Tag: microsoft
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Europol, Microsoft Hit Malware Network Behind 27M Stolen Logins, 140,000 Infected Computers
Europol and Microsoft disrupted malware infrastructure linked to 27 million stolen login credentials and 140,000 infected computers in a global cybercrime network. The post Europol, Microsoft Hit Malware Network Behind 27M Stolen Logins, 140,000 Infected Computers appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-europol-microsoft-malware-takedown-emea-eu/
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Malicious Edge extension abuses Native Messaging as bridge to malware
A malicious Microsoft Edge extension dubbed ‘Edgecution’ has been used in a ransomware attack to escape the browser sandbox and deploy a Python-based backdoor. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malicious-edge-extension-abuses-native-messaging-as-bridge-to-malware/
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Manipulierte Edge-Erweiterung schleust Ransomware ein
Eine manipulierte Microsoft-Edge-Erweiterung namens Edgecution umgeht die Browser-Sandbox und installiert eine Python-Hintertür für Ransomware-Angriffe. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/edge-erweiterung-ransomware
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Three ‘cybercrime as a service’ operations undercut by Microsoft, law enforcement
Microsoft touted its latest action against malware infrastructure as a new approach aimed at the full cybercrime “supply chain.” Europol said more than 300 servers were targeted. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/stealc-amadey-socgholish-malware-takedown-europol-microsoft
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Commvault, Microsoft partner to bring cyber resilience services natively to Azure
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/commvault-microsoft-partner-to-bring-cyber-resilience-services-natively-to-azure
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Commvault, Microsoft partner to bring cyber resilience services natively to Azure
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/commvault-microsoft-partner-to-bring-cyber-resilience-services-natively-to-azure
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Europol Disrupts StealC and Amadey Malware Infrastructure in Operation Endgame
Operation Endgame disrupted malware services like StealC and Amadey that enable ransomware, fraud, and attacks on critical infrastructure. Between June 15 and 19, 2026, Europol coordinated a two-week law enforcement operation involving agencies from Canada, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, and the US, alongside private firms like Microsoft, Bitdefender, IBM X-Force, Proofpoint, Infoblox, Shadowserver,…
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Amadey and StealC Malware Network Disrupted, 27M Stolen Credentials Recovered
Tags: attack, breach, credentials, cybercrime, finance, fraud, infrastructure, law, malware, microsoft, network, ransomwareA coordinated law enforcement operation, in partnership with private sector companies, including Bitdefender, Bitsight, ESET, and Microsoft, has resulted in the takedown of criminal infrastructure powering Amadey and StealC.”The main common goal was to disrupt the ‘assembly lines’ cybercriminals use to launch ransomware, financial fraud, and attacks on critical infrastructure,” Europol said in First seen…
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Microsoft, Europol lead international takedown against infostealer malware
Cybercriminals used Amadey and StealC to infect thousands of computers worldwide, leading to ransomware and other digital crimes. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/microsoft-europol-international-takedown-infostealer-malware/823655/
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AI-Powered Phishing Attacks Surge 1,380% as Criminal Platforms Render MFA Obsolete
Imagine completing a two-factor authentication check on a real Microsoft login page and still handing a criminal full access to your email account. That is not a hypothetical. According to new research published this week by cybersecurity company Huntress, it happened across hundreds of organisations in the first four months of 2026 and the victims…
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Amadey, StealC malware operations disrupted in Operation Endgame action
Microsoft, Europol, and international partners have disrupted infrastructure used by the Amadey and StealC malware operations as part of Operation Endgame, which targets cybercriminal services and ransomware gangs. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/amadey-stealc-malware-operations-disrupted-in-operation-endgame-action/
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Cordyceps CI/CD Flaws Expose 300+ GitHub Repositories to Supply-Chain Attacks
Tags: apache, attack, control, cybersecurity, flaw, github, google, microsoft, open-source, supply-chainCybersecurity researchers have flagged a new class of CI/CD workflow weakness that allows attackers to hijack workflows and compromise open-source supply chains.The “critical exploitable pattern” has been codenamed Cordyceps by Novee Security. The issue can allow full attacker control of repositories at dozens of the largest organizations worldwide, including Microsoft, Google, Apache, and First seen…
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In a first, a court takedown goes after two cybercrime tools at once
Microsoft, with law enforcement and industry partners, disrupted more than 200 command and control servers for Amadey and StealC, often used in conjunction. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/microsoft-amadey-stealc-takedown/
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Overwhelming support for Microsoft SMS designation in CMA responses
Some 25 organisations back Strategic Market Status for Microsoft’s business software ecosystem, while the Open Cloud Coalition estimates £60m in annual public sector costs First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366645005/Overwhelming-support-for-Microsoft-SMS-designation-in-CMA-responses
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Payouts King Initial Access Broker Deploys Edgecution Malware Through Malicious Edge Extension
A concerted campaign by an initial access broker with ties to the Payouts King ransomware ecosystem that leverages a novel browser-based delivery technique to establish persistent host-level control. The actor deploys a malicious Microsoft Edge extension dubbed >>Edgecution<< which abuses the Chrome native messaging protocol to reach a Python backdoor running on the endpoint, effectively…
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PoC Released for Microsoft Exchange Server EWS InstallApp SSRF Vulnerability
A proof-of-concept exploit has been released for CVE-2026-45502, a server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the Microsoft Exchange Server’s Exchange Web Services (EWS) InstallApp operation. This vulnerability poses risks to organisations that have not yet deployed the security updates from June 2026. The flaw affects Exchange Server versions 2016 CU23, 2019 CU14 and CU15, and…
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Microsoft Weighs DeepSeek for Copilot Amid Security Debate
Lower-Cost AI Model Could Cut Agent Costs But Raise Enterprise Risks. Microsoft is testing alternative AI models, including China’s DeepSeek v4, to reduce the cost of running Copilot Cowork’s agentic workloads. While cheaper inference pricing could appeal to enterprises, security experts warn that governance, validation and oversight costs may offset any savings. First seen on…
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Microsoft Weighs DeepSeek for Copilot Amid Security Debate
Lower-Cost AI Model Could Cut Agent Costs But Raise Enterprise Risks. Microsoft is testing alternative AI models, including China’s DeepSeek v4, to reduce the cost of running Copilot Cowork’s agentic workloads. While cheaper inference pricing could appeal to enterprises, security experts warn that governance, validation and oversight costs may offset any savings. First seen on…
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Windows 11 KB5095093 update rolls out new PointTime restore feature
Microsoft has released the KB5095093 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2, which fixes numerous bugs and begins rolling out new features, including the new Point-in-Time restore feature. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-11-kb5095093-update-rolls-out-new-point-in-time-restore-feature/
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‘Cordyceps’: Mushrooming Malicious Pull Requests Threaten Developer Workflows
The CI/CD workflow weakness affects Microsoft’s Azure Sentinel, Google’s AI Agent Development Kit, Apache’s Doris analytics database, Cloudflare’s Workers SDK, and Python Software Foundation’s Black. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/application-security/cordyceps-malicious-pull-requests-developer-workflows
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‘Cordyceps’ CI/CD Flaw Exposes Microsoft, Google, Apache Repos to Pipeline Hijacking
Novee Security reveals Cordyceps, a CI/CD vulnerability in GitHub Actions workflows that let anonymous users poison builds and expose tokens across major projects today. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/cordyceps-ci-cd-flaw-microsoft-google-apache-repos-hijack/
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‘Cordyceps’ CI/CD Flaw Exposes Microsoft, Google, Apache Repos to Pipeline Hijacking
Novee Security reveals Cordyceps, a CI/CD vulnerability in GitHub Actions workflows that let anonymous users poison builds and expose tokens across major projects today. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/cordyceps-ci-cd-flaw-microsoft-google-apache-repos-hijack/
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10 Major Cyberattacks And Data Breaches In 2026 (So Far)
Major cyberattacks and data breaches in 2026 so far include attacks against Cisco and Fortinet devices as well as Microsoft environments, while AI-driven vulnerability discovery showed signs of increasing. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2026/10-major-cyberattacks-and-data-breaches-in-2026-so-far
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5 Tipps, was IT-Admins gegen Ghost-Sender in Exchange-Online jetzt tun sollten
Ghost-Sender sorgt aktuell für Aufmerksamkeit rund um die Sicherheit von Exchange-Online und Microsoft-365. Denn in vielen Unternehmen ist es gängige Praxis, den eingehenden E-Mail-Verkehr nicht ausschließlich über die Standard-Schutzmechanismen von Microsoft-365 abzusichern, sondern zusätzlich auf spezialisierte E-Mail-Sicherheitslösungen externer Anbieter zu setzen. Solche vorgeschalteten Secure-E-Mail-Gateways übernehmen eine wichtige Rolle als zusätzliche und Provider-unabhängige Schutzebene etwa gegen…
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5 Tipps, was IT-Admins gegen Ghost-Sender in Exchange-Online jetzt tun sollten
Ghost-Sender sorgt aktuell für Aufmerksamkeit rund um die Sicherheit von Exchange-Online und Microsoft-365. Denn in vielen Unternehmen ist es gängige Praxis, den eingehenden E-Mail-Verkehr nicht ausschließlich über die Standard-Schutzmechanismen von Microsoft-365 abzusichern, sondern zusätzlich auf spezialisierte E-Mail-Sicherheitslösungen externer Anbieter zu setzen. Solche vorgeschalteten Secure-E-Mail-Gateways übernehmen eine wichtige Rolle als zusätzliche und Provider-unabhängige Schutzebene etwa gegen…
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5 Tipps, was IT-Admins gegen Ghost-Sender in Exchange-Online jetzt tun sollten
Ghost-Sender sorgt aktuell für Aufmerksamkeit rund um die Sicherheit von Exchange-Online und Microsoft-365. Denn in vielen Unternehmen ist es gängige Praxis, den eingehenden E-Mail-Verkehr nicht ausschließlich über die Standard-Schutzmechanismen von Microsoft-365 abzusichern, sondern zusätzlich auf spezialisierte E-Mail-Sicherheitslösungen externer Anbieter zu setzen. Solche vorgeschalteten Secure-E-Mail-Gateways übernehmen eine wichtige Rolle als zusätzliche und Provider-unabhängige Schutzebene etwa gegen…
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Coreview mit Globee-Award für schnelle Wiederherstellung von Microsoft-365-Konfigurationen ausgezeichnet
Die Coreview-Tenant-Resilience-Platform wurde bei den diesjährigen Globee-Awards for Pioneers mit dem Silver-Award in der Kategorie ‘Cybersecurity, Safety or Digital Trust Product or Service of the Year>> ausgezeichnet. Dabei würdigte die Fachjury insbesondere die Fähigkeit, Microsoft-365-Konfigurationen innerhalb weniger Minuten nach Vorfällen wiederherzustellen. Auf diese Weise wird die Resilienz moderner Unternehmensumgebungen deutlich gesteigert. ‘Die Auszeichnung als “šSilver…
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New CryptoBandits Malware Uses USB Drives and Tor to Steal Crypto
Microsoft researchers warn of a new dual-action cryptocurrency clipper (CryptoBandits Malware) spreading through USB devices to alter wallet addresses and steal crypto assets. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/cryptobandits-malware-usb-drives-tor-steal-crypto/