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Microsoft has announced that real-time co-authoring support for protected Office documents is now generally available on both Android and iOS devices. The feature has been available in public preview since March, allowing multiple users to collaborate seamlessly on encrypted Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files on the go. According to Microsoft, the new co-authoring feature is…

Google has announced an important configuration change for Google Workspace customers. The company recommends that organizations should enable OAuth 2.0 to continue using Google Calendar Interop with Exchange Online after Microsoft disables Basic Authentication in October. Google Calendar Interop is a useful tool that allows Exchange Online and Google Calendar to work together. The feature…

Cybersecurity company Mandiant has discovered that hackers are using a new technique to target enterprise networks. The researchers warned that threat actors exploit multifactor authentication (MFA) to gain unauthorized access to dormant Microsoft accounts. According to cybersecurity researchers at Mandiant, the exploit is being used in hacking campaigns by APT29 to bypass authentication. APT29 is…

Microsoft has acknowledged a new issue with the recent security update for Secure Boot DBX (KB5012170) and Windows 11, which causes some devices to boot into BitLocker recovery. The company explained on the Windows Health Dashboard that the bug prompts users to enter their BitLocker recovery keys at boot time. BitLocker is a drive encryption…

Microsoft has released a new update for its Microsoft Defender for Endpoint solution. The latest release brings the network and web protection features that first launched on Windows to macOS and Linux machines. Network protection is a feature that enables organizations to reduce the attack surface of their Linux and Mac devices against web threats…

Google has announced that it blocked the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. The attack peaked at 46 million requests per second (rps), which is 76 percent larger than the previous DDoS attack that targeted Cloudflare in June. The company explained in its blog post that the HTTPS DDoS attack began targeting one of its Google…

Microsoft has announced the release of version 14.0 of Sysmon. The latest release brings a new feature that lets IT admins prevent processes from creating harmful executable files in certain locations. System Monitor (Sysmon) is a free tool that allows administrators to monitor systems for malicious activities to detect advanced threats. It provides details about…

Microsoft has announced some important pricing changes regarding Microsoft Teams Rooms plans, which will go into effect on September 1, 2022. The company is set to introduce a new Teams Rooms Pro plan for commercial customers, which will replace the existing Standard and Premium subscriptions. Microsoft Teams Rooms are certified video conferencing solutions that provide…

Microsoft has released time-based one-time passcode (TOTP) support for Azure Active Directory (recently renamed Microsoft Entra ID) customers. The new security feature allows end users to validate their identity with temporary one-time passcodes generated by an authenticator app. Time-based password (TOTP) is one of the most popular multi-factor authentication (MFA) methods. It’s a temporary numeric…

Microsoft has released the optional patch (KB5016693) for Windows Server 2022. The new cumulative update brings enhancements to the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, storage replication, file compression, and bug fixes. First up, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is getting some improvements that should make it better at preventing ransomware attacks on Windows Server machines. There is…

Microsoft has partnered with Canonical to bring native .NET 6 support to Ubuntu 22.04. This update should facilitate the development of .NET applications on the popular Linux distribution. Specifically, developers can now install the .NET 6 SDK by running the “apt install dotnet6” command in the terminal to download all necessary packages. It is also…

Microsoft has announced the launch of a new datacenter region in Doha, Qatar. The new cloud region will help to accelerate digital transformation and attract more businesses and partners into the country. Microsoft first unveiled its plans to open a cloud region in Qatar back in December 2019. The new Azure region was initially slated…