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Google has announced plans to bring its physical cloud infrastructure to more customers worldwide. Indeed, the company is opening Google Cloud regions in five new countries, including Austria, Greece, Norway, South Africa, and Sweden. Back in August, Google unveiled that it’s adding new cloud regions in New Zealand, Malaysia, Thailand, and Mexico. This latest announcement…

Google Cloud has announced several new security tools, products, and services to help organizations better protect their cloud environments. The company is introducing a new fully managed software supply chain security product dubbed Software Delivery Shield (SDS). The Software Delivery Shield solution is designed to help developers, DevOps, and security teams protect their cloud applications….

Microsoft Teams is getting a new update that enables users to start a group chat with Exchange Online distribution lists, mail-enabled security groups, or Microsoft 365 groups. The company has started rolling out this feature in preview to the Microsoft Teams desktop, mobile, and web clients. “When starting a new chat, users will now be…

Last week, Microsoft released the Basic edition of its Azure Firewall service in public preview. It’s an affordable plan designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) who want to protect their Azure cloud environments. Microsoft launched Azure Firewall with a Standard SKU in 2018. It’s a cloud-based network security service that helps users to protect…

Microsoft has recently released a fix to address a bug in Outlook for Windows, which was previously causing the app to crash or become unresponsive on startup. The company announced that the update is currently rolling out to all users in the current and semi-annual enterprise channels. Microsoft first acknowledged the Outlook freezing issues in…

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…