over consistent dialog boxes, pinning, default apps mulled
OSes20 Mar 2023 | 38
BianLian ransomware crew goes 100% extortion after free decryptor lands
No good deed goes unpunished, or something like that
Cyber-crime19 Mar 2023 | 7
Microsoft pushes out PowerShell scripts to fix BitLocker bypass
Attackers exploiting the vulnerability could access encrypted data
Software19 Mar 2023 | 28
Microsoft picks perfect time to dump its AI ethics team
Machine-learning safety and controls now everyone's problem
AI + ML15 Mar 2023 | 28
Microsoft dips Teams in the metaverse vat with avatars ahead
Can't be bothered with cam? Replace yourself with a 3D diligent worker
SaaS15 Mar 2023 | 29
Zoll Medical says intruders had 1M+ patient, staff records at their fingertips
Names, addresses, SSNs all up for grabs
Security13 Mar 2023 | 2
Windows 11 puts 'disgusting' Remote Mailslots protocol out of its misery
It's simple, unreliable, insecure, and on its way out
OSes13 Mar 2023 | 65
Here's how Microsoft hopes to inject ChatGPT into all your apps and bots via Azure
Stormy clouds ahead?
AI + ML11 Mar 2023 | 29
Google euthanizes Chrome Cleanup Tool because it no longer has a purpose
Times have changed and unwanted software on Windows is a rarity (unless you count Windows itself)
Security11 Mar 2023 | 4
Microsoft rolls out tools and improvements to make its stuff more accessible
Inclusion is good business
Software10 Mar 2023 | 2
US House reps, staff health data swiped in cyber-heist
Data for sale via dark web, Senate in line of fire, too
Cyber-crime09 Mar 2023 | 8
Refreshed from its holiday, Emotet has gone phishing
Notorious botnet starts spamming again after a three-month pause
Research09 Mar 2023 | 2
Microsoft's scythe hovers over RPS for Exchange Online
Remote PowerShell Protocol users must shift into PowerShell v3 module
Software08 Mar 2023 |
Microsoft to snatch Visio app away from iOS users this summer
If you want to use the diagram tool for the long haul, it's going to take a subscription
Applications08 Mar 2023 | 37
Alert: Crims hijack these DrayTek routers to attack biz
Workaround: Throw away kit? Hope there's a patch?
Security08 Mar 2023 | 4
EPA orders US states to check cyber security of public water supplies
Don’t let miscreants poison the wells
Security06 Mar 2023 | 7
EU 'poised' to OK Microsoft's Activision biz gobble
Crunch licensing talks with rivals may ease antitrust fears
Personal Tech06 Mar 2023 | 10
SBOMs should be a security staple in the software supply chain
SCSW Know the ingredients before mixing the code. Oh and pay open source maintainers for goodness' sake...
Software05 Mar 2023 | 12
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