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How to effectively create a shortcut to lock your Windows 10 PC

March 29, 2021 by Dave W. Shanahan
People Using Windows 10 Pcs

There are several ways to lock your Windows 10 PC, but did you know that you do it with an onscreen shortcut you create? Creating a shortcut to lock your Windows 10 PC can come in handy if you want ... Read more

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Interview: Yubico's Chief Solutions Officer explains why Yubikey security keys are valuable for business

March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 by Arif Bacchus
Yubikey Review

There is no doubt that YubiKey is a great tool for consumers. As we explained, it can help you stay secure and add another layer of two-factor authentication to your personal accounts like Twitter, Instagram, a Microsoft Account, and so ... Read more

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Microsoft releases one-click mitigation tool for "Hafnium" Exchange vulnerability

March 18, 2021March 16, 2021 by Laurent Giret
Surface Studio

Microsoft has taken an important new step to help customers protect themselves against the “Hafnium” Exchange vulnerability with the release of a new one-click mitigation tool. This follows the release of a previous update for its Exchange Server platform aimed ... Read more

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White House warns Microsoft's Exchange email service hacked, reports as an "active threat"

March 16, 2021March 7, 2021 by Jack Wilkinson
White House warns Microsoft's Exchange email service hacked, reports as an "active threat" OnMSFT.com March 7, 2021

The United States has warned that Microsoft's Exchange email service, used by businesses, has been the target of a hack, and warns that there is an "active threat", with reportedly tens of thousands of US organisations at risk. A number ... Read more

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Ignite 2021: Microsoft promotes Zero Trust security mindset

March 16, 2021March 2, 2021 by Arif Bacchus
Security

At Ignite 2021, Microsoft is promoting the Zero Trust security mindset. With recent security breaches in mind, Microsoft believes the Zero Trust security mindset helps address and encompass "all types of threats, both outside in and inside out," and is ... Read more

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Bing mobile apps suffered a data leak, leaking 6.5TB of search data

March 6, 2021September 27, 2020 by Jack Wilkinson
Bing On Iphone

Microsoft's Bing mobile apps, available on Android and iOS, have been the victim of a data leak. Security researchers found an Elastic server that had its password protection removed, reportedly as a "misconfiguration" of the server, which has resulted in ... Read more

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How to scan a folder for threats using Windows Security

March 6, 2021August 12, 2020 by James Walker
Windows Security homescreen photo

Windows Security provides built-in security protections within Windows 10. Although normally best left to its own devices in the background, you might want to manually invoke Security's scanning from time-to-time. The quickest way to scan the contents of a specific ... Read more

Categories How-To

How to use File History to make a secure backup on Windows 10

March 6, 2021July 23, 2020 by Dave W. Shanahan
Photo of File History settings in Windows 10

On Windows 10, the File History feature allows you to back up copies of files and folders to secure locations in the case you delete something by accident. By default, the File History feature will back up the files that ... Read more

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Microsoft confirms Secured-core PCs are better protected from "Thunderspy" Thunderbolt vulnerability

March 6, 2021May 14, 2020 by Laurent Giret
Microsoft confirms Secured-core PCs are better protected from "Thunderspy" Thunderbolt vulnerability OnMSFT.com May 14, 2020

PCs that support Microsoft's custom Secured-core PC architecture are better protected from the new "Thunderspy" Thunderbolt vulnerability, which according to researchers can only be fixed with silicon redesign.

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500GB of data allegedly stolen from Microsoft's private GitHub

March 6, 2021May 7, 2020 by James Walker
500GB of data allegedly stolen from Microsoft's private GitHub OnMSFT.com May 7, 2020

A hacker has claimed to have stolen over 500GB of data from private repositories stored on Microsoft's GitHub account. Microsoft, which owns GitHub, hasn't publicly commented on the breach, which does not appear to impact any of the company's major ... Read more

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Zoom responds to security complaints with version 5.0 update

March 6, 2021April 22, 2020 by Staff Writer
Zoom responds to security complaints with version 5.0 update OnMSFT.com April 22, 2020

Zoom releases version 5.0 update that includes new security and privacy features for videoconferencing.

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Microsoft is using machine learning to identify security bugs during software development

March 6, 2021April 17, 2020 by Rabia Noureen
Machine Learning APIs

Microsoft engineers have developed an efficient system that can differentiate between security and non-security software bugs with 99% precision.

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Microsoft to provide AccountGuard malware detector free to healthcare and humanitarian organizations

March 6, 2021April 14, 2020 by Staff Writer
Microsoft AccountGuard

To protect healthcare providers and front line workers in the fight against COVID-19, Microsoft announced today that they are making their AccountGuard threat notification service available to healthcare providers and humanitarian organizations worldwide at no cost.   Organizations can begin signing ... Read more

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Zoom adds new security settings to let users have more control over their calls and stop routing traffic to China

March 6, 2021April 14, 2020 by Staff Writer
Zoom CEO Eric Yuan

Zoom has updated their application to give users more flexibility on how their calls are routed and the location of servers, but the company has still more questions to answer.

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Zoom and security - here's the latest on what's been done and what's still lacking

March 6, 2021April 13, 2020 by Staff Writer
Zoom Video Conferencing

the latest security and privacy updates from Zoom.

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Microsoft keeps the bad guys away, purchases Corp domain name

March 6, 2021April 7, 2020 by Staff Writer
Microsoft Logo

Today, security expert Brian Krebs posted on this blog that Microsoft has apparently purchased the domain corp.com.  The domain went up for auction at a starting price of $1.7 million when it was listed by its Wisconsin native, Mike O'Connor, ... Read more

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TLS 1.0 and 1.1 security for Microsoft browsers changes coming, but delayed

March 6, 2021March 31, 2020 by Staff Writer
TLS 1.0 and 1.1 security for Microsoft browsers changes coming, but delayed OnMSFT.com March 31, 2020

It's been almost a year and a half since Microsoft first announced that they will disable Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0 and 1.1  during the first half of 2020 by default for Microsoft's browsers. However, with the impact of Covid-19 ... Read more

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Latest Windows Insider builds add support for ONVIF compliant network cameras

October 16, 2019 by Jonny Caldwell
Camera Project NEON

Microsoft has announced support for ONVIF compliant cameras is coming to Windows 10, which will allow users to pair an ONVIF Profile S compliment network camera to their devices.

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Microsoft is fighting to "curb the overuse" of government requests for enterprise data stored in the cloud

September 26, 2019 by Dave W. Shanahan
Microsoft, Surface, Windows, Xbox, Microsoft Store

Microsoft knows that its customers own their own data and should be notified whenever an unauthorized person or entity is trying to access that information.

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Microsoft makes Azure Sentinel security management service generally available

September 25, 2019 by Kareem Anderson
Microsoft makes Azure Sentinel security management service generally available

Microsoft announced earlier this week that Azure Sentinel, the company's cloud-native SIEM is now generally available.

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Microsoft announces new Azure Security Lab, challenges researchers to hack Azure

August 5, 2019 by Laurent Giret
Microsoft announces new Azure Security Lab, challenges researchers to hack Azure OnMSFT.com August 5, 2019

the company has just announced the Azure Security Lab, which will welcome security researchers willing to test Azure’s security in exchange of financial rewards.

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