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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Now Offers Protections for Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016

Microsoft on Monday announced that its Microsoft Defender for Endpoint security solution now supports older Windows Server products, namely Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016.

Microsoft Answers Some Windows 11 Security Questions

Microsoft's coming Windows 11 security improvements, announced last week, may be available for Windows 10 machines as well.

CrowdStrike and Mandiant Agree on Security Solutions Partnership

Security solutions companies CrowdStrike and Mandiant have formed a strategic partnership across some of their security products for organizations, per a Thursday CrowdStrike announcement.

Microsoft Outlines New Security Protections Coming to Windows 11

Microsoft on Tuesday described security enhancements coming in "a future release of Windows 11."

Microsoft Offers Detection Guidance on Spring4Shell Vulnerability

Microsoft on Tuesday offered guidance on the so-called "Spring4Shell" vulnerability in the Spring Framework overseen by VMware, while also indicating that its own services were unaffected.

New Microsoft Autopatch Service Aims To Patch PCs Automatically

Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled Windows Autopatch, which lets Microsoft take over quality and security patching operations in organizations, including Windows operating system feature updates, plus driver updates.

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Google: Microsoft Tech Is Bad for Government Security

Google is pointing to government organizations' reliance on Microsoft technology as a serious security threat.

Report Suggests Every Organization Has Exploitable Identity Risks

Identity security company Illusive this week announced a new identity risk management platform and an annual report on the state of identity-based security risks for organizations.

Microsoft Defender for IoT Version 22.1 Commercially Released

Microsoft this week announced Microsoft Defender for IoT version 22.1 at the "general availability" (GA) commercial-release stage.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud adds Google Cloud Protection

Microsoft on Wednesday announced a bunch of security product enhancements at the preview stage.

Report: 76% of Orgs Faced Ransomware Attacks in 2021

More than two thirds of enterprises experienced at least one ransomware incident last year, according to security vender Veeam.

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Microsoft Cautions of Growing 'Ice Phishing' Threat on the Blockchain

This week Microsoft released a warning that it's seeing an increased number of phishing attempts aimed at web3 -- a term used to describe the decentralized environment created on the blockchain.

Microsoft Eliminates Need for ADFS with Azure Active Directory Certificate-Based Authentication Preview

Microsoft on Monday announced the availability of Azure Active Directory certificate-based authentication at the public preview stage.

The FIDO Impetus to Passwordless Authentications

The time is ripe for organizations to implement "phishing-resistant multifactor authentication" via FIDO standards, says advocate Andrew Shikiar.

Defender Portal Gets Microsoft Defender for Identity Capabilities

The Microsoft 365 Defender portal now supports some lagging Microsoft Defender for Identity capabilities that have reached the "general availability" (GA) commercial-release stage, Microsoft announced this week.

Microsoft Addresses 50 Vulnerabilities in February Security Patch Release

Microsoft released February security patches on Tuesday, addressing perhaps around 50 or so common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs).

Microsoft Clarifies MSIX App Installer December Security Issue

Microsoft reiterated on Friday that a flaw in an application installer component used with its MSIX app packager has been abused by malware, and temporary measures should be followed until there's a fix.

Office Macro Blocking by Default Coming This Year for Some Windows Users

Microsoft announced on Monday that it will be bringing a new default for Windows Office users that is said to "block Internet macros by default."

Microsoft Teams' Upcoming Lockbox Feature Is Big News

The new security benefits will be much appreciated for us who live in Microsoft's communication platform more and more these days.

Microsoft Credits Multifactor Authentication in Blocking Second-Stage Phishing Attacks

Microsoft explained last week that it is seeing multiphase phishing attacks getting tried that could be successful against organizations that haven't implemented multifactor authentication (MFA).

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