Microsoft Exchange attacks doubling ‘every two to three hours’
Ever since Microsoft announced four zero-day vulnerabilities affecting its Exchange Server, hackers all over the globe have rushed to take advantage before organizations can deploy the patch. The latest report from cybersecurity company Check Point Research claims that the number of these attacks doubles “every two to three hours”. Most of the attacks are against organizations in Turkey (18 percent …
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Microsoft, NSA advocate zero trust cybersecurity model
Microsoft and the US National Security Agency (NSA) have advised public and private sector organizations to follow a zero-trust approach to cybersecurity. The zero trust approach, which operates under the assumption that the network has already been breached and that every device and app needs authorization, is said to be the most efficient way to tackle advanced cybersecurity threats. As …
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Microsoft identifies multi-billion dollar opportunity for UK firms to support recovery
An opportunity to boost the UK economic recovery by billions of pounds has been identified in a new study from Microsoft. In October, the company announced that small changes in the application of technology could see UK firms contribute an additional £48 billion to the economy and accelerate recovery from the effects of the pandemic. New findings, however, reveal that …
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Microsoft unveils its vision of the future of remote work
Microsoft has released a new productivity platform to help managers and employees work better in the remote environment. Microsoft Viva comes as part of the Office 365 suite and integrates into the company’s Teams business communication platform. Even though it works as an intranet – i.e. gathers all key business elements into a single location, Viva is split into four …
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Microsoft says it’s making progress on green pledge
A year after announcing a pledge to become carbon negative by 2030, Microsoft has revealed it has cut its emissions by circa 730,000 metric tons, or six percent. If this rate of reduction is maintained, Microsoft will reach its target ahead of the proposed deadline, says the firm. Since publishing a Request for Proposals (RFP) in July, Microsoft has also …
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Microsoft says it now has over 200 million education users
As the second half of the academic year gets underway, Microsoft has taken the opportunity to share new information about its student user base, as well as its vision for the future of education technology. In a recent blog post, Barbara Holzapfel, Microsoft VP for Education, said that more than 200 million students, faculty, institutional leaders and teachers are actively …
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SolarWinds hackers found to have accessed Microsoft source code
Microsoft has revealed that whoever was behind the SolarWinds cyberattack managed to view source code repositories for some of its products. The company, however, was quick to downplay the significance of the compromise, providing two main reasons why the criminals can do little with the material accessed. For one, the accounts were view-only, so the attackers could not have altered …
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Microsoft and McAfee want to end ransomware for good
Microsoft, McAfee and almost two dozen other companies have formed a new coalition, the goal of which is to completely eliminate ransomware. Called the Ransomware Task Force (RTF), this A-team will build a standardized framework for dealing with the threat, regardless of the industry. At the moment, instead of having industry consensus on how to tackle ransomware, affected businesses try …
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Microsoft Azure breach left thousands of customer records exposed
Another day, another company failing to secure sensitive customer data held in the cloud. It has been discovered that UK-based app developer Probase exposed information – including medical records, recruitment data, occupational health assessments, insurance claim documents and more – via an unsecured cloud database. The news was first broken by The Register, which was tipped off by cybersecurity researcher …
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Microsoft says it has identified over 40 victims of SolarWinds hack
Microsoft has managed to identify more than 40 victims of the Solorigate / SUNBURST malware, the firm claims. Using data collected from its free Windows Defender cybersecurity tool, it found that while infected US government agencies may be the most headline-grabbing victims, they represent only a small portion of affected organizations. The majority of the companies are tech firms that …
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