With remote and hybrid work here to stay, unified communication and collaboration apps like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Webex, Google Meet and others have become popular tools for organizations everywhere over the last two years. Users everywhere began and ended their workdays in a video call, and the use of these apps will continue as long […]
Microsoft is rolling out a public preview of new device health reporting capabilities in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint designed to help admins view sensor health and antivirus protection status across platforms and easily access detailed information in Defender. According to Microsoft, administrators should expect to see a new tabbed reporting page with cards that display […]
IT admins will need to patch 121 critical vulnerabilities this month as part of Microsoft’s monthly security patches, which is notably higher than what is typically expected of an August security release. According to Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), the security bugs fixed this month affect Azure Batch Node Agent, Real Time Operating System, Site Recovery, […]
Microsoft Office will begin publishing symbols for Windows via the Microsoft Public Symbol Server to help improve security and performance for the company’s customers and partners. The Redmond, Wash. IT giant says the move will help empower the cybersecurity community to protect customers by providing additional information to security researchers to help them find and […]
Microsoft is launching the general availability of Entra Verified ID, the newest member to join the Microsoft’s portfolio of Entra identity solutions, that enables Azure AD customers to issue, request and verify credentials to represent proof of employment, education or other claims. According to Microsoft, each credential issued with Entra Verified ID is signed with […]
Editor’s note: There is a lot going on in the world of IT, from emerging technologies to digital transformation and new cybersecurity threats. However, we can’t possibly cover it all, so we’ll bring you this curated summary of IT and enterprise technology stories each week. Microsoft Teams on Macs with Apple silicon Microsoft will be rolling out […]
Microsoft is helping organizations add to their security operations center’s threat hunting capabilities with Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting, a new service featuring Microsoft security experts designed to go beyond the endpoint. According to Microsoft, experts will hunt for suspicious activity across endpoints, Office 365, cloud app and identities, and hand off that contextual alert […]
Microsoft is launching Outlook Lite, a new version of the Outlook app designed for lightweight Android mobile devices deployed in an organization. According to Microsoft, Outlook Lite brings the key features of the company’s email and calendar solution (intelligent email, spam protection, calendar organizer and contacts) in a smaller-sized app that enables fast performances of […]
Microsoft has announced two new security products in the Microsoft Defender family designed to provide IT and security professionals with deeper context into threat actor activity and help organizations better secure their infrastructure and reduce their attack surface. With Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence, security operations teams can uncover attacker infrastructure and accelerate their investigations and […]
After pausing the rollout of a default macro-blocking feature in Microsoft Office, Microsoft is now officially blocking VBA macros by default in Office applications in a move to make it harder for threat actors to deploy malware and ransomware using Office applications. Microsoft first announced the VBA macro blocking in February 2022, just a few […]
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