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Microsoft says that hackers used a flaw in its code to steal emails from government agencies and other clients.In a blog post published on Friday, the company said that Chinese hackers were able to take advantage of "a validation error in Microsoft code" to carry out their cyberespionage campaign. The blog provided the most fulsome explanation yet for a hack that rattled both the cybersecurity industry and China-U.S. relations. Beijing has denied any involvement in the spying. Microsoft and U.S. officials said on…

Microsoft Corp. said it’s found malicious activity by a Chinese-state sponsored hacking group that has stealthily gained access into critical infrastructure organizations in Guam and elsewhere in the US, with the likely aim of…

FP StaffDec 14, 2022 15:54:46 ISTThe ransomware attack on the computer network that crippled Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences, or AIIMS originated from China and may have been carried out by Chinese hackers, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. Data of lakhs of patients from the 5 physical servers that were infiltrated by the hackers were also recovered. Given Xi Jinping’s recent aggression towards India at Tawang, Minister of State for IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar’s remarks of the attack being a part…

Microsoft has patched a serious Windows bug that allowed China government-backed hackers, who previously targeted the Tibetan government-in-exile based in Dharamshala, to actively exploit it in Microsoft Office to steal and delete users' data.According to cyber-security firm Proofpoint, the newly-discovered zero-day vulnerability titled 'Follina' in Microsoft Office was being exploited by advanced persistent threat (APT) group 'TA413' linked to the Chinese government."Microsoft strongly recommends that customers install…

China-backed hackers are exploiting a newly discovered zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Office, according to a threat analysis research. The vulnerability, which has been called "Follina" by security researchers, allows attackers to execute malicious code on Windows systems through Microsoft Word documents. Microsoft acknowledged the existence of the security loophole shortly after it was brought to notice last week. However, it is yet to be fixed. The Redmond company did not provide any clarity on when exactly it…