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Microsoft is working on Server Message Block (SMB) over QUIC technology for use with "Windows, Windows Server, and Azure Files," according to a Monday announcement.
03/02/2020
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The new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser is getting the ability to block potentially unwanted applications (PUAs), Microsoft announced on Thursday.
02/28/2020
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Microsoft explained in a Wednesday announcement that it didn't actually remove Server Message Block 1 (SMB1) from Windows releases.
02/26/2020
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Microsoft on Tuesday offered more details on its plans to end Basic Authentication in Exchange Online, which will cause pain for some organizations.
02/26/2020
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Microsoft announced that its Azure Sphere solutions for Internet of Things (IoT) devices have reached the "general availability" (GA) commercial-release stage.
02/24/2020
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Dell's RSA security solutions businesses, including the RSA Conference, were bought by a consortium of companies for about $2 billion, according to Tuesday announcements.
02/21/2020
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The announcements included a few "general availability" announcements, product enhancements and some partner collaborations.
02/20/2020
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Microsoft's February security updates came with plenty of technical bumps.
02/18/2020
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A recent report documents how widespread the use of HTTPS connections is becoming in malware circles, especially for communicating back to command-and-control servers.
02/18/2020
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Mismanaged security certificates have resulted in "unplanned downtime and outages," per 73 percent of respondents in a recently published Ponemon Institute study, which polled IT security personnel.
02/14/2020
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Microsoft on Wednesday announced previews of two new Office document security protections for Office 365 E5 subscribers that aim to block malicious payloads.
02/13/2020
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All told, Microsoft is addressing 99 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) in this February security bundle.
02/11/2020
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Coming changes to the Microsoft Secure Score security assessment service for organizations will make it a "killer productivity app for security administrators," Microsoft promised in a Monday announcement.
02/10/2020
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Google is planning to issue warnings to Chrome browser users about potentially insecure content that can get downloaded when visiting Web sites.
02/07/2020
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Microsoft described progress on its coming PowerShell Secrets Management Module in a Thursday announcement.
02/06/2020
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The biggest cloud security issue plaguing organizations is misconfigurations, according to the National Security Agency (NSA), which recently published a security report titled "Mitigating Cloud Vulnerabilities."
02/05/2020
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced a preview of Azure Active Directory conditional access policies for Office 365 applications.
02/04/2020
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A recent endpoint security survey of 671 IT pros suggested that most organizations have been attacked and their confidence in the effectiveness of anti-virus protections continues to be low.
02/03/2020
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IT pros could face Web application issues as early as next month with the implementation of a coming SameSite Web change, which will affect how cookies are used across sites.
01/28/2020
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Microsoft on Wednesday disclosed that some of its customer support case information was exposed last month due to misconfigured security settings in an Azure-hosted database.
01/22/2020
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Security solutions provider Trend Micro has published results (PDF) from running an industrial control system (ICS) "honeypot."
01/21/2020
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Ransomware affects databases in very specific ways. Joey describes the mechanics of a SQL Server ransomware attack, what DBAs can do to protect their systems, and what security measures they should be advocating for.
01/21/2020
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
One of the biggest security risks in any organization happens when a user walks away from their PC without logging out. Microsoft has the solution (and it's not a password-protected screensaver).
01/16/2020
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Microsoft released its January security updates with a partial assist from the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA).
01/15/2020
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For its first Patch Tuesday release of the year, Microsoft included a patch for a vulnerability affecting the latest versions of Windows that was discovered and reported to Microsoft by the U.S. National Security Agency.
01/14/2020