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Windows BootHole Vulnerability Could Give Attackers Near Total System Access

The BootHole vulnerability effects Windows and Linux systems at a Secure Boot level, making it a critical flaw that could give wide system access to attackers.
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Microsoft Project Freta Promises to Stop Azure Malware

Project Freta is a Microsoft Research “technology demonstration” that is a virtual-machine (VM) forensics platform that stops malware.
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Microsoft Office 365 Safe Documents Arrives as an Extension to Protected View

Safe Documents in Office 365 allows files opened in Protected View to be scanned by Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection before editing.
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Microsoft Threat Protection Intelligence: Holmium Group Cloud Attack Gained Full Network Access Within a...

A Microsoft Threat Protection Intelligence blog points to attacks from Holmium that get from compromised passwords to network access in a week.
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WhatsApp Click to Chat is “Leaking” User Phone Numbers Online

A researcher has found 300,000 WhatsApp user phone numbers through Google Search and says the leak poses a major identity theft risk.
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Microsoft Windows Defender Gets Direct Protection Against PUAs

Microsoft says Windows 10 20H1 will give users easier access to Windows Defender protection against potentially unwanted apps.

Windows Defender to Become Microsoft Defender Through Windows 10 20H1

The Microsoft Defender branding is finally replacing Windows Defender, a year after it was first used for Mac computers.
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Microsoft Fixed an Azure Security Vulnerability before Researchers Could Report It

A bug in the Microsoft Azure portal's javascript parsing let security researchers steal the access tokens of an external organization. The tech giant managed to fix the issue before there were any public reports.
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Researchers Say 98 Percent of IoT Devices Are Exposed to Attack

Researchers at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 says 98 percent of IoT devices are unencrypted and could be attacked easily.

Microsoft’s Advanced Threat Protection Coming to Android and iOS

Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) is coming to mobile at the end of the year, on Linux right now.

Security: 500 Nefarious Google Chrome Web Extensions Were Downloaded Millions of Times

Security researchers says hundreds of Google Chrome web extensions were used as part of a large malvertising campaign.

Apple Says FBI Shut Down Plans To Encrypt iCloud Backups

Apple says it had plans to allow users to encrypt iPhone backups on iCloud but the FBI objected and the project was closed.
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Apple Stands Firm: Won’t Unblock iPhones For Terrorism Investigation

Apple is once again standing against FBI requests to help release data from iPhones related to a recent shooting.

Microsoft Developing Office 365 Tool to Combat Reply-All Mail Storm Attacks

Microsoft says its Reply-All Mail Storm Protection tool will be available on Office 365 during the third quarter of 2020.

Microsoft Debuts Campaign Views to Provide Phishing Overview

With Campaign Views for Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection (ATP), admins can see an overview of malicious phishing attacks across emails.
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Microsoft Patches Flaw in OAuth That Enabled Theft of Azure Account Permissions

Microsoft has patched an issue with its OAuth implementation that could have let attackers craft simple websites that stole login tokens for Azure accounts.

WhatsApp Vulnerability Opened Users to Remote Code Execution via a Simple Video File

A WhatsApp vulnerability lets hackers cause a buffer overflow via specially crafted MP4 file, letting them perform an RCE or DoS attack/

Microsoft: Russian Hackers Are Targeting Anti-Doping Ahead of Tokyo 2020

Russian hacking group Strontium has reportedly been attacking sporting organizations, including anti-doping authorities, in spearfishing and IoT hacks.

Reports: Windows 10 Update KB4517389 Also Breaks Visual Basic Apps

Users report that KB4517389 returns an unexpected error when trying to run some Visual Basic apps, but they also say a fix is in-progress.

Microsoft Defender’s Tamper Protection Is Now Available to All

Microsoft Defender's Tamper Protection has reached general availability and is toggled on by default as a result. In the enterprise, it holds additional value.

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