Senator Says Microsoft Failed to Fix Cloud Software Issue Used by SolarWinds Hackers February 26, 2021 By Joseph Menn Microsoft Corp.’s failure to fix known problems with its cloud software facilitated the massive SolarWinds hack that compromised at least...
Intel Suing Oregon Engineer Who Joined Microsoft Over Trade Secrets February 10, 2021 Intel is suing a former Oregon employee, alleging he took trade secrets when he left for Microsoft and used the...
U.S. Prosecutors Charge 7 in Alleged Multi-Target Chinese Hacking Scheme September 17, 2020 The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday it has charged five Chinese residents and two Malaysian businessmen in a wide-ranging...
Business Leaders Spend Less Than 1 Day a Year Focusing on Cyber Risk: Marsh Survey September 18, 2019 A majority of busy board members and senior executives, who are responsible for their organization’s cyber risk management, spent less...
Microsoft Tools Ease Access to Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence for Businesses May 3, 2019 By Stephen Nellis Microsoft Corp. on Thursday announced new tools for software makers aimed at making technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain...
Microsoft Exec Says It’s Time to Revisit Big Tech’s Responsibility for Its Content March 25, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Microsoft Corp. President Brad Smith has called for a broad effort by the technology sector to do more to halt...
Costco Captive in Washington Pays $3.6M in Back Premium Taxes, Penalties March 12, 2019 NW Re Limited, of Phoenix, Ariz., has settled with Washington state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler to pay $3.6 million in...
Microsoft’s Home State’s Facial Recognition Privacy Bill Could Be Model for Others February 8, 2019 By Dina Bass Two months after calling for laws to regulate facial-recognition software, Microsoft Corp. is lobbying on behalf of a first-of-its-kind bill...
Microsoft Targets Healthcare with Medical Records in the Cloud, Bots and More February 7, 2019 By Dina Bass Microsoft Corp. is releasing a service to help health-care companies move vast amounts of patient data to its cloud and...
How Big Tech Is Using Artificial Intelligence to Stop Hackers January 3, 2019 By Dina Bass Last year, Microsoft Corp.’s Azure security team detected suspicious activity in the cloud computing usage of a large retailer: One...