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In the wake of the pandemic and the navigation of a post-pandemic reality, Microsoft Teams has become an integral part of our lives. Launched in 2017, this platform came just in time to prove invaluable to the shift towards remote work that has since reshaped our traditional work environment. But why not explore the other options available?

Why Is Microsoft Teams Popular?

 
Microsoft Teams quickly became a go-to choice for many, offering users robust collaboration tools that can be accessed whenever and wherever from multiple devices. The platform facilitates real-time collaboration and communication with features for meetings and file sharing, all on a secure interface. It’s no wonder why it gained popularity so rapidly.

Yet, Microsoft Teams isn’t the sole contender in…

Tens of thousands of Microsoft Exchange servers are vulnerable to a flaw that is already being abused in the wild, experts have warned.

The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-21410, is a privilege escalation flaw that allows threat actors to perform NTLM relay attacks on Microsoft Exchange Servers and escalate their privileges on the target endpoint. As a result, they could steal sensitive information and confidential data being shared via email, or could use the access as a stepping stone for more devastating attacks. 

Hackers are going after highly-positioned professionals, including senior executives, with targeted phishing and cloud account takeover attacks, new research has claimed.

A report from Proofpoint outlined a new campaign to compromise Microsoft Azure environments and cloud accounts since late November 2023.

On February 2024 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has delivered fixes for 72 CVE-numbered vulnerabilities, including two zero-days (CVE-2024-21412, CVE-2024-21351) that are being leveraged by attackers in the wild.

About CVE-2024-21412 and CVE-2024-21351

CVE-2024-21412 allows attackers to bypass the Microsoft Defender SmartScreen security feature with booby-trapped Internet Shortcut files.

In late December 2023, Trend Micro researcher Peter Girnus and his colleagues in the ZDI Threat Hunting team discovered the Water Hydra APT leveraging the flaw to infect victims with the DarkMe malware.

(Several other researchers, including two from Google’s Threat Analysis Group, reported the same vulnerability to Microsoft.)

“Water Hydra deployed a spearphishing campaign on forex trading…

The hype doesn’t stop: Palworld has been enjoying more and more success since the early access release on Steam and also in Game Pass. Now Microsoft wants to jump on this bandwagon and support Palworld in its further development.

Quelle: Pocket Pair

In addition to its success on the Steam platform, Palworld has also achieved significant recognition on Xbox Game Pass. With a player base of over seven million, Palworld has established itself as the most successful third-party title on Xbox Game Pass. Additionally, the game holds the record for the highest number of first-time users in a single day on the Xbox Cloud Gaming game streaming service among third-party games.

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