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Microsoft 365 Outage Disrupts Teams, Azure, and Global Services

Microsoft 365 Outage Disrupts Teams, Azure, and Global Services

Starting at approximately 7:40 AM UTC, Microsoft Corporation experienced a significant, widespread service disruption, impacting its global network of cloud services. The company confirmed it is investigating the issue, which appears to stem from a critical internal failure. According to Microsoft, the investigation is focused on load balancing infrastructure and a significant capacity loss across

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F5 Discloses Major Breach by Nation-State Actor, Source Code Stolen

F5 Discloses Major Breach by Nation-State Actor, Source Code Stolen

A threat actor has breached the internal systems of F5, Inc. (F5), a prominent American technology firm specializing in application security and delivery. In a disclosure filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, F5 attributed the intrusion to a “highly sophisticated nation-state threat actor” who maintained long-term, persistent access to critical company environments. The

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New ClayRat Spyware Targets Android Users via Fake WhatsApp and TikTok Apps

New ClayRat Spyware Targets Android Users via Fake WhatsApp and TikTok Apps

A rapidly evolving Android spyware campaign called ClayRat has targeted users in Russia using a mix of Telegram channels and lookalike phishing websites by impersonating popular apps like WhatsApp, Google Photos, TikTok, and YouTube as lures to install them. “Once active, the spyware can exfiltrate SMS messages, call logs, notifications, and device information; taking photos with the

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Your Gaming Mouse Could Be Spying on You: The Alarming “Mic-E-Mouse” AI Attack That Listens Through Desks

Your Gaming Mouse Could Be Spying on You: The Alarming “Mic-E-Mouse” AI Attack That Listens Through Desks

A research team at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) has uncovered a startling way to turn one of the most ordinary pieces of computer hardware, a mouse into a covert listening device. Not a member, read full article here: https://medium.com/tech-waves/your-gaming-mouse-could-be-spying-on-you-the-alarming-mic-e-mouse-ai-attack-that-listens-through-4f812b8dc6b3?sk=febd00cc6bae8f0b8f9b18c3e40d912c Their project, aptly named Mic-E-Mouse, demonstrates that the sensors in high-performance optical mice can pick up minute vibrations from a

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