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Inside InfoSec 1: Malware in the time of COVID-19

Webinar , Diana Kelley , Phishing , ransomware , Information Security Summit , Microsoft , COVID-19 , cannabis , Enterprise

Michelle Drolet

Live online June 4, 2020 12:00 pm ET Presented by Diana Kelley, Cybersecurity Field CTO, Microsoft Michelle Drolet, CEO, Towerwall Wherever we turn it feels like the news is all COVID-19 all the time. Many of us are feeling stressed and overwhelmed and attackers know it. At Microsoft, we've seen an increase in the success of phishing attacks, one of the common vectors for malware and ransomware infections. Rather than inventing entirely new exploits, attackers are pivoting their existingfalse

Join us for Security BSides Boston 2016

Sophos , Security BSides Boston 2016 , Microsoft NERD , BSides Boston , Events , Microsoft , Enterprise

Michelle Drolet

Friday, May 20 2016 (Training) Saturday, May 21 2016 (Conference) Follow BSidesBoston on Twitter: #BSidesBOS @BsidesBoston @MicrosoftNERD Questions: help@bsidesboston.org

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Patch Tuesday wrap-up, March 2014 - critical fixes from Microsoft and Adobe

network security , security software , Data Security , Security Threat , Information Security , Security , Microsoft , Security Alert , Big Data , Data Privacy , Enterprise , Data Breach

Michelle Drolet

by Paul Ducklin on March 12, 2014 We already wrote about Microsoft's March 2014 patches, noting that, as usually happens, there was an All-Points Bulletin for Internet Explorer coming up. Microsoft doesn't call them APBs, of course - they are Cumulative Security Updates, with one bulletin covering all the numerous versions, bitnesses and CPU flavors of Redmond's IE browser. What we weren't able to tell you in advance was whether the widely-publicized (but fortunately not widely-exploited) false

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Towerwall Security / Vulnerability Alert: Microsoft announces five Bulletins for Patch Tuesday, including Office for Mac

Security Services , Data Security , Office , Towerwall , Security Regulations , Security Threat , Security Program , Information Security , Security , Mac , security policy , Microsoft , Security Alert , information security tips , Big Data , Data Privacy , vulnerability management , cybersecurity , Enterprise , Data Breach

Michelle Drolet

Midsummer Patch Tuesday (or midwinter, depending on your latitude) takes place on Tuesday 11 June 2013. As you probably already know, Microsoft publishes an official Advance Notification each month to give you early warning of what's coming. These early notifications generally don't give any details, summarizing only the basics, such as:

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Microsoft Windows Update emails try to steal your Gmail, Yahoo, AOL passwords...

Yahoo , Security Services , passwords , security software , Data Security , Social Engineering , Security Threat , AOL , Phishing , Information Security , Security , Hackers , cyber-attack , security policy , cybercriminals , Microsoft , Gmail , Security Alert , information security tips , internal emails , Web Browser , security research , email scam , cannabis , cybersecurity , Enterprise

Michelle Drolet

Beware any emails which claim to come from privacy@microsoft.com - it could be that you're being targeted in an attack designed to steal your AOL, Gmail, Yahoo or Windows Live password. At first glance, if you don't look too carefully, the emails entitled "Microsoft Windows Update" may appear harmless enough. But the grammatical errors and occasional odd language should raise alarms bells that the emails may not really be from Microsoft. Dear Windows User, It has come to our attention thatfalse

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Microsoft discovers Chinese malware pre-installed on new PCs

Security Partners , network security , Security Services , security software , Data Security , Security Regulations , Security Threat , Information Security , Security , malware , Hackers , Cloud Security , cyber-attack , security policy , cybercriminals , Microsoft , information security tips , security research , Mobile Security , cannabis , cybersecurity , Enterprise

Michelle Drolet

Microsoft has published evidence of an extraordinary conspiracy in which potent botnet malware was apparently installed and hidden on PCs during their manufacture in China. This is a big deal, the team at Towerwall has been aware that this level of threat and exploitation existed, but none the less surprised. Read the rest of the article: Microsoft discovers Chinese malware pre-installed on new PCs