Microsoft’s president doubled down on a promise to investigate the company’s ties to Israel because a cascade of investigative reporting, a forceful United Nations inquiry, escalating employee activism, investor pressure and fresh allegations about large-scale use of Microsoft Azure by Israeli...
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Brazil's Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) has initiated an antitrust investigation into Microsoft following a formal complaint from Norwegian browser developer Opera. The complaint alleges that Microsoft's practice of pre-installing its Edge browser as the default on Windows...
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Microsoft 365 Purview eDiscovery is experiencing a generational overhaul—a transformation that spans architecture, interface, and operational workflow. For legal technologists, compliance officers, and IT teams tasked with overseeing digital evidence across sprawling data estates, these sweeping...
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A quiet residential morning in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar soon spiraled into a harrowing episode etched into the city’s collective memory—a case whose raw edges now threaten to blur the boundaries between victim and perpetrator in India’s ever-evolving discourse on live-in relationships, domestic...
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The term "baby oil" has surged in Google Trends on May 22, 2025, primarily due to its association with the ongoing federal sex trafficking trial of music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs. During the trial, significant attention has been drawn to the discovery of over 1,000 bottles of baby oil and...
The Karnataka government’s abrupt decision to withdraw its order for a CID probe in the high-profile gold smuggling case has sent ripples through political and law enforcement circles alike. With actress Ranya Rao at the center of the controversy, the unfolding drama raises serious questions...
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Microsoft has been struck with another wave of scrutiny, this time involving a reported antitrust investigation launched by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). But here’s the kicker—it’s not just the investigation that has the tech giant in a mood. It’s how Microsoft found out about the probe...
In a significant move that could reshape the cloud computing landscape, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is gearing up to investigate Microsoft’s cloud business for potential anti-competitive practices. This investigation falls within a broader context of scrutiny aimed at major tech...
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Hi I am an aspiring computer security investigator, I am currently creating a security respondent plan for a hacked Windows 10 machine. I’m using forensic autopsy software for testing purposes.
I have no idea what the hack is yet, I’ve just been told to think of possible scenarios of where to...
Microsoft has been investigating recent attacks by malicious actors using the Dopplepaymer ransomware. There is misleading information circulating about Microsoft Teams, along with references to RDP (BlueKeep), as ways in which this malware spreads. Our security research teams have investigated...
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In a previous post we described some of the differences between on-premises/physical forensics and cyber investigations and those performed in the cloud, and how this can make cloud forensics challenging. That blog post described a method of creating and maintaining a VM image which can be...
Traditional computer forensics and cyber investigations are as relevant in the cloud as they are in on-premise environments, but the methods in which to access and perform such investigations differ. This post will describe some of the challenges of bringing on-premises forensics techniques to...