Neowin News Feed for: Cyberattacks

Defender for Endpoint gets new Secure Score recommendations to boost security

Paul Hill — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 05:10:01 +0000

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is getting a new security recommendations that will help organizations boost their security posture in an increasingly dangerous world. Read more...

Fugitive wanted for global cyberattacks is now on EU's most wanted list

Paul Hill — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 10:02:02 +0000

A Ukrainian male has been added to the EU's most wanted list for helping to lead a cybercrime network that has done billions of dollars worth of damage. Read more...

Microsoft warns of 600M daily cyberattacks with rising AI sophistication

Paul Hill — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 06:38:01 +0000

Microsoft reveals a staggering 600 million cyberattacks daily, with both cybercriminals and nation-states increasingly utilizing generative AI to enhance their operations. Read more...

Microsoft launches a new program to help protect rural US hospitals from cyberattacks

John Callaham — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 09:06:02 +0000

Microsoft has just announced a new Cybersecurity Program for Rural Hospitals in the US. It will offer both free and low-cost programs to these hospitals to help them fight cyberattacks and ransomware. Read more...

Several US government agencies were targeted in a global cyberattack

John Callaham — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 21:18:01 +0000

It's not yet clear which US government agencies were hit as part of this cyberattack, nor if they had any files taken as a result. A known hacker group called CL0P is a suspect in some of the attacks. Read more...

Cyberattacks set to grow security investments by 12.1% this year

Paul Hill — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 16:42:01 +0000

Cyberattacks and other factors will help to push up security spending this year by 12.1% to $219 billion, according to a forecast by IDC. The spending includes investments in hardware and software. Read more...

New ESXiArgs ransomware variant can evade CISA's recovery script

Justin Luna — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 05:42:02 +0000

The cybercriminals behind the ESXiArgs ransomware have created a new variant that evades the recovery script that the U.S. CISA recently released. The new version also comes with a new ransom note. Read more...

Health insurer Medibank becomes the latest victim of cyberattack

Hemant Saxena — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 06:36:01 +0000

Medibank, the Australian private health insurance provider has been hit by a cyber incident. Currently, It is investigating the nature of the incident and any impact it may have on its customers. Read more...

In a major embarrassment, AV-TEST's Twitter remains hacked after more than a week [Update]

Sayan Sen — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 08:22:01 +0000

One of the leading anti-virus assessment companies, AV-TEST couldn't stop the breach of its own Twitter account. The attack happened over a week ago and the account still remains hacked. Read more...

Microsoft disabled MSIX AppX installer to save users from Emotet, BazarLoader-like threats

Sayan Sen — Sat, 05 Feb 2022 05:14:01 +0000

Back in December last year, Microsoft had disabled the MSIX app installer protocol to prevent malicious spoofing attempts and attacks. Today, a formal annoucement has come regarding the matter. Read more...

Microsoft proud to have blocked nearly 71 billion cyberattacks in 2021 but is also worried

Sayan Sen — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 20:36:01 +0000

Microsoft blocked close to 71 billion cybersecurity attacks last year using its various security solutions like Defender for Endpoint and Defender for Office 365. However, the firm is also worried. Read more...

Crucial BIOS update rolling out for Intel 11th Gen, 10th Gen, and more CPUs, fixes LPE bug

Sayan Sen — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 08:04:01 +0000

Intel has published an updated security advisory for a couple of new LPE bugs that were discovered. A lot of the newer CPUs, except Alder Lake, are vulnerable too. Firmware patches are rolling out. Read more...

Nokia report warns of rising cyberattacks on IoT devices

Paul Hill — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 12:44:01 +0000

Nokia has released the latest edition of its Threat Intelligence Report. The document reveals that cyberattacks on IoT devices are increasing at an alarming rate due to poor security. Read more...

Microsoft 365 Government now offers Teams availability and some new security features

Hamza Jawad — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 18:18:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced some new security and teamwork capabilities for its 365 Government services. The productivity suite was launched last year for the United States government. Read more...

Kaspersky Lab to open up software for independent review

John Keefer — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 16:06:01 +0000

The cybersecurity firm has been under heavy scrutiny for alleged ties to the Kremlin and purported spying on American interests through its popular software. Now, it wants to win back public trust. Read more...

Microsoft, Accenture, and Avanade collaborate to offer cyberdefense solutions

Hamza Jawad — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 13:32:01 +0000

Microsoft, Accenture, and Avanade collaborate through a multimillion-dollar agreement to bring to the market enhanced cyberdefense solutions, which should help clients better respond to cyber threats. Read more...