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Last week, cybersecurity researchers warned that the North Korean hacking group “Lazarus” exploited Dell hardware drivers to deploy a Windows rootkit. The phishing campaign was discovered by security firm ESET in the Fall of 2021, and it targeted Aerospace experts and political journalists in Europe. According to the ESET’s report, the North Korean state-backed advanced…

Microsoft started rolling out Windows 11 version 22H2 to all eligible PCs last month. While the feature update introduces several new features and improvements, it also comes with a few issues and bugs. The company has identified a new issue on Windows 11 22H2 that might prevent the provisioning package from working properly. A provisioning…

Microsoft has announced that Linux desktop management support is generally available in Microsoft Intune. The new Intune management experience will initially be available for Ubuntu LTS desktops (versions 22.04 and 20.04), with support for other Linux OS distributions to follow later this year. Microsoft Intune already allows organizations to manage Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS…

Microsoft has announced that it’s working on a new Teams progressive web app (PWA) for Linux. The new app will replace the existing Microsoft Teams desktop client for Linux, and it’s expected to arrive in the coming months. Microsoft launched the Teams Linux client in December 2019. The company has released several updates for the…

Microsoft has started rolling out the Windows 11 2022 Update to more PCs this week. The company updated the Windows Health Dashboard to indicate that the latest feature update should now be available for more users with eligible devices that meet the minimum hardware requirements. “We are entering a new phase of the rollout for…

Microsoft has released an advisory to warn Exchange Online users about increasing password spray attacks. The company has recommended enterprise customers to set up authentication policies to protect users and sensitive information in their organizations. Microsoft started disabling Basic Authentication support for Exchange Online customers on October 1, 2022. The legacy authentication method is being…

Microsoft has partnered with Experian to bring identity theft protection monitoring capabilities to its Microsoft Defender for individuals solution. The feature enables Microsoft 365 subscribers to monitor personal and family identity details for security breaches on the public internet and the dark web. Microsoft Defender for individuals launched back in June to help users manage…

Microsoft has confirmed a new issue that is currently affecting PCs running the Windows 11 2022 Update (or version 22H2). Yesterday, the company warned that users might experience slower SMB read performance when copying large files from a remote computer to a Windows 11 machine. “There is a performance regression in 22H2 when copying larger…

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Microsoft has issued an advisory about two new zero-day vulnerabilities affecting Exchange Server. The critical flaws, which were discovered by a Vietnamese cybersecurity company GTSC last month, impact on-premises installations of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019. Microsoft’s Security Response Center (MRSC) detailed that the two vulnerabilities are tracked as CVE-2022-41040 and CVE-2022-41082. The…

Microsoft started rolling out the Windows 11 2022 Update (22H2) last week, but the company was forced to put some upgrade blocks in place due to bugs and other problems. Microsoft has just discovered new compatibility issues that affect devices with printers that use the Microsoft IPP Class Driver or Universal Print Class Driver. On…

Microsoft has announced new contact management features for its Outlook web app. The latest update brings a new self-updating contact feature that helps enterprise users to keep their contacts updated automatically with shared information from the organization directory. “All the new contacts you add from the people card of a person belonging to your organization…