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Microsoft Announces New Endpoint Security Solution for SMBs Microsoft today announced a new endpoint security solution dubbed Microsoft Defender for Business, specially built for small and medium-sized businesses. Microsoft Defender for Business is an endpoint security solution that helps businesses with up to 300 employees protect against cybersecurity threats, including malware Read more…

Microsoft Edge for Linux Out of Beta, Now Generally Available Image: Microsoft Microsoft announced today that the Chromium-based Edge web browser is now generally available on the Linux platform via the stable channel. Soon after its official launch on January 15, 2020, the new Microsoft Edge became the second most popular desktop browser after Google Read more…

Microsoft Defender for Windows is Getting a Massive Overhaul Microsoft Defender for Windows is getting a massive overhaul allowing home network admins to deploy Android, iOS, and Mac clients to monitor antivirus, phishing, compromised passwords, and identity theft alerts from a single security dashboard. In the past, antivirus solutions were Read more…

Kaspersky’s Stolen Amazon SES Token Used in Office 365 Phishing Kaspersky said today that a legitimate Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) token issued to a third-party contractor was recently used by threat actors behind a spear-phishing campaign targeting Office 365 users. Amazon SES is a scalable email service designed to allow Read more…

Microsoft Warns of Rise in Password Sprays Targeting Cloud Accounts The Microsoft Detection and Response Team (DART) says it detected an increase in password spray attacks targeting privileged cloud accounts and high-profile identities such as C-level executives. Password spraying is a type of brute force attack where the attackers attempt to Read more…

Microsoft: Windows KB5006674, KB5006670 Updates Break Printing Microsoft says Windows customers are experiencing issues with network printing after installing the Windows 11 KB5006674 and Windows 10 KB5006670 updates issued with this month’s Patch Tuesday, on October 12. Users attempting to connect to printers shared on Windows print servers might encounter multiple errors preventing them Read more…

Microsoft PowerToys Adds Windows 11 Theme, New Mouse Microsoft has added new utilities to the PowerToys toolset and updated the user interface with a new Windows 11 theme for PowerRename. The Windows PowerToys were initially tiny freeware utilities created by Windows developers as side projects during the Windows 95 era. Microsoft revived them Read more…

Microsoft: Windows Web Content Filtering Now Generally Available Microsoft has announced that web content filtering has reached general availability and is now available for all Windows enterprise customers. “The Microsoft Defender for Endpoint team is pleased to announce the general availability of web content filtering for our customers on Windows,” said Thomas Doucette, Read more…

Microsoft: Shrootless Bug Lets Hackers Install MacOS Rootkits Attackers could use a new macOS vulnerability discovered by Microsoft to bypass System Integrity Protection (SIP) and perform arbitrary operations, elevate privileges to root, and install rootkits on vulnerable devices. The Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team reported the vulnerability dubbed Shrootless (now tracked as CVE-2021-30892) Read more…

Microsoft Now Rolling Out Windows 11 to More Eligible Devices Microsoft is now rolling out the Windows 11 upgrade to more eligible Windows devices as part of a phased rollout designed to deliver a smooth upgrade experience. “The availability of Windows 11 has been increased and we are leveraging our latest Read more…