Tag: office
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CSO Awards 2026 celebrates world-class security strategies
4Wall Entertainment HMSA Aaron’s LLC Horizon BCBSNJ Accenture K&N Engineering Inc Adobe LyondellBasell Industries Aflac McDonald’s Ally Financial Medtronic PLC AmeriHealth Caritas Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) Avangrid Moelis & Company Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation Monster Energy California Housing Finance Agency MultiCare Health System Carvana National Cybersecurity Alliance Casey’s New Albany Floyd County Schools…
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday March 2026: Two Zero-Days and Critical RCE Bugs Fixed
The Microsoft Patch Tuesday March 2026 release introduces security updates addressing 79 vulnerabilities, including two publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities and several high-risk issues tied to remote code execution. The monthly security rollout includes fixes across multiple Microsoft products such as SQL Server, .NET, Microsoft Office, SharePoint Server, and Azure services. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/microsoft-patch-tuesday-march-2026/
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Microsoft Patchday März 2026 – 93 Schwachstellen in Windows, Office, Azure und Serverkomponenten
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/microsoft-patchday-maerz-2026-patches-updates-a-46bdfd333e21799fd5668565101471ba/
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Microsoft Fixes 79 Vulnerabilities in March 2026 Patch Tuesday, Mitigating Two Exploited 0-Days
Microsoft has released its March 2026 Patch Tuesday updates, successfully addressing 79 security vulnerabilities across various products and mitigating two publicly disclosed zero-day flaws. These critical security updates provide essential fixes for enterprise systems, including Microsoft Windows, Office, SQL Server, and the .NET framework. March 2026 Vulnerability Overview The March 2026 Patch Tuesday addresses a…
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March Patch Tuesday: Three high severity holes in Microsoft Office
aadsshlogin package. Systems with the extension already installed have packages.microsoft.com configured automatically, so no additional setup is required.”The cloud ecosystem doesn’t really handle patching well,” Reguly said. “It’s a relatively immature process, and the way that Microsoft handles these products really demonstrates that. The CVE impacting Azure Linux Virtual Machines (CVE-2026-23665) or the multiple CVEs…
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for March 2026 fixed 84 bugs
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for March 2026 addressed 84 vulnerabilities in its products. None of the flaws are known to be exploited so far. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for March 2026 addressed 84 vulnerabilities across its products. The IT giant addressed flaws across Windows, Office, Edge, Azure, SQL Server, Hyper-V, and ReFS. Including…
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Microsoft’s March 2026 Patch Tuesday Addresses 83 CVEs (CVE-2026-21262, CVE-2026-26127)
8Critical 75Important 0Moderate 0Low Microsoft addresses 83 CVEs including two vulnerabilities that were publicly disclosed prior to a patch being released. Microsoft patched 83 CVEs in its March 2026 Patch Tuesday release, with eight rated critical and 75 rated as important. Our counts omitted one CVE (CVE-2026-26030) assigned by GitHub. This month’s update includes patches…
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OMB Rolled Back the Rules. Security Did Not Get Easier
<div cla The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB)’s decision to rescind M-22-18 and M-23-16 and replace them with M-26-05 has been framed as a win for flexibility and a rollback of security theater. That framing is not entirely wrong, but it misses something fundamental about how modern software actually fails. There are pieces…
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Conflicting definitions and timelines cause cybersecurity regulation morass, industry reps say
A recent Government Accountability Office report highlights businesses’ frustrations with the way the government currently oversees cybersecurity. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cybersecurity-regulation-industry-feedback-gao-panel/814215/
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The OT security time bomb: Why legacy industrial systems are the biggest cyber risk nobody wants to fix
Tags: access, attack, authentication, awareness, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, exploit, firewall, incident, incident response, infrastructure, insurance, ISO-27001, metric, mfa, monitoring, network, office, phishing, ransomware, regulation, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, siem, soc, stuxnet, supply-chain, tool, vpn, vulnerability, zero-dayWhy everyone knows it’s burning, but nobody pulls the fire alarm: When I talk to OT managers, production leads or plant engineers, I rarely hear, “We didn’t know we had a problem.” Far more often, it’s, “We know it’s critical, but we can’t just shut it down.” This gap between awareness and action is the…
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WA auditor general flags weak Microsoft 365 security controls across state entities
Western Australia’s Office of the Auditor General has uncovered weaknesses in M365 configurations across seven government agencies, leading to compromised accounts and data breaches First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366639954/WA-auditor-flags-weak-Microsoft-365-security-controls-across-state-entities
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Anthropic Files Lawsuit Against U.S. Government Over Claude Risk Designation
Anthropic has launched an unprecedented lawsuit against the U.S. government after being designated a >>supply chain risk>>. The legal action, filed in a California federal court, targets the executive office of President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and 16 government agencies. The dispute centers on Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s refusal to allow the military…
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Conflicting definitions and timelines causing cybersecurity regulation morass, industry reps say
A recent Government Accountability Office report highlights businesses’ frustrations with the way the government currently oversees cybersecurity. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cybersecurity-regulation-industry-feedback-gao-panel/814215/
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New Attack Against Wi-Fi
It’s called AirSnitch: Unlike previous Wi-Fi attacks, AirSnitch exploits core features in Layers 1 and 2 and the failure to bind and synchronize a client across these and higher layers, other nodes, and other network names such as SSIDs (Service Set Identifiers). This cross-layer identity desynchronization is the key driver of AirSnitch attacks. The most…
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Strengthening California’s Cyber Defenses: Apply Now for FFY 2024 SLCGP Grants
Tags: access, authentication, cloud, cyber, cybersecurity, defense, email, framework, google, governance, government, identity, infrastructure, mfa, mitigation, office, resilience, risk, service, software, threat, tool, vulnerabilityCal OES offers up to $250,000 to help California’s state, local, and tribal agencies strengthen their digital infrastructure against evolving cyber threats. Organizations must submit their applications by March 13, 2026. Key takeaways Significant competitive funding: Cal OES is distributing $9.7 million for local and tribal governments and $1.8 million for state agencies, with individual…
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62 people indicted by Taiwanese prosecutors over ties to cyber scam company Prince Group
The Taipei District Prosecutors Office initiated its investigation in October after Chen Zhi, the founder of the Prince Group, was indicted by U.S. prosecutors on money laundering charges. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/62-indicted-taiwan-prince-group-scams
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MY TAKE: ChatGPT is turning into Microsoft Office, and power users are paying the price
Something has been shifting inside the tools millions of us use every day, and it’s worth naming out loud. Related: AI is becoming a daily routine Over the past several months I’ve watched ChatGPT change. Not in some abstract, version-number… (more”¦) First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/my-take-chatgpt-is-turning-into-microsoft-office-and-power-users-are-paying-the-price/
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MY TAKE: ChatGPT is turning into Microsoft Office, and power users are paying the price
Something has been shifting inside the tools millions of us use every day, and it’s worth naming out loud. Related: AI is becoming a daily routine Over the past several months I’ve watched ChatGPT change. Not in some abstract, version-number… (more”¦) First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/my-take-chatgpt-is-turning-into-microsoft-office-and-power-users-are-paying-the-price/
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Landmark legal challenge against Home Office eVisa system heard
Tags: officeThe UK High Court will examine whether the Home Office policy of refusing to issue alternative proof of immigration status outside of its electronic visa system is lawful First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366639628/Landmark-legal-challenge-against-Home-Office-eVisa-system-heard
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Bootleg Windows, Office scheme crashes, triggers 22-month lockup for Florida woman
Heidi Richards paid more than $5M for certificate of authenticity labels in five years First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/03/03/windows_office_software_scalper/
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Microsoft’s February Security Update of High-Risk Vulnerability Notice for Multiple Products
Tags: cyber, microsoft, network, office, remote-code-execution, risk, update, vulnerability, windowsOverview On February 11, 2026, NSFOCUS CERT monitored Microsoft’s release of its February security update patches, addressing 59 security issues across widely used products such as Windows, Azure, Microsoft Office, and Visual Studio Code. These vulnerabilities include privilege escalation, remote code execution, and other high-risk vulnerabilities. In this monthly update, 5 vulnerabilities are rated as…The…
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NDSS 2025 Be Careful Of What You Embed: Demystifying OLE Vulnerabilities
Tags: conference, cve, data, detection, exploit, Internet, malicious, microsoft, network, office, remote-code-execution, risk, tool, vulnerability, windowsSession 14C: Vulnerability Detection Authors, Creators & Presenters: Yunpeng Tian (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Feng Dong (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Haoyi Liu (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Meng Xu (University of Waterloo), Zhiniang Peng (Huazhong University of Science and Technology; Sangfor Technologies Inc.), Zesen Ye (Sangfor Technologies Inc.), Shenghui Li…
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Vulnerability monitoring service secures public-sector websites faster
Tags: business, ceo, cyber, dns, government, Internet, monitoring, office, resilience, risk, service, skills, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityTools good, talk better: The UK government’s VMS uses a combination of commercial and proprietary scanning tools to detect vulnerabilities in internet-facing assets.But McKay cautions against drawing the wrong conclusion from the results.”Process, accountability and taking ownership for explaining why this matters to the resilience of the business is far more important than the technical…
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Hacktivists claim to have hacked Homeland Security to release ICE contract data
A hacking group called Department of Peace said they hacked a specific office within Homeland Security to protest ICE’s mass deportation campaign, and the companies aiding it. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/03/02/hacktivists-claim-to-have-hacked-homeland-security-to-release-ice-contract-data/
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Microsoft Defender Enhances Security with URL Click Alerts for Microsoft Teams
Microsoft is expanding its threat detection capabilities by extending Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (MDO) URL click alerting into Microsoft Teams. This critical update allows security teams to detect, investigate, and respond to potentially malicious link clicks within Teams messages, expanding threat monitoring beyond traditional email vectors. By surfacing these alerts, organizations can identify threats…
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New AirSnitch attack bypasses Wi-Fi encryption in homes, offices, and enterprises
That guest network you set up for your neighbors may not be as secure as you think. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2026/02/new-airsnitch-attack-breaks-wi-fi-encryption-in-homes-offices-and-enterprises/
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New AirSnitch attack bypasses Wi-Fi encryption in homes, offices, and enterprises
That guest network you set up for your neighbors may not be as secure as you think. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2026/02/new-airsnitch-attack-breaks-wi-fi-encryption-in-homes-offices-and-enterprises/
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New AirSnitch attack breaks Wi-Fi encryption in homes, offices, and enterprises
That guest network you set up for your neighbors may not be as secure as you think. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2026/02/new-airsnitch-attack-breaks-wi-fi-encryption-in-homes-offices-and-enterprises/
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UK’s Data Watchdog Gets a Makeover to Match Growing Demands
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office is about to ditch single-leader model for CEO and board in a major shake-up First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/uk-data-watchdog-ico-makeover/