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Microsoft’s Secure Boot has been broken for a decade and no one noticed until now
An industry-wide standard Microsoft invented to protect Windows, and later Linux, devices from firmware infections has been trivial to bypass for 13 of its 14 years of existence. The discovery was made by researchers at security firm ESET after identifying 11 firmware images, at least one from 2013, that were known to be defective but…
Microsoft Patches Record 622 Vulnerabilities, Including Two Exploited Zero-Days
Microsoft on Tuesday announced patches for a record-breaking 622 vulnerabilities, including two bugs in Active Directory and SharePoint Server that have been exploited in the wild as zero-days. Tracked as CVE-2026-56155, the exploited AD flaw affects Federation Services (AD FS) and could allow attackers to elevate their privileges locally to administrator. Also leading to privilege…
The open source library holding up your stack might have one maintainer
Every serious software product runs on code that someone else wrote and released for free. A web service leans on a cryptography library, a data pipeline pulls in a parser, and a mobile app ships a handful of small utilities that one person maintains in spare time. All of it carries the same label. A…
Is That Delivery Text Real? How to Spot Package Smishing and Delivery Scams
You’re expecting a package. Maybe it’s a birthday gift. Maybe it’s a purchase from a major shopping event. Maybe it’s something you forgot you ordered three days ago. Then your phone buzzes. Your package couldn’t be delivered. There’s a problem with your shipping address. A small fee is required before delivery can continue. “Click here immediately.” The message feels plausible because so many of us are…
Improving security posture across the Microsoft partner ecosystem
The Deputy CISO blog series is where Microsoft Deputy Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) share their thoughts on what is most important in their respective domains. In this series, you will get practical advice, tactics to start (and stop) deploying, forward-looking commentary on where the industry is going, and more. In this article, Raji Dani, Vice President and…
Armenian national pleads guilty to Ryuk ransomware attacks
An Armenian national who was extradited from Ukraine to the United States last year pleaded guilty to participating in a series of attacks in 2019 and 2020 involving Ryuk ransomware, the Justice Department said Thursday. Karen Serobovich Vardanyan pleaded guilty to computer fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud and extortion. He agreed to pay nearly…
