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Microsoft: Threat Actor Conducting Password Sprays Against U.S., Israeli Defense Industry

Microsoft said it is tracking an alleged Iran-based threat actor that is targeting 250 organizations, including defense technology firms.

October 12, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft said it is tracking what it believes is an Iran-based threat actor that has been observed conducting “extensive password spraying” against more than 250 organizations, including U.S. and Israeli defense technology firms. Other targets include points of entry in the Persian Gulf or global maritime transportation companies that do business in the Middle East. […]

Clearing Confusion Around Microsoft’s Operator Connect

Microsoft is expanding its communications capabilities with a new Teams service called Operator Connect, which has caused much excitement – and some confusion.

October 12, 2021 Marcus Schmidt Leave a Comment

Microsoft Teams (Teams) has become an integral component in facilitating communications and collaboration for companies of all kinds. In fact, Microsoft recently announced that Teams surpassed 250 million monthly active users. Microsoft is expanding its communications capabilities with a new calling service for Teams called Operator Connect, which has caused much excitement — and also […]

Microsoft: Russia Dominates Nation-State Cyberattacks

Microsoft’s 2021 Digital Defense Report finds that 58% of nation-state cyberattacks are coming from Russia.

October 8, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

The constant barrage of ransomware attacks and notable IT supply chain compromises are largely attributed to Russia-based threat actors, and Microsoft’s 2021 Digital Defense Report confirms that the vast majority of cyberattacks are coming from Russia. Specifically, 58% of cyberattacks observed by Microsoft from nation-states have come from Russia from July 2020 to June 2021. […]

Windows 11 Work or School Users Will See Two Different Microsoft Teams Apps

The Teams Chat app built into the Windows 11 Taskbar will only support personal Microsoft accounts, company says.

October 7, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

One of the hallmark features of Windows 11’s productivity tools is the Microsoft Teams chat built into the Taskbar, which was designed to make it easy to collaborate and quickly start a video call or chat with someone. Most were expecting that feature to be a useful tool for the enterprise as workers would be […]

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Windows 11 Is Now Available: How To Upgrade and What’s In Microsoft’s New Operating System

Windows 11 is finally here, and there is loads of new information about how to upgrade to the new operating system and what to expect.

October 5, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft has officially made Windows 11 generally available to businesses and consumers via a free upgrade for eligible Windows 10 PCs and on new PCs with the company’s newest operating system preinstalled. The operating system is being marketed as a sleek new version of Windows that brings over many popular features from Windows 10 while […]

Microsoft Announces Industry Cloud For Financial Services

Microsoft has announced its industry for the financial services sector will be generally available next month.

October 4, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft has announced its industry for the financial services sector will be generally available Nov. 1. The bundled offering is designed to help financial services organizations hardness the power of the cloud, accelerate their digital products and reduce the costs of running their business. According to the company, the Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services introduces […]

Microsoft Announces Partnership With Cyber Insurance Industry

Microsoft is partnering with cyber insurance firm At-Bay to help customers harden their defenses and save on their cyber insurance premiums.

October 1, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft has announced a new multiyear commitment to help the insurance industry create cyber insurance products with the support of Microsoft’s security solutions. According to Microsoft, the technology firm is teaming up with insurance partners to offer insurance products that allow customers to safely share security posture information through platforms like Microsoft 365 and the […]

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Microsoft Warns Of New AD FS Compromise By Sunburst Hackers

Same threat actor behind the SolarWinds Orion compromise uses new malware to create a backdoor and maintain persistence on a victim's system.

September 28, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft says it has discovered another piece of malware used by the alleged Russia-based hacking group responsible for the SolarWinds Orion compromise that creates a post-exploitation backdoor and is used to maintain persistence in a victim’s environment. In a blog post, the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center called this malware FoggyWeb and says it is used […]

Microsoft Introduces Emergency Mitigation Tool For Exchange Server

The optional Emergency Mitigation tool helps customers create and automatically apply vulnerability mitigations to their Exchange servers.

September 27, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is introducing a new security feature in Exchange Server designed to protect against security threats that have known mitigations. According to the company, the Emergency Mitigation feature is a built-in version of the Exchange On-premises Mitigation Tool (EOMT) that works with the cloud-based Office Config Service (OCS) to provide protection against known threats. It’s […]

Microsoft Azure OMI Vulnerabilities Are Being Exploited

Microsoft says it has seen several exploitation attempts, including basic host enumeration and attempts to install a cryptocurrency miner.

September 20, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

According to cybersecurity companies, media reports and Microsoft itself, threat actors are actively exploiting security flaws in Azure’s Open Management Infrastructure framework that Microsoft disclosed as part of this months’ cumulative security updates. The vulnerabilities are in the Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) framework, which Microsoft calls an open-source Web-Based Enterprise Management implementation for managing Linux […]