Cloud computing has always been marketed to enterprises as a more cost-effective way for companies to access the compute resources they need, because they only pay for what they use and can easily scale back how much they are using, based on demand. Enterprises were encouraged, on the back of these benefits, to streamline their… Continue reading The CMA anti-trust investigation into AWS and Microsoft explained: Everything you need to know
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Ex-wife charged in death of Microsoft exec Jared Bridegan who was killed in front of his 2-year-old in middle of Florida street
The ex-wife of a man who was killed in the middle of a street in front of his 2-year-old daughter has been charged in the “cold, calculated and premeditated murder,” Florida officials said. Jared Bridegan, a Microsoft executive and father of four, was found fatally shot outside his Volkswagen Atlas on a Jacksonville Beach street… Continue reading Ex-wife charged in death of Microsoft exec Jared Bridegan who was killed in front of his 2-year-old in middle of Florida street
Microsoft addresses Office vulnerability attacked by Russian spooks in latest update
Amid the ongoing Black Hat USA and DEF CON cyber jamborees, Microsoft has addressed a little over 70 vulnerabilities in its August Patch Tuesday update, including two zero-days already being exploited, more than 20 remote code execution (RCE) flaws, and six critical bugs. Of the two zero-days fixes, the first comes in the form… Continue reading Microsoft addresses Office vulnerability attacked by Russian spooks in latest update
Microsoft fixes Azure flaw that was subject of researcher criticism
Microsoft has publicly confirmed that a potentially dangerous flaw in the Azure public cloud platform – which was the subject of a full and frank attack on the firm’s vulnerability reporting and disclosure processes by Tenable CEO Amit Yoran last week – has been fully addressed for all affected users. Microsoft had already told… Continue reading Microsoft fixes Azure flaw that was subject of researcher criticism
Cozy Bear hijacks SME Microsoft 365 tenants in latest campaign
A new campaign of social engineering activity targeting organisations of interest to Russian intelligence has been observed in the wild, in which already-compromised Microsoft 365 tenants owned by legitimate small businesses are being used to ensnare victims through bogus Microsoft Teams messages. The activity is attributed to the advanced persistent threat (APT) group most… Continue reading Cozy Bear hijacks SME Microsoft 365 tenants in latest campaign
Microsoft attacked over ‘grossly irresponsible’ security practice
Tenable’s CEO and former national cyber security director to the George W Bush administration, Amit Yoran, has hit out at Microsoft and accused the software giant of deliberately putting its customers’ security at risk by keeping them in the dark over the risks and vulnerabilities they face. Yoran launched his attack after Tenable revealed… Continue reading Microsoft attacked over ‘grossly irresponsible’ security practice
Wirral Council set to deploy Microsoft Fabric data platform
Wirral Council has begun work on using Microsoft Fabric as its data platform, in a bid to deliver machine learning and advanced data analytics for council services, operations and planning. The council is one of the five metropolitan boroughs in Merseyside, and is responsible for delivering most of the local government services. The data… Continue reading Wirral Council set to deploy Microsoft Fabric data platform
European Commission starts investigation into Microsoft Teams bundling
Margrethe Vestager, executive vice-president in charge of competition policy at the European Commission (EC), has said it will start a formal investigation to assess whether Teams and Microsoft 365 bundling is anti-competitive. The investigation follows on from the July 2020 complaint made by Slack Technologies, which alleged that Microsoft illegally tied Teams to its… Continue reading European Commission starts investigation into Microsoft Teams bundling