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New APT Group Hits Power Grids in Three Countries with AI-Crafted Malware

Armored Likho BusySnake Stealer, a Python-based infostealer first disclosed by Kaspersky, is actively targeting government ...

Who has access to my bank details? What protections are in place to prevent misuse?

While alarming, incidents involving alleged unauthorised or inappropriate access can actually be a sign that safeguards to ...

81 million login attempts hit Microsoft 365 accounts as hackers force entry with stolen credentials

The attack abused misconfigured conditional access policies to bypass multi-factor authentication protections.

ConsentFix and ClickFix: How Microsoft 365 Accounts are Hijacked in 3 Seconds

ConsentFix and ClickFix attacks steal Microsoft 365 tokens in seconds using fake prompts and OAuth flows. Learn how these MFA ...
CSO Online

Be on the lookout for Mistic, a new backdoor used by ransomware broker

The malware program has been deployed across multiple sectors since April, helping to provide initial access sold to ransomware gangs.
ZDNet

Microsoft won't send you SMS texts for login anymore - why it's pushing passkeys instead

Microsoft is phasing out SMS as an authentication method. SMS messages are unencrypted and vulnerable to hackers. Microsoft account owners will be prompted to set up a passkey instead. When trying to ...
VentureBeat

GitHub confirms 3,800 internal repos stolen through poisoned VS Code extension as supply chain worm hits Microsoft’s Python SDK

GitHub confirmed on May 20 that a poisoned VS Code extension installed on an employee’s device gave attackers access to roughly 3,800 internal repositories at the Microsoft-owned code storage and ...
Reuters

Microsoft, Google and xAI to give US government early access to AI models for security checks

May 5 (Reuters) - Microsoft, Google and Elon Musk’s xAI agreed to give the U.S. government early access to new artificial intelligence models for national security testing, as U.S. officials grow ...
Austin American-Statesman

Still locked out of Outlook? Microsoft says services are recovering

Microsoft Outlook, a major email app, said its services were recovering after several hours of outage reports. Downdectector, a real-time outage monitoring program, reported over 1,500 outages around ...
CNBC

Microsoft plans first-ever voluntary employee buyout for up to 7% of U.S. workforce

Microsoft's one-time retirement program will be open to U.S. workers at the senior director level and below whose years of employment and age add up to 70 or more. The company is also decoupling stock ...
Redmond Magazine

Microsoft Expands Azure Database Cost-Saving Options with New Cross-Service Savings Plans

Azure database savings plans cut cloud costs across SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL and Cosmos DB. Unlike reservations, Azure savings plans offer cross-region, cross-service flexibility with simpler pricing.
Visual Studio Magazine

Microsoft Ships Production-Ready Agent Framework 1.0 for .NET and Python

Microsoft says Agent Framework 1.0 is the production-ready release, with stable APIs and long-term support for both .NET and Python. The framework is presented as a unified successor path that builds ...