Microsoft resorts to age-old remedy to fix cloud: rebooting
Written by Sam Varghese
After nearly 18 hours of an outage, Microsoft finally fixed the problem with its Azure cloud service by using an act familiar to Windows users:… 
Malicious attackers inserted a script to mine cryptocurrency into the website of the Make A Wish foundation, the security firm Trustwave says, an activity known… 
Networking products manufacturer D-Link has released a patch to fix a flaw in its DIR-850L routers that allowed an attacker to join the router's network… 
Microsoft cloud customers using multi-factor authentication have been locked out of their accounts since Monday morning US time, the company's own status pages indicate. ‘Vaporworms’ among new security threats in coming year: report
Written by Peter Dinham
The emergence of Vaporworms — a new breed of fileless malware with wormlike properties that allow it to self-propagate through vulnerable systems — global Internet… British Airways, Newegg customer data up for sale on dark web
Written by Sam Varghese
Financial data stolen from British Airways in a recent attack by a group known as Magecart is being hawked on the dark web, the researchers… Security expert says My Health Record a disaster waiting to happen
Written by Sam Varghese
A provider of cyber security services to the government has spoken out about the weaknesses that dog the Federal Government's My Health Record system, claiming… Kaspersky Lab opens first transparency centre in Zurich
Written by Sam Varghese
Russian security firm Kaspersky Lab has opened its first data processing unit and transparency centre in Zurich and has announced that from 13 November, all… China attackers target UK firm using Russian methods: claim
Written by Sam Varghese
Chinese attackers have been targeting an engineering company based in Britain re-using tactics, techniques and procedures from the Russian threat groups Dragonfly and APT28, the… 
IT security staff want systems patched promptly, but they're not usually the people who have to do the work. 
