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Removing admin rights mitigates 92% of critical Microsoft vulnerabilities
Avecto analyzed data from security bulletins issued by Microsoft throughout 2013 and concluded that 92% of all vulnerabilities reported by Microsoft with a critical severity …
IE 0-day used in watering hole attack tied to previous campaigns
An Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2014-0322) is actively exploited in the wild in a watering-hole attack targeting visitors to the official website of the U.S. …
Bogus Microsoft “Reactivate Your Email Account” emails doing rounds
Phishing emails purportedly sent by Microsoft are targeting the company’s customers and trying to get them to reveal their login credentials and some personal …
New global partnership to fight cybercrime
Microsoft announced three new global partnerships with the Organization of American States, Europol and FIS to increase cooperation between international law enforcement and …
Microsoft patches critical vulnerabilities, secures IE
At first take, it looked like Microsoft would continue the 2014 trend of keeping patch Tuesday relatively light. There were only 5 advisories this month, two critical, three …
Microsoft introduces multifactor authentication for all Office 365 users
In a praiseworthy move, Microsoft has extended the multifactor authentication option to all users of Office 365, its popular subscription-based online office software suite. …
Microsoft to keep next Patch Tuesday light
Microsoft continues the trend they started last month of keeping patch Tuesday relatively light. There are only five advisories this month – two critical, three …
Pwn2Own 2014: $150,000 for an “exploit unicorn”
There are a few new rules for this years’ edition of the Pwn2Own hacking contest and a huge new prize for an “Exploit Unicorn worthy of myth and legend” …
Who should be responsible for protecting your online privacy?
Just in time for Data Privacy Day, Microsoft has released the results of a survey that shows the privacy attitudes of technology savvy individuals in the US and four European …
Microsoft reveals law enforcement documents were stolen in latest hack
With a short blog post, Microsoft has announced on Friday that unknown hackers might have accessed and exfiltrated information regarding law enforcement information requests …
Developing countries are more willing to trade privacy for security
Microsoft has released the results of a global survey that tried to answer the question how people around the world see technology and how personal technology has changed …
Microsoft extends support for Win XP’s security solutions to mid-2015
Despite having announced earlier this month that they would stop providing signature updates for Security Essentials for Windows XP in April 8, 2014 – the same date when …
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