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Xbox Game Pass May 2021 Games | 15 Additions, Kingdom Hearts Exits

Another Xbox Game Pass May 2021 games update was given by Microsoft today. It confirmed that the Kingdom Hearts series is leaving the service at the end of the month, while it is getting new additions such as Peggle 2, Maneater, and Knockout City later this month. RELATED: Dive Into The Hidden Depths of Minecraft Dungeons Later This Month Check… Read More »

Starfield Will Be Exclusive to Xbox and PC, No PS5 Version

Even more Starfield news is starting to come out as the highly anticipated Bethesda title is said to be exclusive to Xbox and PC. RELATED: Leaked Starfield Images Show Bethesda’s New IP Before Rumored Reveal “Starfield is exclusive to Xbox and PC,” said Venture Beat reporter Jeff Grubb. “Period. This is me confirming that.” Previously, no… Read More »

Microsoft acquires Nuance—makers of Dragon speech rec—for $16 billion

Enlarge / In this 2011 photo, Dr. Michael A. Lee uses Dragon Medical voice-recognition software to enter his notes after seeing a patient. reader comments 67 with 52 posters participating, including story author Share this story Earlier today, Microsoft announced its plans to purchase Nuance for $56 per share—23 percent above Nuance’s closing price last… Read More »

Critical 0-day that targeted security researchers gets a patch from Microsoft

reader comments 15 with 14 posters participating Share this story Microsoft has patched a critical zero-day vulnerability that North Korean hackers were using to target security researchers with malware. The in-the-wild attacks came to light in January in posts from Google and Microsoft. Hackers backed by the North Korean government, both posts said, spent weeks… Read More »

Tens of thousands of US organizations hit in ongoing Microsoft Exchange hack

reader comments 56 with 32 posters participating Share this story Tens of thousands of US-based organizations are running Microsoft Exchange servers that have been backdoored by threat actors who are stealing administrator passwords and exploiting critical vulnerabilities in the email and calendaring application, it was widely reported. Microsoft issued emergency patches on Tuesday, but they… Read More »

Bitflips when PCs try to reach windows.com: What could possibly go wrong?

reader comments 88 with 61 posters participating, including story author Share this story Bitflips are events that cause individual bits stored in an electronic device to flip, turning a 0 to a 1 or vice versa. Cosmic radiation and fluctuations in power or temperature are the most common naturally occurring causes. Research from 2010 estimated… Read More »

Microsoft issues emergency patches for 4 exploited 0-days in Exchange

reader comments 9 with 7 posters participating Share this story Microsoft is urging customers to install emergency patches as soon as possible to protect against highly skilled hackers who are actively exploiting four zero-day vulnerabilities in Exchange Server. The software maker said hackers working on behalf of the Chinese government have been using the previously… Read More »

Microsoft says SolarWinds hackers stole source code for 3 products

reader comments 22 with 19 posters participating Share this story The hackers behind one of the worst breaches in US history read and downloaded some Microsoft source code, but there’s no evidence they were able to access production servers or customer data, Microsoft said on Thursday. The software maker also said it found no evidence… Read More »

Zero-days under active exploit are keeping Windows users busy

reader comments 35 with 22 posters participating Share this story It’s the second Tuesday of February, and that means Microsoft and other software makers are releasing dozens of updates to fix security vulnerabilities. Topping off this month’s list are two zero-days under active exploit and critical networking flaws that allow attackers to remotely execute malicious… Read More »

DDoSers are abusing Microsoft RDP to make attacks more powerful

Enlarge / Hacker attacking server or database. Network security, Database secure and personal data protection reader comments 12 with 9 posters participating Share this story DDoS-for-hire services are abusing the Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol to increase the firepower of distributed denial-of-service attacks that paralyze websites and other online services, a security firm said this week.… Read More »