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Amazon and Microsoft battle it out over a US Military Cloud
Tech Giants Amazon and Microsoft are said to be battling for an opportunity to bag a $10 billion project with regards to a US Military Cloud building architecture. Formally called as Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure or shortly called as JEDI, this military intelligence cloud project is said to help the law enforcement in processing vast amounts […]
Microsoft bans employees from using these apps for Security reasons
Microsoft has already banned the use of rival apps and services from Google and Amazon. Now it seems to have extended the list by adding a few early this month. According to a report being circulated internally by Microsoft, the Redmond giant has banned the use of apps such as the free version of slack […]
Microsoft encourages hacking its cloud services with ‘Safe Harbor’
American tech giant Microsoft Corporation has released a press statement yesterday encouraging hackers to hack into its Azure cloud. Technically speaking, the company wants to encourage security hackers to find vulnerabilities in its cloud services platform as a part of the ‘Safe Harbor’ initiative. “From the past few years, white hat hackers have been regularly […]
Ransomware threat to Microsoft Windows users
The US National Security Agency has warned all Windows PC users to make sure that their operating systems are well updated. Or else, the older versions of the programs will become super-vulnerable to malware says the law enforcement agency renowned across the globe. Last week, Microsoft also issued a security warning that all older versions […]
Microsoft to put an end to Password change
As the change of passwords on a regular note could actually put online users into risk, tech giants like Microsoft are thinking to put an end to such usage. The American software giant has, in fact, started the initiative by secretly removing ‘password expiration’ theory where old passwords are no longer eligible for reuse after […]
How to prevent Windows 10 from invading your privacy
We all know that the release of Windows 10 Operating System wasn’t received well by users of Microsoft and the main reason for such reaction was due to the fact that it invades the user’s privacy. For this reason, many in the technology world postponed its use and upgrade for many years. Now, to those […]
China to ditch Microsoft Windows and products to retaliate Huawei ban in the US
As the trade war between the United States and China is soaring day by day, Beijing is planning to ban Microsoft Windows and related products completely in its country from September this year. The move came when Chinese intelligence has learned that United States military could be spying on the military network of President Xi […]
Microsoft says that Malaysia has become extremely vulnerable to Cyber Attacks
Microsoft which released its Security Intelligence Report(SIR) recently has specifically mentioned that Malaysia has become extremely vulnerable to cyber attacks. The report compiled by the data taken from between Jan to Dec’18 says that it came to the above-said conclusion after analyzing 6.5 trillion cyber threat signals from cloud vendor’s several data points. “Undoubtedly Malaysia […]
Cyber Threat alert for those using Internet Explorer
A security researcher named John Page has discovered a flaw in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) browser which is reported to allow hackers to sneak into the victim files even if they are not using it. John said that the said browser of Microsoft is vulnerable to XML External Entity Attack if in case a user […]
Microsoft says that its email accounts were fraudulently accessed by hackers
American tech giant Microsoft has issued an email alert to its users stating that some hackers have fraudulently got access to its Outlook’s email server last week where data related to support agents’ credentials was compromised. The hack is said to have taken place between January 1st and March 28th this year, but was identified […]
