Rabia comes from a solid IT background and has been writing professionally about Microsoft products and other technology for four years. Rabia has also written for OnMSFT.com as well as Windows Report. She is always up to date on the latest trends in the IT Industry and has done extensive research in the data science industry.
Last Update: Nov 19, 2024
Microsoft announced this morning that it has acquired Minit, an Amsterdam-based provider of process mining solutions, for an undisclosed amount. The Redmond giant has already invested in process mining technology with its Power Automate tool, and this new acquisition will help customers to improve operational efficiency. Minit is known for its automated tools that enable…
Last Update: Jun 03, 2022
Microsoft has launched a public preview of Arc-enabled Azure Stack HCI. The Redmond giant says that the new integration enables customers to manage Linux or Windows virtual machines (VMs) on Azure Stack HCI via Azure Arc. For those unfamiliar, Azure Arc is a multi-cloud management service that enables customers to use Azure services with Azure…
Earlier this week, the Lapsus$ hacking group claimed that it had stolen 70GB of data from Globant, a Luxembourg-based IT and software development firm. Globant confirmed yesterday that the hackers did manage to breach its network and access some of its corporate customers’ source code without authorization. “According to our current analysis, the information that…
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an advisory about ongoing cyberattacks against internet-connected uninterruptible power supply (UPS) devices. The US government encourages organizations to change their default user name and password settings to prevent hackers from targeting UPS devices. An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) is a device that allows computer systems and…
Last Update: Aug 01, 2022
Microsoft has announced a revamped version of Azure Front Door, its secure cloud content delivery network (CDN) service for protecting apps and websites. The new enterprise CDN service provides higher availability, improved security, low latency, as well as scalability to help meet the demands of the hybrid working models. The Azure Front Door service comes…
Microsoft has released a new gradual rollouts feature for its Windows Update for Business deployment service. This new capability was first announced in November 2021, and it aims to ensure a smoother feature update experience for organizations with specific software and hardware compatibility issues. For those unfamiliar, Windows Update for Business was introduced in March…
Microsoft has announced its plans to launch Office 365 Government Secret, a new cloud offering for government agencies and their partners. The company says that this new security offering is currently in government review, and it’s expected to become generally available in mid-2022. Microsoft highlighted that the Office 365 Government Secret cloud service is built…
Last Update: Jul 25, 2022
Security researchers have uncovered five critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft Azure Defender for IoT. The Redmond giant has already released new security patches to address these exploits, and it recommends all enterprise customers to install them as soon as possible. According to a report from SentinelOne‘s SentinelLabs, these security vulnerabilities were first discovered by researchers Kasif…
Microsoft has released a new security feature that should help to protect Windows PCs against malicious drivers. David Weston, Microsoft’s Vice President of Enterprise and OS Security, announced on Twitter today that the vulnerable driver blocklist feature is now available on Windows 10, Windows 11, as well as Server 2016 and higher. The new vulnerable…
Sophos has released an emergency update to patch a critical security flaw in its firewall product line. The company explained in its security advisory that the vulnerability, tracked under CVE-2022-1040, when exploited could allow for remote code execution (RCE) on targeted machines. According to Sophos, this remote code execution vulnerability was first discovered by an…
Microsoft is rolling out a new update that lets IT Admins configure a tenant-wide timeout policy to automatically sign out inactive users in Microsoft 365 web apps. This new Idle Session Timeout feature is currently available in preview, and it should help to protect user data from unauthorized access on unmanaged devices or shared devices….
Microsoft announced a major revamp of its partner program last week. The Redmond giant will rebrand the existing Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) to Microsoft Cloud Partner Program (MCPP) on October 3. This will be the first biggest overhaul since Microsoft launched its partner program over a decade ago, and the impact could be significant for…