A participant walks past a Google logo at a stand at the 2022 Re:publica digital society festival on June 9, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Security professional’s tweet forces big change to Google email authentication Gmail is tightening its implementation of an email security protocol after a researcher discovered a flaw allowing brands to be impersonated. Jun 7, 2023 By AJ Vicens
Microsoft President Brad Smith delivers a speech at the Web Summit in Lisbon on Nov. 3, 2022. (PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP) Microsoft urges lawmakers to adopt new guidelines for responsible AI Brad Smith wants the government to use its buying power to shape the AI industry and to build on existing regulatory frameworks to govern AI. May 25, 2023 By Tonya Riley
A photo taken on March 31, 2023 in Manta, near Turin, shows a computer screen with the home page of the artificial intelligence OpenAI web site, displaying its chatGPT robot.(Marco BERTORELLO / AFP) Reality check: What will generative AI really do for cybersecurity? Cybersecurity professionals are eyeing generative AI’s defensive potential with a mix of skepticism and excitement. May 23, 2023 By Elias Groll Christian Vasquez AJ Vicens
(Art Alex/Getty Images) FIN7 returns with new ransomware attacks The notorious ransomware gang ends a two-year hiatus by carrying out opportunistic ransomware attacks. May 19, 2023 By AJ Vicens
Jason Zann, Threat Intelligence Specialist, Microsoft Federal Sponsored Keeping a competitive edge in the cybersecurity ‘game’ Instead of thinking of cybersecurity as a problem, IT leaders should look at it through the lens of a game — and threat intelligence gives your team… May 16, 2023 By Jason Zann
(Boris Zhitkov/Getty Images) Cybercriminals have adapted since Microsoft’s decision to block macros Microsoft's decision to disable macros by default last year has forced hacking crews to find new, and sometimes old, ways to get a foothold. May 12, 2023 By AJ Vicens
People march with Iranian flags and with signs during a rally marking Al-Quds Day (Jerusalem), a commemorative day held annually on the last Friday of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan by an initiative started by late Iranian revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in Tehran on April 14, 2023. (Photo by AFP / Getty Images) Microsoft says Iranian hackers combine influence ops with hacking for maximum impact Many of the 24 cyber-enabled Iranian influence operations Microsoft detected in 2022 were intended to further Iran's Mideast political agenda. May 2, 2023 By AJ Vicens
A pedestrian walks past the logo of the U.S. computer and micro-computing company, Microsoft on January 25, 2023 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France. (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images) Ransomware gangs increasingly deploy zero-days to maximize attacks Microsoft issued a patch for a zero-day that researchers at Kaspersky said was used to deliver Nokoyawa ransomware. Apr 11, 2023 By AJ Vicens
(Photo by Cesc Maymo/Getty Images) Microsoft leads effort to disrupt illicit use of Cobalt Strike, a dangerous hacking tool in the wrong hands The action against illicit versions of legitimate Cobalt Strike applications represents the culmination of a year-long investigation. Apr 6, 2023 By Elias Groll AJ Vicens
The Microsoft logo is visible through a grid of its French headquarters on Jan. 25, 2023 in Issy-les-Moulineaux. (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images) Can a White House initiative compel tech companies to write safer code? Software liability reform is a centerpiece of the Biden's recent national cybersecurity strategy. Implementing it will be a challenge. Mar 31, 2023 By Elias Groll