Hackers Using Zero-Width Spaces to Bypass MS Office 365 Protection

Security researchers have been warning about a simple technique that cybercriminals and email scammers are already being using in the wild to bypass security features of Microsoft Office 365, including Safe Links, which are originally designed to prote… Continue reading Hackers Using Zero-Width Spaces to Bypass MS Office 365 Protection

Hackers Found Using A New Way to Bypass Microsoft Office 365 Safe Links

Security researchers revealed a way around that some hacking groups have been found using in the wild to bypass a security feature of Microsoft Office 365, which is originally designed to protect users from malware and phishing attacks.

Dubbed Safe Li… Continue reading Hackers Found Using A New Way to Bypass Microsoft Office 365 Safe Links

Patch for Critical Oracle WebLogic Vulnerability Can Be Bypassed

Security researchers warn that a patch recently released by Oracle for a critical vulnerability in its WebLogic Java application server can easily be bypassed. The risk of exploitation is high especially since exploit code is already available for the… Continue reading Patch for Critical Oracle WebLogic Vulnerability Can Be Bypassed

Outlook Bug Allowed Hackers to Use .RTF Files To Steal Windows Passwords

Microsoft patched a bug that allowed attackers to steal a target’s Windows account password via previewed Outlook message. Continue reading Outlook Bug Allowed Hackers to Use .RTF Files To Steal Windows Passwords

Microsoft Office 365 Gets Built-in Ransomware Protection and Enhanced Security Features

Ransomware has been around for a few years, but it has become an albatross around everyone’s neck, targeting big businesses, hospitals, financial institutions and individuals worldwide and extorting millions of dollars.

Last year, we saw some major ra… Continue reading Microsoft Office 365 Gets Built-in Ransomware Protection and Enhanced Security Features

Microsoft Issues Security Patch Update for 14 New Critical Vulnerabilities

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday for this month falls the day before the most romantic day of the year.

Yes, it’s Valentine’s, and the tech giant has released its monthly security update for February 2018, addressing a total of 50 CVE-listed vulnerabilities … Continue reading Microsoft Issues Security Patch Update for 14 New Critical Vulnerabilities

Buggy Microsoft Outlook Sending Encrypted S/MIME Emails With Plaintext Copy For Months

Beware, If you are using S/MIME protocol over Microsoft Outlook to encrypt your email communication, you need to watch out.

From at least last 6 months, your messages were being sent in both encrypted and unencrypted forms, exposing all your secret an… Continue reading Buggy Microsoft Outlook Sending Encrypted S/MIME Emails With Plaintext Copy For Months

SharePoint Podcast Episode #332: Dance Like the Microwave Isn’t Watching

Shane Young and Todd Klindt discuss March patches, Microsoft Identity Management with SharePoint 2016, Shane’s new computer, automatically created Office 365 groups, creation of direct reports groups in Outlook, not using @ in the SAMAccountName, SAM-Account-Name attribute specs, Outlook sign-in assistant, Azure active directory, integration with Github, and SQL data partners.

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Office 365 Vulnerability Identified Bogus Microsoft.com Email as Valid

An email scam tricked Yandex email recipients into thinking phishing emails were certified legit and from the Microsoft.com domain. Continue reading Office 365 Vulnerability Identified Bogus Microsoft.com Email as Valid