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Amazon Paused Rollout of Microsoft Office for a Year After Hacks
Amazon paused the rollout after Microsoft discovered a Russia-linked hacker group had gained access to some of its employees’ email accounts. After conducting its own analysis of the software, Amazon asked for changes to guard against unauthorised access and create a more detailed accounting of user activity in the apps
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Iranian Hackers Looking At US Election Websites Ahead Of Polls: Microsoft
An Iranian hacking group is actively scouting US election-related websites and American media outlets as election day nears, according to a Microsoft blog published on Wednesday.
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Microsoft Tells Clients Russian Hackers Viewed Emails: Report
Microsoft Corp is informing some of its customers that a Russian state-sponsored hacking group breached its internal systems and accessed their emails, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing a company spokesperson.
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"Non-Negotiable": Woman Got Offers From Google, Microsoft With These 2 Resume Hacks
Ms Pandey wanted to try her hand at working at other FAANG businesses after five years at Amazon, so in 2021, she applied to Microsoft and Google.
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Cyber Board Says Chinese Hack Of US Officials Was "Preventable"
The US Cyber Safety Review Board said on Tuesday a targeted Chinese hack of top government officials' emails last year was "preventable", faulting technology giant Microsoft for its cybersecurity lapses and a deliberate lack of transparency.
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Microsoft Copilot for Security, a Cybersecurity Focused AI Chatbot, Will Launch on April 1
Microsoft Copilot for Security now has a launch date, the company announced on Wednesday. The AI cybersecurity-centric chatbot will be made generally available on April 1. The Copilot for Security is aimed at enterprises and organisations to protect them from breaches and hacking attempts. It was first announced by the tech giant in March 2023, and...
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Microsoft Says Russian Hacking Group Trying To Breach Its Systems Again
Microsoft said on Friday that a Russian state-sponsored hacking group named Midnight Blizzard was trying to breach its systems again, by using information it stole from the tech giant's corporate emails in January.
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Microsoft Employee Emails Hacked by Russia-Linked 'Midnight Blizzard' Group, Company Says
Microsoft employee's email accounts were recently accessed by a Russian-linked hacking group, according to the company. The hackers managed to gain access to a “small number” of email accounts. Impacted employees included senior leadership and workers in cybersecurity and legal departments. The company expects some disruption as it fixes older ...
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Microsoft Says Russian Hackers Stole Senior Executives' Emails
Microsoft said on Friday that a Russian state-sponsored group hacked into its corporate systems on Jan. 12 and stole some emails and documents from its staffs' accounts.
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GTA VI Hacker Gets Indefinite Hospital Sentence: Report
The hacker responsible for hacking Rockstar Games and leaking in-development footage of GTA 6 last year has been confined to a secure hospital indefintely. According to BBC News, the trial jury found him to be ‘highly motivated’ to return to cybercrime and has been sentenced to a hospital until he’s no longer deemed as dangerous to the public...
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Microsoft Teams Used by Russia-Linked Hackers to Target Firms With Phishing Campaign, Microsoft Says
Microsoft researchers on Monday said that Russia-linked hackers have conducted "highly targeted" social engineering attacks on "fewer than 40 unique global organisations" since late May. The hacking group's campaign seeks to steal login credentials from users by engaging with them as technical support staff on Microsoft Teams, according to the comp...
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"Will Take Action": Blinken After Chinese Hackers Breached US Government Emails
U.S. Commerce Department Secretary Gina Raimondo was among a group of senior U.S. officials whose emails were hacked earlier this year by a group Microsoft says is based in China, according to a person briefed on the matter, as fallout from the digi
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Microsoft, US Say Chinese Hackers Targeted 'Critical' Infrastructure; Warn Against Similar Global Attacks
State-sponsored Chinese hackers have infiltrated critical US infrastructure networks, the United States, its Western allies and Microsoft said Wednesday while warning that similar espionage attacks could be occurring globally.
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China Accuses US, Its Allies Of "Disinformation" Over Cyber Attack Claims
China accused the United States and its allies of waging a "disinformation campaign" Thursday, after Washington, its Western partners and Microsoft said state-sponsored Chinese hackers had infiltrated critical US infrastructure networks.
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Microsoft Says China-Backed Hacker Targeted "Critical Infrastructure" In US
Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it had uncovered malicious activity by a state-sponsored actor based in China aimed at critical infrastructure organizations in Guam and the United States.
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Amazon Paused Rollout of Microsoft Office for a Year After Hacks
Amazon paused the rollout after Microsoft discovered a Russia-linked hacker group had gained access to some of its employees’ email accounts. After conducting its own analysis of the software, Amazon asked for changes to guard against unauthorised access and create a more detailed accounting of user activity in the apps
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Iranian Hackers Looking At US Election Websites Ahead Of Polls: Microsoft
An Iranian hacking group is actively scouting US election-related websites and American media outlets as election day nears, according to a Microsoft blog published on Wednesday.
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Microsoft Tells Clients Russian Hackers Viewed Emails: Report
Microsoft Corp is informing some of its customers that a Russian state-sponsored hacking group breached its internal systems and accessed their emails, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing a company spokesperson.
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"Non-Negotiable": Woman Got Offers From Google, Microsoft With These 2 Resume Hacks
Ms Pandey wanted to try her hand at working at other FAANG businesses after five years at Amazon, so in 2021, she applied to Microsoft and Google.
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Cyber Board Says Chinese Hack Of US Officials Was "Preventable"
The US Cyber Safety Review Board said on Tuesday a targeted Chinese hack of top government officials' emails last year was "preventable", faulting technology giant Microsoft for its cybersecurity lapses and a deliberate lack of transparency.
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Microsoft Copilot for Security, a Cybersecurity Focused AI Chatbot, Will Launch on April 1
Microsoft Copilot for Security now has a launch date, the company announced on Wednesday. The AI cybersecurity-centric chatbot will be made generally available on April 1. The Copilot for Security is aimed at enterprises and organisations to protect them from breaches and hacking attempts. It was first announced by the tech giant in March 2023, and...
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Microsoft Says Russian Hacking Group Trying To Breach Its Systems Again
Microsoft said on Friday that a Russian state-sponsored hacking group named Midnight Blizzard was trying to breach its systems again, by using information it stole from the tech giant's corporate emails in January.
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Microsoft Employee Emails Hacked by Russia-Linked 'Midnight Blizzard' Group, Company Says
Microsoft employee's email accounts were recently accessed by a Russian-linked hacking group, according to the company. The hackers managed to gain access to a “small number” of email accounts. Impacted employees included senior leadership and workers in cybersecurity and legal departments. The company expects some disruption as it fixes older ...
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Microsoft Says Russian Hackers Stole Senior Executives' Emails
Microsoft said on Friday that a Russian state-sponsored group hacked into its corporate systems on Jan. 12 and stole some emails and documents from its staffs' accounts.
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GTA VI Hacker Gets Indefinite Hospital Sentence: Report
The hacker responsible for hacking Rockstar Games and leaking in-development footage of GTA 6 last year has been confined to a secure hospital indefintely. According to BBC News, the trial jury found him to be ‘highly motivated’ to return to cybercrime and has been sentenced to a hospital until he’s no longer deemed as dangerous to the public...
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Microsoft Teams Used by Russia-Linked Hackers to Target Firms With Phishing Campaign, Microsoft Says
Microsoft researchers on Monday said that Russia-linked hackers have conducted "highly targeted" social engineering attacks on "fewer than 40 unique global organisations" since late May. The hacking group's campaign seeks to steal login credentials from users by engaging with them as technical support staff on Microsoft Teams, according to the comp...
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"Will Take Action": Blinken After Chinese Hackers Breached US Government Emails
U.S. Commerce Department Secretary Gina Raimondo was among a group of senior U.S. officials whose emails were hacked earlier this year by a group Microsoft says is based in China, according to a person briefed on the matter, as fallout from the digi
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Microsoft, US Say Chinese Hackers Targeted 'Critical' Infrastructure; Warn Against Similar Global Attacks
State-sponsored Chinese hackers have infiltrated critical US infrastructure networks, the United States, its Western allies and Microsoft said Wednesday while warning that similar espionage attacks could be occurring globally.
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China Accuses US, Its Allies Of "Disinformation" Over Cyber Attack Claims
China accused the United States and its allies of waging a "disinformation campaign" Thursday, after Washington, its Western partners and Microsoft said state-sponsored Chinese hackers had infiltrated critical US infrastructure networks.
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Microsoft Says China-Backed Hacker Targeted "Critical Infrastructure" In US
Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it had uncovered malicious activity by a state-sponsored actor based in China aimed at critical infrastructure organizations in Guam and the United States.
