Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Azure Outage Comes a Week After a Cloud DNS Error Disrupted AWS UsersMicrosoft's Azure cloud and 365 systems suffered an outage at noon on Wednesday because of a configuration error - hours before its quarterly earnings call and about a week after rival AWS underwent a widespread outage that shut down applications and services for most of the day.

Gap in Microsoft Blocklist Exploited, ValleyRAT Runs UndetectedA Chinese nation-state cyber group is exploiting a Microsoft-signed driver to shut down Windows security protections. The attackers deployed the driver through a custom loader. The core weakness that Silver Fox relied on remained exploitable even after patching.

User Panels and Command and Control Domains SeizedLaw enforcement and Microsoft struck a blow against malware used to steal login credentials and financial data, seizing the central command structure and thousands of online domains used to control the Lumma Stealer. Lumma first appeared on Russian-language speaking cybercriminal forums in 2022.