With 180 million active users it’s no wonder that Microsoft Office 365 has caught the attention of online criminals.

Read more in my article on the Bitdefender Business Insights blog.

I have this horrible feeling that the only way we’re going to wake the world up to the need to patch their ageing versions of Windows against the BlueKeep vulnerability is to wait until a malicious worm begins to spread around the world.

Prove me wrong. Patch now.

Microsoft issues warning to unpatched Windows users about worm risk, and how do you delete all traces of yourself off the internet after you murder your podcast co-host?

All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.

Microsoft is urging computer users to patch their systems now against a critical vulnerability that could be exploited by a fast-moving worm.

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

Don’t want to wait for Microsoft to fix the problem in how Internet Explorer handles .MHT files? Other security researchers come to the rescue.

Even if you don’t use Internet Explorer any more, it may still be posing a potential risk by being installed on your Windows PCs.

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

Microsoft says that it had identified that one of its support agents had had their username and password stolen, which allowed hackers to access information stored within users’ email accounts.

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

Users of Microsoft Azure and Office 365 are struggling to access their accounts today, due to a multi-factor authentication malfunction.

Security researchers say that they have uncovered a new way to serve up malware to computer users, by exploiting the way in which videos are embedded inside Microsoft Office documents.

And Microsoft has no plans to fix it.

It’s 2018, and you can still end up with your computer compromised by searching for Google Chrome in Microsoft Bing.

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

Want to earn $100,000? You could win as much as that if you manage to uncover a serious vulnerability in Microsoft’s various identity services.

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

This month’s Patch Tuesday bundle of updates from Microsoft included a fix for a critical vulnerability that has been actively exploited by at least one hacking gang in targeted attacks.

Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

It didn’t take long at all for a security researcher to demonstrate how easy it was to turn an Excel spreadsheet into a cryptomining machine.

Microsoft has launched some new features in its Excel spreadsheet software that will boost its power. But will that only be for the benefit of users?

A genuine Microsoft error message or security warning will never include a phone number. So don’t call it!

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

Microsoft has detailed how it intercepted a massive malware distribution campaign on March 6th which attempted to infect over 400,000 Windows PCs with cryptomining software in a single 12 hour period.

Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.