Microsoft collects passwords and scans password-protected zip files (2023)
19 days ago
- #Microsoft
- #MalwareResearch
- #Cybersecurity
- Microsoft cloud services scan password-protected zip files for malware.
- Security researchers report surprise at Microsoft's bypass of password protection.
- Microsoft uses methods like extracting passwords from emails or filenames to scan files.
- This practice raises concerns among malware researchers about sharing samples securely.
- Microsoft's scanning applies across all its 365 cloud services, not just SharePoint.