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Mega hardware vendor reports problems - but Windows maker isn't yet naming affected models
When a researcher went public with Microsoft vulnerabilities, it laid bare a conflict that has never really been solved. The post Nightmare Eclipse incident shows the researcher-vendor fights may never fully go away appeared first on CyberScoop.
BlueVoyant Seeks to Expand Beyond MDR Clients Into Firms With Mature In-House SOCsBlueVoyant named John Hernandez - the former leader of Quest's Microsoft security business - as its next CEO to drive an agentic AI SaaS platform that expands the vendor beyond managed services and helps customers accelerate detection, response and supply-chain risk management.
The vendor disclosed one actively exploited zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Office SharePoint that allows attackers to view information and make changes to disclosed information. The post Microsoft drops its second-largest monthly batch of defects on record appeared first on CyberScoop.
Anthropic's Mythos Leak Points to Pattern of Failures, Sloppy Practices at AI LabsAnthropic accidentally exposed its most powerful unreleased AI model to compromise, and days later shipped its flagship coding tool's full source code without meaning to. Meta, Microsoft and OpenAI have each had comparable moments. Questions linger about the integrity of third-party AI tools.
Omnissa telemetry suggests business buyers are loving Apple and Google End-user compute vendor Omnissa, the company formed by the spin-out of VMware’s virtual desktops, applications, and device management biz, has dug into the telemetry it collects from customers and painted a picture of the world’s enterprise hardware fleet – and the news is better for Google and Apple than it is for Microsoft.…
The vendor said six of the 83 vulnerabilities it addressed this month are more likely to be exploited. The post Microsoft’s monthly Patch Tuesday is first in 6 months with no actively exploited zero-days appeared first on CyberScoop.
The vendor's first Patch Tuesday of the year also contains fixes for 112 CVEs, nearly double the amount from last month.
Within the past year, artificial intelligence copilots and agents have quietly permeated the SaaS applications businesses use every day. Tools like Zoom, Slack, Microsoft 365, Salesforce, and ServiceNow now come with built-in AI assistants or agent-like features. Virtually every major SaaS vendor has rushed to embed AI into their offerings
Deal Ends Suit Alleging Microsoft's Message Encryption Tool Violated Virtru PatentsAfter three years of litigation, Virtru and Microsoft have settled a patent infringement case involving the tech giant’s email encryption product. The suit claimed Microsoft's technology infringed Virtru’s patented identity-driven encryption method for seamless, credential-free data access.
Russian organizations have been targeted as part of an ongoing campaign that delivers a previously undocumented Windows spyware called Batavia
Some may have second thoughts about going all-in with an American vendor, no matter where their data is stored Microsoft has completed its EU data boundary, however, analysts and some regional cloud players are voicing concerns over dependencies on a US entity, even with the guarantees in place.…
Software vendor Trimble is warning that hackers are exploiting a Cityworks deserialization vulnerability to remotely execute commands on IIS servers and deploy Cobalt Strike beacons for initial network access. [...]
The security vendor has also implemented several changes to protect against the kind of snafu that crashed 8.5 million Windows computers worldwide last month.
Though the cybersecurity vendor has since reverted the update, chaos continues as companies continue to struggle to get back up and running.
A faulty software update from cybersecurity vendor Crowdstrike crippled countless Microsoft Windows computers across the globe today, disrupting everything from airline travel and financial institutions to hospitals and businesses online. Crowdstrike said a fix has been deployed, but experts say the recovery from this outage could take some time, as Crowdstrike's solution needs to be applied manually on a per-machine basis.
Innocuous little Windows programs were carrying cheap malware for weeks, exposing customers of the India-based software vendor to data theft.
DOJ Says Vendor's Terminated Worker Unlawfully Accessed Geisinger Patient InfoAn ex-employee of Microsoft's Nuance Communications unit is at the center of a 2023 data breach that affected more than 1 million patients of Pennsylvania-based healthcare system Geisinger. The Department of Justice has criminally charged the former Nuance worker in the incident.
Technology Giants Vie for Public Sector Customers Amid Microsoft's Recent BreachesGoogle is aiming to poach Microsoft's public sector customers by attacking its competitor over recent high-profile breaches and offering new incentives for federal agencies to reduce the U.S. government's "overreliance on a single technology vendor."
New infostealer may indicate a shift in tactics – and maybe targets too, beyond Asia North Korea's notorious Kimsuky cyber crime gang has commenced a campaign using fresh tactics, according to infosec tools vendor Rapid7.…