Tag: Microsoft

ESET Research: Spy group exploits WPS Office zero day; analysis uncovers a second vulnerability

August 30, 2024

ESET researchers discovered a remote code execution vulnerability in WPS Office for Windows (CVE-2024-7262). The vulnerability was being exploited by APT-C-60, allegedly a South Korea-aligned cyberespionage group, to target East Asian countries. When examining the root cause, ESET discovered another way to exploit the faulty code (CVE-2924-7263). Following a coordinated disclosure process, both vulnerabilities are … More ESET Research: Spy group exploits WPS Office zero day; analysis uncovers a second vulnerability

Microsoft says cyber-attack triggered latest outage

July 31, 2024

A global outage affecting Microsoft products, including Outlook and Minecraft, was resolved after nearly 10 hours. The outage, allegedly caused by a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack and a failure in defense implementation, led to thousands of user reports, writes the BBC*. It comes less than two weeks after a major global outage left around 8.5 … More Microsoft says cyber-attack triggered latest outage

Building cyber-resilience: Lessons learned from the CrowdStrike incident

July 24, 2024

Organizations, including those that weren’t struck by the CrowdStrike incident, should resist the temptation to attribute the IT meltdown to exceptional circumstances. As the dust settles on the cyber-incident caused by CrowdStrike releasing a corrupted update, many businesses will, or should, conduct a thorough post-mortem on how the incident affected their business and what could be … More Building cyber-resilience: Lessons learned from the CrowdStrike incident

Cyber Security Breaches: Causes & Solutions

July 23, 2024

As technology advances and more of our lives move online, cyber security breaches have become more common. Unfortunately, this has increased the risk of businesses, organisations and individuals suffering from financial loss and a damaged reputation. In this blog post we will explore the causes of cyber security breaches as well as the impacts they … More Cyber Security Breaches: Causes & Solutions

Beyond the blue screen of death: Why software updates matter

July 22, 2024

The widespread IT outages triggered by a faulty CrowdStrike update have put software updates in the spotlight. Here’s why you shouldn’t dread them. In the realm of computing, few things are as unsettling as encountering a blue screen of death (BSOD) on your Windows system. The ominous screen with its cryptic error messages evokes a … More Beyond the blue screen of death: Why software updates matter