November 25, 2024 at 10:59AM Microsoft is addressing a significant outage affecting Microsoft 365 services, including Exchange Online, Teams, and SharePoint. Since the issue began six hours ago, users reported problems with various services. Microsoft is deploying fixes and monitoring progress, having successfully restored approximately 60% of the affected environments. ### Meeting Takeaways 1. **Ongoing … Read more
November 10, 2024 at 06:43PM Microsoft is addressing issues with macOS Sequoia causing applications to freeze when opening or saving files in OneDrive. Users are advised to force quit the OpenAndSavePanelService and save files elsewhere. Additionally, the company is investigating another problem related to file discoverability across both Windows and macOS. ### Meeting Takeaways: 1. … Read more
November 6, 2024 at 01:57PM The VEILDrive threat campaign leverages Microsoft services like Teams and SharePoint to distribute malware through spear-phishing. Discovered by Hunters in September 2024, the attack targeted a U.S. critical infrastructure, using compromised accounts and Quick Assist for remote access. This strategy complicates detection of the malware, which connects to adversary-controlled OneDrive. … Read more
May 3, 2024 at 09:57AM Threat actors are increasingly using Microsoft Graph API for malicious purposes to evade detection, enabling communication with command-and-control (C&C) infrastructure on Microsoft cloud services. Symantec uncovered instances of nation-state-aligned hacking groups using this method, including the deployment of previously undocumented malware called BirdyClient. The popularity of Graph API among attackers … Read more
November 24, 2023 at 05:36AM Researchers have discovered a Rust version of the cross-platform backdoor SysJoker, indicating its use by a Hamas-affiliated group to target Israel. The malware has undergone significant changes, using Rust language instead of its previous version. The threat actor has also switched from Google Drive to OneDrive for storing command-and-control server … Read more
November 10, 2023 at 10:32AM Cloudflare’s website experienced a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack by Anonymous Sudan. The attack only affected the www.cloudflare.com website and did not impact other services. Cloudflare confirmed that the outage was caused by a DDoS attack but did not attribute it to a specific threat actor. Anonymous Sudan has also claimed … Read more
November 7, 2023 at 12:08PM Microsoft has issued a warning to Outlook.com users about possible difficulties when sending emails with attachments. Error code 550 5.7.520 may appear, preventing emails from being sent. Microsoft suggests users upload files to OneDrive and share the link instead. Step-by-step instructions are provided as a workaround until the issue is … Read more