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Antino: A Stealthy Backdoor That Hides in Outlook and OneDrive

Antino: A Stealthy Backdoor That Hides in Outlook and OneDrive

A new espionage campaign tracked by Cisco Talos has exposed a sophisticated Windows backdoor, nicknamed Antino, that uses Microsoft 365 services as its covert communications channel. Targeting government and policy organizations across Asia — including Taiwan, India, the Philippines, Cambodia, Pakistan, Thailand, and Myanmar — the activity centers on highly tailored spear‑phishing lures and a multi-stage infection chain that culminates in a Rust-compiled implant communicating through Outlook and OneDrive. The…

Saugata Datta5 min read107
Microsoft Outlook.com Hits Service Degradation: What Happened and How to Prepare

Microsoft Outlook.com Hits Service Degradation: What Happened and How to Prepare

On April 27, 2026, Microsoft acknowledged a service degradation affecting Outlook.com after users across multiple regions reported problems accessing their inboxes. The company’s Microsoft 365 Status account on X confirmed intermittent issues, and Microsoft’s service health dashboard classified the incident as a “Service Degradation” rather than a full outage. For many organizations and individual users, the disruption meant delayed email delivery, pages that failed to load, or an inability to…

Saugata Datta4 min read205
Microsoft 365 Network Disruption Hits Exchange Online, Teams, and Core Services

Microsoft 365 Network Disruption Hits Exchange Online, Teams, and Core Services

A sudden network-level disruption on April 8, 2026 knocked several core Microsoft 365 services offline or degraded their performance for many users. What began as a spike in telemetry and rapid customer reports at 8:37 PM IST (3:07 PM UTC) quickly became an enterprise-wide concern as Exchange Online, Microsoft Teams, and broader Microsoft 365 functionality showed interruption. Microsoft classified the event under incident ID MO1274150 and confirmed the root cause…

Saugata Datta4 min read333
Microsoft Copilot Cowork: Automating Multi-Step Workflows Inside Microsoft 365

Microsoft Copilot Cowork: Automating Multi-Step Workflows Inside Microsoft 365

Microsoft announced Copilot Cowork as a new Copilot capability for Microsoft 365 that moves beyond single-response assistance to plan-and-execute workflows across Microsoft 365 apps and files. Cowork converts a user’s intent into a structured plan, runs the plan across supported apps and data sources, and surfaces checkpoints that require user confirmation before applying changes. The feature is positioned to operate within existing Microsoft 365 security and governance controls and is…

Saugata Datta3 min read528
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