Windows includes built-in exploit protection that limits the damage hackers can do even when software vulnerabilities exist. The tool offers system-wide and app-specific settings, though enabling ...

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Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) says that Russian hackers are exploiting CVE-2026-21509, a recently patched vulnerability in multiple versions of Microsoft Office. On January 26, ...

Like most other AI chatbots, Microsoft Copilot wants to collect your data. One reason it does this is to personalize its responses, but it also uses your chats to train its model. Though Microsoft ...

An AI bot publicly criticized a software engineer for rejecting its code, sparking debate about autonomous AI behavior. The ...

Microsoft Overhauls Security Leadership as AI Expands Enterprise Attack Surface Your email has been sent Microsoft brings back Hayete Gallot to lead Security while Charlie Bell moves to an engineering ...

Russian-linked hacking group Fancy Bear (APT28) has reportedly exploited a recently disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft Office to conduct cyber-attacks against Ukrainian and EU organizations. The ...

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Russian-state hackers wasted no time exploiting a critical Microsoft Office vulnerability that allowed them to compromise the devices inside diplomatic, maritime, and transport organizations in more ...

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Gallot, who recently left Google Cloud after spending less than a year as its president of customer experience, is replacing Charlie Bell as executive vice president for security at Microsoft.