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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, August 2022 Edition

August 9, 2022 admin cve-2022-21980, cve-2022-24477, cve-2022-24516, cve-2022-30133, cve-2022-30134, cve-2022-34713, cve-2022-35743, follina, Greg Wiseman, immersive labs, kevin breen, microsoft patch tuesday august 2022, Rapid7, sans internet storm center, Time to Patch, visual studio, Windows Hello

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2022 23:01:10 +0000

Microsoft today released updates to fix a record 141 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and related software. Once again, Microsoft is patching a zero-day vulnerability in the Microsoft Support Diagnostics Tool (MSDT), a service built into Windows. Redmond also addressed multiple flaws in Exchange Server — including one that was disclosed publicly prior to today — and it is urging organizations that use Exchange for email to update as soon as possible and to enable additional protections.

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Building a world without passwords

May 1, 2018 admin cybersecurity, Data Privacy, FIDO2, Microsoft Authenticator app, password-less, Tips & Talk, Windows Hello

Credit to Author: Windows Defender ATP| Date: Tue, 01 May 2018 17:00:03 +0000

Nobody likes passwords. They are inconvenient, insecure, and expensive. In fact, we dislike them so much that weve been busy at work trying to create a world without them a world without passwords. In this blog, we will provide a brief insight into how we at Microsoft have been thinking about solving this problem

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No mas, Samas: What’s in this ransomware’s modus operandi?

January 23, 2017 admin antimalware, Credential Guard for Windows 10 Enterprise, cybersecurity, Device Guard for Windows 10 Enterprise, Disable macro, Disable macro in Office, enterprise software security, Java-based vulnerabilities, JBOSS, Lateral account movement security, Macro-based malware, microsoft, Microsoft Passport, New ransomware, Outdated JBOSS, Ransom:MSIL/Samas, ransomware, Ransomware modus operandi, Redhat, Samas ransomware, Samas ransomware geographical distribution, Samas ransomware geoloc_, Samas ransomware infection chain, Secure your code integrity, Securing Lateral Account Movement, Windows 10, Windows Defender, Windows Defender blogs for home users and small businesses, Windows Defender for Windows 10, Windows Hello

We’ve seen how ransomware managed to become a threat category that sends consumers and enterprise reeling when it hits them. It has become a high-commodity malware that is used as payload to spam email, macro malware, and exploit kit campaigns. It also digs onto victims’ pockets in exchange for recovering files from their encrypted form. …