Microsoft logo is seen in a Microsoft store on March 10, 2021, in New York.(Photo by John Smith/VIEWpress) Latest Russian espionage activity is broader than SolarWinds-style hacking effort, Microsoft’s Tom Burt says Russia's SVR intelligence agency did some "innovative, novel work" in the latest campaign, he added. Oct 25, 2021 By Tim Starks
A Microsoft logo adorns a building in Chevy Chase, Maryland on May 19, 2021. (Photo by Eva HAMBACH / AFP) (Photo by EVA HAMBACH/AFP via Getty Images) Feds use gag orders to collect cloud data in secret, Microsoft executive tells Congress The Justice Department is abusing secret subpoenas to collect cloud user data at alarming rates, a top Microsoft executive testified. Jun 30, 2021 By Tonya Riley
(Flickr) For Microsoft, cybersecurity has become bigger than business The company operates in cyberspace in much the same fashion that nation-states do. Jan 27, 2021 By Tim Starks
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg addresses the Munich Security Conference in 2015. (NATO / Flickr) Munich Security Conference attendees targeted with Iran-linked spearphishing, Microsoft says Double check that high-profile "invite" in your inbox. Oct 28, 2020 By Shannon Vavra
(Flickr user Thomas Hawk / CC-BY-2.0) Cyber Command, Microsoft take action against TrickBot botnet before Election Day The Pentagon and Microsoft have moved against one of the world’s largest botnets in recent weeks. Oct 12, 2020 By Shannon Vavra
(Getty Images) Microsoft strikes back at Necurs botnet by preemptively disabling hacking tools The action is the result of eight yesrs of tracking and planning, the company said. Mar 10, 2020 By Jeff Stone
(Getty) 10,000 Microsoft customers targeted by nation-state attacks in the last year Microsoft has tied the attacks — some of which have been successful — with a group linked with Iran (APT 33), with a group from North Korea… Jul 17, 2019 By Shannon Vavra
(Flickr/Sen. Clare McCaskill/CC-ND-2.0) Russian hackers targeted office of vulnerable Democrat The same outfit of Russian hackers that launched cyberattacks against U.S. targets in the 2016 election also targeted Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Miss., a red-state Democrat who faces… Jul 27, 2018 By Ryan Duffy
Via Kremlin.ru Microsoft reveals first known Russian hacking attempt aimed at 2018 midterms The first Russian cyber salvos have already been fired – and batted back – in the run-up to the 2018 midterm elections, a Microsoft executive said. Jul 19, 2018 By Ryan Duffy