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Microsoft offers a fix to FinSpy Surveillance Malware
Microsoft has issued a fix to a security vulnerability found in its MSOffice software which helps in spreading FinSpy Surveillance malware. After learning about it from the alert issued by cyber security firm FireEye, the software giant decided to immediately react on the issue and issued a patch to the immediately secure the vulnerability in […]
Samsung announces $200,000 Mobile Security Rewards Program
Electronics Giant Samsung has announced a $200,000 Mobile Security program where security experts will be rewarded for exposing vulnerabilities in Samsung smart phones and tablets. Depending on the severity level of the vulnerability, the rewards will range from $200 and $200,000 for qualified security reports submitted through proper channel. The lists of products which are […]
Microsoft issues alert over Weaponized Virtual Machines on the Cloud
To all those who think cloud infrastructure as a ‘Safe Heaven’ from cyber attacks, here’s an alert issued by Microsoft. In its recently released Security Intelligence Report Volume 22, the software giant has disclosed that hackers are nowadays hitting targets secured on the cloud. The Redmond giant has declared that a threat scenario is being […]
Microsoft makes two requests to help cut down on ransomware
Microsoft’s Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith has made two requests to all those who are using Windows based operating systems across the world. Smith is requesting all the Windows XP users to stop using the said dead and extinct operating system and instead migrate to a more secure OS like Windows 10. In the second […]
Microsoft offers a new playbook on Cloud Security
American software giant Microsoft has advocated a 228-page playbook in which it predicts that managed security services market is expected to reach nearly $41 billion on a global note in just next five years. The Security Practice Development Playbook of Microsoft views that that playbook will help all its partners to have a strong security […]
Firms fail to update their software despite serious Ransomware concerns
Firms across the world are still showing reluctance to update their software despite the looming threat of ransomware attacks. And security experts from Kaspersky Labs say that this adverse reaction of businesses to update/upgrade their software can encourage hackers to launch more intense attacks than the previous Wanna cry. A couple of months ago i.e. […]
Microsoft buys Israeli cloud computing firm Cloudyn
Microsoft has made it official that it is going to acquire Israel-based cloud computing company Cloudyn from its corporate venture capital fund. The Redmond giant is said to pay anything between $50-$70 million in order to make Cloudyn its business subsidiary. Infosys invested in Cloudyn a couple of years ago and then companies like Carmel […]
Microsoft uses Artificial Intelligence to fight against Cyber Attacks
American software giant Microsoft has announced that it will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to fight and thwart threats in Cyber Space. The San Francisco-based company made it official in its announcement that it will add a cloud-based security intelligence to the feature of its anti-virus stack from now on to prevent hackers invading Windows 10 […]
Windows 10 new update to hide folders & files from Ransomware
Microsoft is all set to release a new security update to its Windows 10 users in September this year. And as per the claims made by Windows 10 testers, the software will soon have the potential to hide folders from malicious software which has crept into the PC through the network and this includes the […]
Microsoft blames tax software for spread of recent Petya Ransomware Cyber Attack
A global cyber attack launched for the second time in the past two months is said to have crippled almost all businesses in Ukraine. Except for few government agencies, the virus which mimics the features of Petya ransomware hit all enterprise systems in Europe and its neighboring countries. According to a recent media update issued […]
