Neowin News Feed for: Spoofing

Microsoft details Windows 11 KB5083769 Remote Desktop changes

Sayan Sen — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:26:01 +0000

Microsoft has rolled out a major Remote Desktop change on Windows 11 with the latest KB5083769 update. Read more...

WhatsApp attachment flaw could trick Windows users into downloading and installing malware

Sayan Sen — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 19:50:01 +0000

Meta reports a security flaw in WhatsApp for Windows that lets attackers trick users into downloading and installing harmful malicious code. Read more...

Microsoft fixes five security vulnerabilities in Edge 123

Taras Buria — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 08:10:01 +0000

Microsoft has released a new update for Edge 123 in the Stable Channel. Version 123.0.2420.81 is now available for download with security patches for three Chromium and two Edge vulnerabilities. Read more...

Microsoft: August 2023 security patches for Office, Outlook, Excel, Word, and more, are here

Sayan Sen — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 14:50:01 +0000

Microsoft released Windows security updates for Windows 11 as well as 10 this week via Patch Tuesday. It also rolled out security fixes for Office 2013/2016 that resolve spoofing and more such flaws. Read more...

Microsoft fails to fix major PowerShell Gallery security flaws even after claiming it did

Sayan Sen — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 22:48:01 +0000

A security threat research team had notified Microsoft about several major security vulnerabilities in its PowerShell Gallery. The flaws remain even after the tech giant claimed they were fixed. Read more...

Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, Outlook 2013/2016 were vulnerable to Spoofing, Code Execution

Sayan Sen — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 08:16:01 +0000

Microsoft released Windows security updates for Windows 11 as well as 10 this week via Patch Tuesday. It also rolled out security fixes for Office 2013/2016 that resolve RCE and Spoofing flaws. Read more...

Beware: Microsoft email users, even with MFA on, are unsafe from this new phishing attack

Sayan Sen — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 21:40:01 +0000

Microsoft email users are under attack from a new phishing campaign. The campaign uses the adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) technique to even bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) protection. Read more...

Fake Microsoft customer support and help file is actually Vidar malware that steals info

Sayan Sen — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 09:00:01 +0000

A new stealer malware called Vidar has been discovered. Vidar is distributed via emails and disguised as Microsoft CHM help or support file that goes on to steal user data and information. 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...

ProtonMail adds DKIM key management in beta boosting security

Paul Hill — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 11:16:01 +0000

ProtonMail has introduced DKIM key management in beta. It allows users to manually switch the DKIM keys to protect against spoofing. It's recommended that you update the key every 6 months. Read more...

Microsoft issues unauthorized certificate warning, patch

Tyler Holman — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 04:30:54 +0000

Microsoft has issued an urgent warning for all supported versions of Windows (phones included) about unauthorized certificates being used for spoofing and phishing, along with a patch for the problem. Read more...

Spoofing Flaw Haunts IE, Firefox, Safari

Tue, 21 Jun 2005 19:45:37 +0000

A newly discovered flaw in all the major Web browsers could allow Internet scammers to successfully launch phishing attacks, according to a warning from security research outfit Secunia Inc. The vulnerability, confirmed on fully patched... Read more...

IE URL Spoofing Bug; SP2 Users Not Affected

Sat, 30 Oct 2004 21:39:18 +0000

Users of Microsoft's popular web browsing software, Internet Explorer, should be aware of a problem relating to the way it handles table code inside URL links. A malicious coder could create a... Read more...

Mozilla User Interface Spoofing Vulnerability

Sat, 31 Jul 2004 22:57:36 +0000

A vulnerability has been reported in Mozilla and Mozilla Firefox, allowing malicious websites to spoof the user interface. The problem is that Mozilla and Mozilla Firefox don't restrict websites from including arbitrary, remote XUL (XML... Read more...

Scam sites start spoofing secure sites

Darren Bolton — Mon, 15 Dec 2003 09:43:09 +0000

Latest cons show increasing sophistication of cyber-criminals Online shoppers are being warned to look out for fraudulent websites dressed up as real businesses following the launch of a police investigation into a... Read more...

Certificate Validation Flaw Could Enable Identity Spoofing

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 11 Nov 2003 21:54:18 +0000

The original version of this bulletin was released on 05 September 2002. The vulnerability identified in the original version of the bulletin could enable an attacker who had a valid end-entity certificate to issue a... Read more...

MS02-050: Certificate Validation Flaw Could Enable Identity Spoofing (Q328145)

Mon, 16 Sep 2002 11:05:17 +0000

This patch eliminates a security vulnerability associated with the validation of digital certificate chains. Before installing it, customers should review the Caveats section of this bulletin, which discusses a known side effect of installing the... Read more...