Tag: MIcrosoft
Designing a Secure Remote Future with Windows Remote Desktop Protocol
As COVID-19 drove many employees into remote work, IT departments rushed to get everyone online with access to the data and applications they needed...
Patch Now! Researchers Find Zero-Day Flaws in Google and Microsoft
The risks from cybercriminals exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities have become a continuous threat for organizations, globally. Recently, security experts from Kaspersky found a zero-day vulnerability...
NSA Alerts About Four Critical Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Servers
The National Security Agency (NSA) informed Microsoft about four critical vulnerabilities that could be exploited by attackers to compromise Microsoft Exchange Servers remotely. The...
Everything You Need to Know About Dictionary Attacks
Cybercriminals leverage several ways to illicitly obtain users’ login credentials and break into their systems. At the same time, poor password practices of users...
Chinese Hacking Group “Hafnium” Exploiting Microsoft’s Email Software Server
Security incidents where cybercriminals exploit critical vulnerabilities of Microsoft products have become rampant in recent times. Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) recently identified a...
Over 1,000 Hands Wrote 4,032 Lines of Code to Execute the...
Ever since its discovery in December 2020, the SolarWinds hack has been the talk of the town. Experts have analyzed, dissected, and unearthed many...
Microsoft Rolls Out Application Guard for Office
Microsoft has released Application Guard for Office, a defensive technology that detains untrusted Office documents from accessing trusted resources on a user’s device. The...
Decoding the SolarWinds Hack
After Thanksgiving, the working class, especially the IT workforce, CISOs and CIOs, would have loved to sit back and sip on hot chocolate during...
Microsoft to Launch Enforcement Mode to Address Critical “Zerologon” Flaw
Microsoft has alerted security admins that it is enabling Domain Controller enforcement mode by default to address a critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability...
SolarWinds Hackers Accessed Source Code: Microsoft
Microsoft has issued an update about its ongoing internal investigation of the SolarWinds hack that had reportedly compromised a few of its internal systems....