Longtime security executive Alex Stamos tapped by SentinelOne to manage its security engineering and operations teams.
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Microsoft Says Azure Outage Caused by DDoS Attack Response
Microsoft’s response to a DDoS attack on Azure amplified the impact of the attack instead of mitigating it, causing outages.
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Microsoft Says Ransomware Gangs Exploiting Just-Patched VMware ESXi Flaw
VMware did not mention in-the-wild exploitation for CVE-2024-37085 but Microsoft says ransomware gangs are abusing the just-patched flaw.
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Microsoft Says 8.5 Million Windows Devices Impacted by CrowdStrike Incident, Publishes Recovery Tool
Microsoft says roughly 8.5 million Windows devices were impacted by the faulty software update from CrowdStrike, and published a tool to help admins through the recovery process.
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Bad CrowdStrike Update Linked to Major IT Outages Worldwide
Organizations worldwide are reporting major outages due to Windows system crashes caused by a bad CrowdStrike update.
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Can AI be Meaningfully Regulated, or is Regulation a Deceitful Fudge?
Few people understand AI, nor how to use nor control it, nor where it is going. Yet politicians wish to regulate it.
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Microsoft Warns of Windows Hyper-V Zero-Day Being Exploited
Patch Tuesday: Microsoft patches more than 140 security vulnerabilities in the Windows ecosystem, including a pair of exploited zero-days.
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Microsoft Banning Android Phones for Staff in China
Starting in September, Microsoft will mandate the the use of Apple’s iPhones to authenticate identities when logging into work machines.
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Microsoft Alerts More Customers to Email Theft in Expanding Midnight Blizzard Hack
Shockwaves from the Russian government’s hack of Microsoft’s corporate infrastructure continue to spread as the victim pool widens.
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Microsoft Delaying Recall Feature to Improve Security
Microsoft is not rolling out Recall with Copilot+ PCs as it’s seeking additional feedback and working on improving security.
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