The Information Highway

The Information Highway

Sergiu Gatlan has covered cybersecurity, technology, and other news beats for more than a decade. Email or Twitter DMs for tips.

Microsoft Teams outage causes connection issues, message delays

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Microsoft is investigating an ongoing and widespread outage impacting the users of its Teams communication platform and causing connectivity issues, login problems, and message delays.


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Microsoft releases first Windows Server 2025 preview build

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Microsoft has released Windows Server Insider Preview 26040, the first Windows Server 2025 build for admins enrolled in its Windows Insider program.

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Microsoft testing Windows 11 USB 80Gbps support, Copilot on login

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Microsoft is now testing support for the USB4 Version 2.0 specification in Windows 11, enabling transfer speeds of up to 80 Gbps over USB Type-C cables.


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Microsoft disables MSIX protocol handler abused in malware attacks

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Microsoft has again disabled the MSIX ms-appinstaller protocol handler after multiple financially motivated threat groups abused it to infect Windows users with malware. 

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Ohio Lottery hit by cyberattack claimed by DragonForce ransomware

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The Ohio Lottery was forced to shut down some key systems after a cyberattack affected an undisclosed number of internal applications on Christmas Eve. 

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Top Breaches Cost ($) of 2024

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Source: IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2024