Global Microsoft Outage: Understanding the Impact and Ensuring Business Continuity
Did you experience a sudden system shutdown or disruption to your usual Microsoft apps on July 19th, 2024? You weren’t alone. A widespread Microsoft outage sent ripples across the globe, affecting millions of users and businesses dependent on Microsoft’s vast technology ecosystem. From the dreaded Blue Screen of Death on Windows machines to disruptions in […]
APT hackers use malicious Excel add-ins as an initial breach vector
Microsoft’s decision to block Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros by default in Office files downloaded from the Internet has prompted many attackers to improvise attack chains in recent months. Today, according to Cisco Talo, advanced persistent threat (APT) actors and the commodity malware family are increasingly using Excel extension files (.XLL) as their primary […]