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.
Researchers have shed light on a new hybrid malware campaign targeting both Android and Windows operating systems in a bid to expand its pool of victims
A state-sponsored hacking group with links to Russia has been linked to attack infrastructure that spoofs the Microsoft login page of Global Ordnance, a legitimate U.S.-based military weapons and hardware supplier
Cryptocurrency investment companies are the target of a developing threat cluster that uses Telegram groups to seek out potential victims
A malicious campaign targeting the Middle East is likely linked to BackdoorDiplomacy, an advanced persistent threat (APT) group with ties to China
The Lazarus Group threat actor has been observed leveraging fake cryptocurrency apps as a lure to deliver a previously undocumented version of the AppleJeus malware, according to new findings from Volexity