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Anonymous Sudan launched Cyber Attack on Microsoft Outlook
Outlook.com users have been suffering with intermittent outages from yesterday and news is out that the disruption was caused because of a DDoS cyber attack launched by a hacking group named ‘Anonymous Sudan’. Microsoft acknowledged the outage as true, but failed to label it as a state funded attack. How-ever, it issued a statement that […]
Microsoft VMs hijacked in cloud Cyber Attack
A threat actor with a history of targeting Microsoft servers has recently gained control over virtual machines (VMs) and installed third-party remote management software within clients’ cloud environments. The Mandiant Intelligence team has identified this actor, known as UNC3844, evading security software detections on Azure cloud platforms. Their primary objective is to exploit cloud storage […]
Will you entrust cybersecurity to AI as per Microsoft
OpenAI-developed conversational AI ChatGPT is hitting the news headlines almost daily, and as it is now a part of Microsoft, the software giant is also getting a lot of credit for devising such a tool that can do anything and everything…well, almost! Microsoft, which is busy integrating the services of the chatbot into its software […]
Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerability makes lawyers pay $200k as a settlement
In 2021, the LockBit Ransomware group breached the servers of New York-based law firm HPMB and stole sensitive information from one of its healthcare-related clients. The stolen data included names, DOBs, social security numbers, driving license details, biometric information of 114,979 individuals, and court-related documents in PDF form. A security analysis done in April 2022 […]
Microsoft SmartScreen vulnerability delivers Magniber Ransomware
Cyber Criminals are smartly exploiting SmartScreen bugs in the Microsoft software to deliver Magniber Ransomware. And so far, the infection spread to thousands of devices, as the Windows operating giant in advance issued no red flag alerts. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) was the first to issue a warning on the issue and immediately notified […]
BING will not get enhanced with Microsoft AI investment of $10 billion
As soon as Microsoft announced a $10 billion investment on AI firm OpenAI developed ChatGPT, trade analysts suggested that the investment will also boost the search engine capabilities of Bing, the business unit of the Windows giant. But now the analysts suggest that such investments or more than these might not benefit the business growth […]
Microsoft introduces voice copying AI tool
Microsoft, the technology giant of America, has achieved a new milestone in Artificial Intelligence by introducing a voice mimicking AI tool dubbed ‘Vall-E’. The tool has enough potential to copy a voice within 3 seconds and can easily create an audio content by using the same voice. Thus, like deep fake technology, where a face […]
Microsoft to invest $10 billion in Open AI ChatGPT
Open AI developed ChatGPT writing app is trending on Google as headlines for the past few days and to capitalize on its craze, the American Technology giant Microsoft offered an acquisition deal worth $60 billion that eventually did not materialize in real. Now, news is out that the Windows OS giant has shown interest in […]
France slaps $ 64m penalty on Microsoft
Microsoft received a jolt at the end of this year when France’s data watchdog CNIL imposed a penalty of €60m or $64 million, largest imposed by the digital privacy functionary in this year. The penalty was pronounced on the tech giant for not allowing its Bing users to refuse cookies, as it is made it […]
Microsoft issues a ban on Crypto Mining and issues security advisory
Microsoft has issued a ban on those in crypto mining business and the decision was made to safeguard the IT infrastructure of cloud services and gaming servers that are being extensively bombarded with mining malware from the past two years. In September 2021, the technology giant issued a warning against such malware that steal credentials, […]
