Microsoft Will Remove Revenge Porn From Search Results

Placing revenge nude photos on the Internet by an ex-partner, also known as 'revenge porn', is increasingly common and can have serious consequences for victims, says Microsoft. The software giant is therefore left to these pictures and videos now remove from search results of Bing.

Microsoft will also make the material inaccessible when it is shared via onedrive and Xbox Live. The removal of both the left and the material will be done globally in these cases. To make it easier for victims to report cases of revenge porn, there is also a new page was launched. According to Jacqueline Beauchere, Microsoft Online Chief Safety Officer, however this is only a first step. Removing left in search results does not remove the images from the Internet, so let them know. Beauchere argues for better protection of victims.

Voicemail Leads To Malware Attack Via OneDrive

A group of attackers used voicemail messages in combination with malware hosted at onedrive to attack organizations, as several security companies warn. The attack on the organizations begins with targeted phishing mails which contain a self-extracting archive file as an attachment. The attachment occurs when voice mail.

If a user opens the attachment is there as a distraction play a .wav file that looks like a real voice. In the background, however connection with OneDrive made the cloud service from Microsoft. The ultimate malware is then downloaded. Sergey Lozhkin of the Russian anti-virus firm Kaspersky Lab wonders whether this method will be applied by more cyber criminals.

"It is possible because it provides an easy way for attackers to hide malicious behavior. Detecting malicious traffic in legitimate cloud services is much more complex because it involves legitimate services to be blocked," said Lozhkin.Security company Palo Alto Networks has more details about the malware used, which was detected at the time of discovery by 3 of the 54 scanners on VirusTotal.