Microsoft Attempts Takedown of Global Criminal Botnet October 14, 2020 By Frank Bajak Microsoft announced legal action Monday seeking to disrupt a major cybercrime digital network that uses more than 1 million zombie...
Vast Phishing Campaign Hits Microsoft Users in 62 Countries July 9, 2020 By Alyza Sebenius Microsoft Corp. customers were targeted in a massive phishing campaign that has sought to defraud users in 62 countries since...
NSA Discovers Flaw in Microsoft Windows That Could Enable Cyber Intrusions January 15, 2020 By Dina Bass and Alyza Sebenius The National Security Agency announced that it had found a “critical vulnerability” in Microsoft Corp.’s Windows operating systems that could...
Microsoft Wants to Teach Drones, Robots and Drills How to Think November 4, 2019 By Dina Bass Microsoft Corp. and technology rivals spend a lot of time talking about machine learning. Now Microsoft is talking about something...
Microsoft Says Russia-Linked Hackers Target Sports Organizations October 29, 2019 By Noor Zainab Hussain Microsoft Corp said it has tracked “significant” cyberattacks coming from a group it calls “Strontium” or “Fancy Bear,” targeting anti-doping...
U.S. Cyber Agency Says Reducing Risks From China Top Priority August 23, 2019 By William Turton A newly created U.S. cybersecurity agency said Thursday that China represents the greatest strategic risk to the U.S., and as...
Mozilla Blocks UAE Bid to Become an Internet Security Guardian July 10, 2019 By Joel Schectman and Christopher Bing WASHINGTON — Firefox browser maker Mozilla is blocking the United Arab Emirates’ government from serving as one of its internet...
Microsoft Turned Down Facial-Recognition Sales on Human Rights Concerns April 17, 2019 By Joseph Menn PALO ALTO, California — Microsoft Corp recently rejected a California law enforcement agency’s request to install facial recognition technology in...
Real or Artificial? Tech Titans Declare AI Ethics Concerns April 8, 2019 By Matt O'Brien and Rachel Lerman About the photo: In this March 21, 2019 photo a robot called “Pepper” is positioned near an entrance to a...
Software Makers Disrupt Global Cyber Crime Ring February 7, 2013 By Jim Finkle Software makers Microsoft Corp and Symantec Corp said they disrupted a global cyber crime operation by shutting down servers that...