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After so many patches: a flaw discovered 6 years ago still threatens our systems. About 6 years ago, vulnerabilities affecting most Intel and AMD processors were discovered. These defects, known as Spectre and Meltdown, can be used to steal sensitive data from compromised systems. In March...

A browser with an aggressive promotion policy suddenly became the main information security hero for everyone. Yubico, the developer of popular YubiKey authentication devices, has warned Windows users about a serious vulnerability in its software. According to the company's official...

Spotlighting and Watchdog are designed to be a key link in protecting user data when communicating with chatbots. Microsoft announced the creation of new technologies aimed at countering threats related to hacking AI systems. The AI Spotlighting and AI Watchdog functions will protect against...

Агентство кибербезопасности и инфраструктурной безопасности США (CISA) в четверг выпустило чрезвычайную директиву (ED 24-02), призывающую федеральные агентства выявлять признаки компрометации и принимать превентивные меры после недавнего взлома систем Microsoft, который привел к краже...

The company uses full-screen banners to remind you about the transition to Windows 11. Microsoft is actively encouraging users to upgrade to Windows 11, as official support for Windows 10 expires in October 2025. The company started displaying full-screen banners with a reminder about this...

Who hasn't managed to access sensitive data on the server yet? Microsoft has fixed a vulnerability that allowed the company's internal files and credentials to be publicly available on the Internet. The problem was discovered by a team of SOCRadar specialists who shared the information with...

Microsoft выпустила обновления для системы безопасности на апрель 2024 года, чтобы устранить рекордные 149 недостатков, два из которых активно использовались в дикой природе. Из 149 недостатков три оценены как критические, 142 - как Важные, три - как умеренные и один - как низкий по степени...

Positive Technologies presented the top trending vulnerabilities for March. In March 2024, Positive Technologies identified five more vulnerabilities as trending.: These are vulnerabilities that have already been used in cyber attacks and those that are expected to be exploited in the near...

Microsoft uses clever methods to promote Edge. In the February updates of Windows 10 (KB5034763) and Windows 11 (KB5034765), Microsoft introduced an innovation that caused discussions among users and IT professionals. The company has implemented a Windows driver that prevents changes to the...

How ignoring the precepts of Bill Gates led to a massive data leak. A recent CISA report uncovered serious cybersecurity flaws at tech giant Microsoft that led to a massive data breach last year. The consequences of last year's attack on Microsoft's Exchange email service, organized by the...

Совет по обзору кибербезопасности США (CSRB) раскритиковал Microsoft за серию нарушений безопасности, которые привели к взлому почти двух десятков компаний по всей Европе и США китайской национальной группой Storm-0558 в прошлом году. Выводы, опубликованные Министерством внутренней безопасности...

Inclusivity and political correctness prompted the company to rewrite 400 lines of code. Recently, Microsoft has been actively involved in the development of the Linux kernel, contributing not only to areas directly related to their business interests, such as Hyper-V or Azure support, but also...

Details of a megaproject requiring 5 gigawatts of energy have been revealed. Microsoft is developing plans to build a $ 100 billion supercomputer, dubbed "Stargate". This project is designed to ensure the operation of the next generation of artificial intelligence systems from OpenAI. It is...

The negligence of system administrators threatens the security of Germany. German authorities have expressed serious concern about the threat of large-scale cyber attacks, which affect about 17,000 (about 37%) of all Microsoft Exchange servers in the country. The Federal Information Security...

Теперь исправленная ошибка безопасности в веб-браузере Microsoft Edge могла быть использована для установки произвольных расширений в системах пользователей и выполнения вредоносных действий. "Этот недостаток мог позволить злоумышленнику использовать частный API, изначально предназначенный для...

Агентство кибербезопасности и инфраструктурной безопасности США (CISA) добавило ошибку безопасности, влияющую на сервер Microsoft Sharepoint, в свой каталог известных эксплуатируемых уязвимостей (KEV) на основании свидетельств активного использования в дикой природе. Уязвимость, отслеживаемая...

В январе 2024 года Microsoft обнаружила, что стала жертвой взлома, организованного российскими хакерами Midnight Blizzard (иногда известными как Nobelium). Волнующая деталь в этом случае заключается в том, насколько легко было взломать софтверногогиганта. Это не был высокотехничный взлом, в...

This option allows you to bypass DNS packet blocking and improve network compatibility. The Microsoft released an update for the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). The new version 2.2.1 includes DNS tunneling by default, which should improve network compatibility. Previously, DNS tunneling was...

An epochal breakthrough in data processing is unleashing the true potential of web applications. On March 18, the American corporation Microsoft presented Garnet — a new caching system designed to speed up applications and services. Created by a large team of researchers, Garnet is the result...

Russian users will lose access to key products of the corporation. Microsoft Corporation will restrict access to 50 of its cloud products for Russian users. This was reported by representatives of Softline, who received confirmation from Microsoft technical support. Softline clarified that due...