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Microsoft fixes bug behind ‘Defender Antivirus is turned off’ alerts
Microsoft has resolved a known issue that causes incorrect alerts warning that Defender Antivirus was turned off after installing recent updates. In a Windows release health dashboard update on Thursday, Microsoft said the issue was fixed in the Microsoft Defender Antivirus update (version 4.18.26080.4) released on September 17. The company acknowledged the bug in late […]
Microsoft asks users to ignore ‘Antivirus is turned off’ errors
Microsoft asked customers this week to ignore incorrect alerts that Defender Antivirus has been turned off after installing the latest Defender updates. Although this issue has been affecting users in the Release Preview Channel of the Windows Insider program since June, it appears Microsoft didn’t notice it until now. The erroneous alerts appear on affected systems in the Windows […]
WhatsApp rolls out new feature that flags potential scam messages
WhatsApp has begun rolling out a new optional “Scam Alert” feature, which uses a local machine learning model to warn users when scammers are targeting them. Scam Alert is now available as part of a limited beta rollout while the company tests this new warning system with researchers in its Bug Bounty community. “Today, we’re […]
Fake VS Code alerts on GitHub spread malware to developers
A large-scale campaign is targeting developers on GitHub with fake Visual Studio Code (VS Code) security alerts posted in the Discussions section of various projects, to trick users into downloading malware. The spammy posts are crafted as vulnerability advisories and use realistic titles like “Severe Vulnerability – Immediate Update Required,” often including fake CVE IDs and […]
Microsoft Azure Monitor alerts abused for callback phishing attacks
Microsoft Azure Monitor alerts are being abused to send callback phishing emails that impersonate warnings from the Microsoft Security Team about unauthorized charges on your account. Azure Monitor is Microsoft’s cloud-based monitoring service that collects and analyzes data from Azure resources, applications, and infrastructure. It enables users to track performance, notify about billing changes, detect […]
FBI shares massive list of 42,000 LabHost phishing domains
The FBI has shared 42,000 phishing domains tied to the LabHost cybercrime platform, one of the largest global phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platforms that was dismantled in April 2024. The published domains were registered between November 2021 and April 2024, the time of its seizure, and are being shared to increase awareness and provide indicators of compromise. […]
Microsoft 365 apps will prompt users to back up files in OneDrive
Starting mid-March 2025, Microsoft will start prompting users of its Microsoft 365 apps for Windows to back up their files to OneDrive. These prompts will be displayed in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, encouraging users to enroll in OneDrive Known Folder Move (KFM). As the company explains in a new Microsoft 365 Message Center entry, they’ll first roll out […]
Microsoft Teams phishing attack alerts coming to everyone next month
Microsoft reminded Microsoft 365 admins that its new brand impersonation protection feature for Teams Chat will be available for all customers by mid-February 2025. Once enabled, it will display alerts when detecting phishing attacks targeting organizations that have enabled external Teams access (which allows threat actors to message any user from external domains). The company […]
CyberSecurity Alert: $5.2 Million Ransomware Demand Hits New High in 2024
In the first half of 2024, ransomware attacks continued to wreak havoc globally, with a startling average extortion demand exceeding $5.2 million (£4.1 million) per incident, as revealed by a comprehensive study from Comparitech. This unsettling statistic stems from an analysis of 56 documented ransom demands issued by cyber threat actors between January and June […]