Rabia Noureen

Last month, Microsoft acknowledged that some Windows applications might experience problems while connecting to databases through ODBC (Open Database Connections). Now, the company has provided a workaround solution to address this problem on Windows 11 and Windows 10 PCs. Microsoft says that the OBDC SQL Server bug specifically affected users who installed the November Patch…

Microsoft is set of end extended support for Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 in October 2023. The company is reminding customers that it will no longer provide software updates, security patches, and technical support after this date. It’s been more than four years since Microsoft announced the end of mainstream support for…

Last week, PyTorch identified a supply chain attack that potentially caused developers to download a compromised PyTorch dependency. The PyTorch team published an advisory to warn developers that the package includes malicious code to steal system data. PyTorch is an open-source framework that allows Python developers to build machine-learning applications. It was mainly developed by…

Microsoft announced yesterday that it has started rolling out the Automate tab to Excel for Windows and macOS. The latest update lets desktop users create and edit Office scripts to automate their repetitive spreadsheet tasks or workflows. Up until now, the Automate tab was only available for customers in Excel on the web. With this…

Microsoft has recently detailed the latest round of updates made to its Teams collaboration service in December 2022. It’s been a quiet month for Microsoft due to the holiday season, but the company announced some interesting improvements like a delete chat feature, over 800 emoji reactions, new Adobe Acrobat integration, updates for Teams devices, and…

Microsoft Teams is getting a new update that brings co-organizer support for managing breakout rooms. The company has recently announced that this feature is rolling out in public preview to the Windows and macOS desktop apps. Just like meeting organizers, Microsoft Teams now allows co-organizers to create and manage Breakout Rooms. The feature also enables…

Microsoft is working on a slew of notable improvements for Windows 11 that are expected to arrive with different “Moment” updates in 2023. Indeed, a new report from Windows Central suggests that the company plans to release the first update for Windows 11 PCs in February or March of next year. Microsoft officially announced the…

Microsoft is once again reminding customers that it will permanently turn off Basic Authentication in Exchange Online in early January. The company is pushing organizations to adopt Modern Authentication (OAuth 2.0) as soon as possible. Three years ago, Microsoft announced its plans to deprecate Basic Authentication support in favor of secure user authentication techniques. Since…

The security research firm Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) has disclosed a critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel server. The new security exploit, which has a CVSS score of 10, could allow attackers to remotely execute code on vulnerable SMB servers. The Thalium Team vulnerability research team originally discovered the Linux kernel security flaw back in…

Back in August, LastPass announced that its systems were compromised in a security incident. Now, LastPass CEO Karim Toubba disclosed that the threat actors managed to copy encrypted passwords and other data stored in customer vaults. In a blog post published yesterday, LastPass revealed that hackers accessed customer data such as names, telephone numbers, email…

Microsoft this week confirmed that the Android 13 update caused enrollment issues with Microsoft Intune on some Samsung phones. The company announced that Google and Samsung released a fix for users of the Samsung Galaxy S22 and S21 devices. Microsoft Intune is a popular cloud-based unified endpoint management solution. It enables IT departments to manage…

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the launch of its two new Local Zones in Bangkok and Kolkata. The company claims that the new Local Zones will enable customers to deploy applications with local data processing and single-digit millisecond latency performance requirements. AWS Local Zones is an infrastructure deployment service that brings specific Amazon cloud…