Ravie LakshmananFeb 04, 2026Malvertising / Infostealer Microsoft has warned that information-stealing attacks are “rapidly expanding” beyond Windows to target Apple […]
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APT28 Uses Microsoft Office CVE-2026-21509 in Espionage-Focused Malware Attacks
Ravie LakshmananFeb 03, 2026Vulnerability / Malware The Russia-linked state-sponsored threat actor known as APT28 (aka UAC-0001) has been attributed to […]
Microsoft Begins NTLM Phase-Out With Three-Stage Plan to Move Windows to Kerberos
Ravie LakshmananFeb 02, 2026Kerberos / Enterprise Security Microsoft has announced a three-phase approach to phase out New Technology LAN Manager […]
Command Palette Dock is an astonishing proposal for a new PowerToys utility
We absolutely love PowerToys here at BetaNews, and we are far from being alone. Microsoft’s collection of utilities for Windows […]
Developers say AI coding tools work—and that’s precisely what worries them
Ars spoke to several software devs about AI and found enthusiasm tempered by unease. Credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images […]
People complaining about Windows 11 hasn’t stopped it from hitting 1 billion users
Complaining about Windows 11 is a popular sport among tech enthusiasts on the Internet, whether you’re publicly switching to Linux, […]
There’s a rash of scam spam coming from a real Microsoft address
There are reports that a legitimate Microsoft email address—which Microsoft explicitly says customers should add to their allow list—is delivering […]
Microsoft Office Zero-Day (CVE-2026-21509) – Emergency Patch Issued for Active Exploitation
Ravie LakshmananJan 27, 2026Zero-Day / Vulnerability Microsoft on Monday issued out-of-band security patches for a high-severity Microsoft Office zero-day vulnerability […]
Microsoft releases emergency fix for actively exploited Office vulnerability
Microsoft has acknowledged the existence of an actively exploited zero day vulnerability in its Office suite. The company has also […]
Why has Microsoft been routing example.com traffic to a company in Japan?
From the Department of Bizarre Anomalies: Microsoft has suppressed an unexplained anomaly on its network that was routing traffic destined […]