Microsoft software and cloud platforms underpin enterprise systems, so vulnerabilities and security advisories can affect identity, data, and operations.
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Microsoft is a technology company whose Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, identity services, and developer tools form a widely deployed enterprise computing ecosystem. Its security relevance spans endpoint and server software, cloud control planes, authentication, collaboration data, and the update mechanisms used to maintain them.
Security news under this tag commonly concerns vulnerabilities requiring patching, exploits against exposed services, identity or token compromise, and misconfiguration of cloud permissions or authentication policies. Practitioners should verify affected versions and exposure, apply updates or mitigations, enforce multifactor authentication and least privilege, and monitor relevant audit logs. Incidents involving Microsoft-hosted identities or data may require rapid session and credential containment, investigation across cloud and on-premises systems, and assessment of privacy or regulatory obligations.
Microsoft announced today that Client Access Rules (CARs) deprecation in Exchange Online will be delayed by one year until September 2024. [...]
Microsoft Edge has become the first and only browser with an integrated AI image generator, allowing users to create images that do not exist yet, powered by the latest DALL∙E models from OpenAI. [...]
A new malware strain called Rilide has been targeting Chromium-based web browsers like Google Chrome, Brave, Opera, and Microsoft Edge, to monitor user browsing history, snap screenshots, and inject scripts that can steal cryptocurrency. [...]
Microsoft reminded customers today that multiple editions of Windows 10, version 21H2, will reach the end-of-service (EOS) in two months, on June 13, 2023. [...]
Microsoft, Fortra, and the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Health-ISAC) have announced a broad legal crackdown against servers hosting cracked copies of Cobalt Strike, one of the primary hacking tools used by cybercriminals. [...]
Microsoft announced today that the recently introduced Edge Workspaces feature, which allows users to share groups of tabs with friends and family, is now available as part of a limited public preview. [...]
Microsoft says Rockstar Games has addressed a known issue affecting its launcher, causing the Red Dead Redemption 2 (RRD2) game to no longer launch on some Windows 11 systems. [...]
British outsourcing services provider Capita announced today that a cyberattack on Friday prevented access to its internal Microsoft Office 365 applications. [...]