The Week in Ransomware – August 12th 2022 – Attacking the defenders
It was a very busy week for ransomware news and attacks, especially with the disclosure that Cisco was breached by…
Microsoft 365 version 2206 update pulled due to apps crashing
Microsoft has pulled the Microsoft 365 version 2206 update after users report their Office applications are crashing when viewing a…
UK NHS service recovery may take a month after MSP ransomware attack
Managed service provider (MSP) Advanced confirmed that a ransomware attack on its systems caused the disruption of emergency services (111) from…
Microsoft 365 outage triggered by Meraki firewall false positive
An ongoing outage affects multiple Microsoft 365 services, blocking users from connecting to Exchange Online, Microsoft Teams, Outlook desktop clients, and OneDrive…
UK NHS suffers outage after cyberattack on managed service provider
United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS) 111 emergency services are affected by a major outage triggered by a cyberattack that hit…
911 Proxy Service Implodes After Disclosing Breach
911[.]re, a proxy service that since 2015 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, announced…
Microsoft 365 outage knocks down admin center in North America
Microsoft is investigating an ongoing incident impacting administrators in North America who report seeing blank pages and 404 errors when…
Massive Microsoft 365 outage caused by faulty ECS deployment
In a preliminary post-incident report, Microsoft has revealed that this week's 5-hour-long Microsoft 365 worldwide outage was triggered by a…
Microsoft Teams outage also takes down Microsoft 365 services
What initially started like a minor Microsoft Teams outage has also taken down multiple Microsoft 365 services with Teams integration, including Exchange Online,…
UK heat wave causes Google and Oracle cloud outages
An ongoing heatwave in the United Kingdom has led to Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud outages after cooling systems failed…