Rabia Noureen

Last week, Microsoft confirmed that Chinese hackers gained unauthorized access to email accounts of U.S. government agencies and other sensitive organizations. On Friday, the company detailed a blog post to explain the cause of the security breach that compromised Exchange Online email services. According to Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence team, the Storm-0558 hacking group abused three…

Microsoft has added support for new system-based alerts in public preview for Windows 365 Enterprise customers. The new feature enables IT admins to keep track of Windows 365 Cloud PCs that are in a grace period. With this release, the Windows 365 IT admin alerts feature triggers an email when a Cloud PC enters the…

Microsoft has introduced restricted management administrative units support in public preview for Microsoft Entra ID. The new role-based access control (RBAC) feature lets organizations allow only select IT admins, security teams, or devices to access specific resources. “Restricted management administrative units allow you to protect specific objects in your tenant from modification by anyone other…

Microsoft Edge for Business will soon become the default experience for all enterprise customers. Microsoft has announced its plans to release version 116 of its Edge browser with the new dedicated work experience next month. Microsoft Edge for Business launched in public preview back in May 2023. This release allows users to better separate their…

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint has announced that Device isolation and Antivirus scanning capabilities are now available in preview for macOS and Linux devices. The new response actions should help to protect organizations against security threats. The device isolation feature blocks the compromised device from connecting to the corporate network. Meanwhile, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint continues…

Microsoft has disclosed that Chinese hackers breached the email accounts of US government employees. The hacking group (tracked as Storm-0558) exploited a flaw in Microsoft’s cloud email service to gain unauthorized access to email systems. Microsoft found that the threat actors used forged authentication tokens to access affected user accounts through Outlook Web Access in…

GitHub announced this morning that it has added support for passkeys in public beta. The passkeys feature is a standardized new way that lets users seamlessly and securely access GitHub.com. A passkey is a sequence of characters that helps to ensure that only authorized users gain access to sensitive resources. The security feature is used…

Microsoft has announced that it will soon rebrand Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) as Entra ID. The name change will be a gradual process, and it’s expected to be rolled out to all Microsoft products and experiences in the second half of 2023. The Microsoft Entra product family first made its debut back in May…

Microsoft has released a new update that enables IT admins to manage security configuration settings directly in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. The native security management capabilities are available in public preview on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Previously, IT administrators had to depend on external tools for handling endpoint security settings. This approach often resulted in…

Microsoft is getting ready to end support for Windows 11 version 21H2. The company updated its support life cycle page to remind customers that the original version of the operating system will reach the end of servicing deadline on October 10, 2023. Microsoft detailed that the upcoming end of support affects the Home, Pro, Pro…

Microsoft has announced a slew of updates for its Microsoft Entra product family. The company detailed two new security offerings, Microsoft Entra Internet Access and Microsoft Entra Private Access, to protect organizations against cyberattacks. “In the last twelve months, we saw an average of more than 4,000 password attacks per second, an almost threefold increase…

Microsoft launched its Dev Box cloud-powered workstations in public preview back in August 2022. The company announced yesterday that it has decided to make the service generally available following successful testing in multiple organizations. Microsoft first teased Dev Box at its Build developer conference last year. The new offering provides secure access to pre-configured developer…