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Microsoft Says Chinese Hackers Are Behind SharePoint Attacks. What to Know.  Barron’s Disrupting active exploitation of on-premises SharePoint vulnerabilities  Microsoft SharePoint Hacks Turn Up Heat on Microsoft’s Cyber Overhaul  Yahoo Finance China behind vast global hack involving multiple US agencies  Politico Microsoft flaw ‘opens the door’ for hackers. It will be hard to close  The Seattle Times Source link

Microsoft has unveiled a new Surface Laptop 5G as part of its computing collection for business customers. The company said that a 5G option was in the works for its business line back in January when it unveiled other to the Surface Pro and Surface Laptop for Business, and this requested feature is intended to make the laptop an option …

Microsoft has gone all-in on Arm-based Qualcomm Snapdragon X-series chips for its Surface PCs, including the less-expensive-but-more-compromised 13-inch Surface Laptop and 12-inch Surface Pro from this spring. But the company still hasn’t quite given up on businesses and individuals who still want or require a traditional Intel or AMD-based x86 PC. The latest addition to the lineup is the “Surface …

Security researchers at Google and Microsoft say they have evidence that hackers backed by China are exploiting a zero-day bug in Microsoft SharePoint, as companies around the world scramble to patch the flaw. The bug, known officially as CVE-2025-53770 and discovered last weekend, allows hackers to steal sensitive private keys from self-hosted versions of SharePoint, a software server widely used …

China-backed hackers used Microsoft flaw in attacks, defenders say  The Washington Post Global hack on Microsoft product hits U.S., state agencies, researchers say  The Washington Post Microsoft hit with SharePoint attack affecting global businesses and governments  CNBC Microsoft Rushes to Stop Hackers from Wreaking Global Havoc  Bloomberg.com Proactive Security Insights for SharePoint Attacks (CVE-2025-53770 and CVE-2025-53771)  Trend Micro Source link

Microsoft has abruptly ceased selling digital films and TV on its Xbox and PC stores. The change happened on July 18, when Microsoft confirmed that it will no longer sell movies or TV, and that no refunds would be available for any previously purchased content. Microsoft has claimed that already purchased shows will be able to be redownloaded going forward. …

Microsoft has released emergency SharePoint security updates for two zero-day vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2025-53770 and CVE-2025-53771 that have compromised services worldwide in “ToolShell” attacks. In May, during the Berlin Pwn2Own hacking contest, researchers exploited a zero-day vulnerability chain called “ToolShell,” which enabled them to achieve remote code execution in Microsoft SharePoint. These flaws were fixed as part of the July Patch …

Microsoft server hack hit about 100 organizations, researchers say  Reuters Global hack on Microsoft product hits U.S., state agencies, researchers say  The Washington Post Microsoft hit with SharePoint attack affecting global businesses and governments  CNBC Microsoft SharePoint under ‘active exploitation,’ Homeland Security’s CISA says  ABC News Hackers Exploit Microsoft SharePoint as Firm Works to Patch  Bloomberg.com Source link

NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft has issued an emergency fix to close off a vulnerability in Microsoft’s widely-used SharePoint software that hackers have exploited to carry out widespread attacks on businesses and at least some U.S. government agencies. The company issued an alert to customers Saturday saying it was aware of the zero-day exploit being used to conduct attacks and …

On Sunday, July 20, Microsoft Corp. issued an emergency security update for a vulnerability in SharePoint Server that is actively being exploited to compromise vulnerable organizations. The patch comes amid reports that malicious hackers have used the SharePoint flaw to breach U.S. federal and state agencies, universities, and energy companies. Image: Shutterstock, by Ascannio. In an advisory about the SharePoint …