Friday, September 11, 2026

Microsoft

Hackers Pose as IT Support to Hijack Microsoft 365 Accounts With Fake Passkey Alerts

Threat actors are impersonating corporate IT helpdesk staff in an active social-engineering campaign that hijacks Microsoft 365 identities, establishes MFA persistence, and systematically collects data from SharePoint, OneDrive, and...

Windows BitLocker Flaw Lets Attackers Execute Code on Vulnerable Systems

Microsoft disclosed CVE-2026-69449, an Important-severity vulnerability in Windows BitLocker. This issue is classified as a heap-based buffer overflow (CWE-122) and may allow remote code...

Hackers Impersonate IT Support on Microsoft Teams to Take Control of Employee PCs

A human-operated intrusion campaign in which attackers abuse Microsoft Teams external collaboration to impersonate internal IT or helpdesk staff, persuade employees to grant remote...

Hackers Steal Microsoft 365 Sessions to Hijack Accounts Even After MFA

Cybercriminals are using a rebranded Evilginx2 phishing-as-a-service platform dubbed BigBear 2.0 to intercept authenticated Microsoft 365 sessions, allowing them to take over accounts even...

Switzerland Builds Open-Source Workplace Platform to Operate Alongside Microsoft 365

Switzerland’s Federal Chancellery is advancing a sovereign digital workplace initiative following a feasibility study that demonstrated how open-source collaboration and office software can effectively...

Microsoft Teams Adds QR Code Protection to Block Phishing and Fraud

Microsoft is developing a new security feature for Teams messaging that will obscure QR codes sent by external users. This measure aims to help...

Microsoft 365 Direct Send Bypass Lets Attackers Spoof Internal Users Without Credentials

A Microsoft 365 email security-control bypass that lets attackers submit unauthenticated messages posing as internal users by leaving one SMTP field blank. The technique...

Microsoft to Automatically Enable Memory Integrity on Windows Devices to Block Kernel Attacks

Microsoft will start automatically enabling Memory Integrity protection on eligible Windows devices through quality updates beginning in October 2026. This change aims to strengthen...

Microsoft Defender Bug Triggers False “Antivirus Turned Off” Alerts on Windows

Microsoft has confirmed an issue with Microsoft Defender Antivirus that generates false notifications on Windows systems, claiming "Microsoft Defender Antivirus is turned off," even...

Microsoft Teams Outage Disrupts Meetings and Screen Sharing for Users

Microsoft confirmed that some customers were unable to use multiple features of Microsoft Teams. However, the company reported that monitoring indicated the disruption was...

Scammers Impersonate Microsoft to Push Fake Security Scans and Refund Fraud

A cluster of fraudulent websites impersonating Microsoft is using fake “security scans” to pressure victims into uninstalling antivirus products, disclosing personal and banking information,...