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Rabia has a master's degree in Software Engineering and she has years of experience writing professionally about Microsoft products and other technologies. 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.

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Microsoft Confirms Lapsus$ Hacker Group Gained “Limited Access” to Its Source Code

Microsoft has confirmed that the hacking group Lapsus$ managed to gain “limited access” to its security system and steal some parts of their source code. The company says that its security researchers had already been tracking the activities of Lapsus$, which claims to have hacked sensitive data from Samsung, Nvidia, Ubisoft, and Okta. The Redmond…

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HP Confirms New Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Affects Several Printer Models

HP has acknowledged that its several printer models are vulnerable to a new critical buffer overflow bug that can potentially lead to remote code execution (RCE). This latest security flaw is being tracked under CVE-2022-3942, and it was first discovered by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative team. As noted in a post by Bleeping Computer,…

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Lapsus$ Hackers Claim to Leak Source Code of Microsoft Azure, Cortana, and Bing

Last week, the infamous hacker group Lapsus$ claimed that it had breached several Azure DevOps source code repositories. Microsoft is currently investigating claims of this hack, but the source code of Bing, Bing Maps, Cortana, and other internal projects may have been leaked online (via VentureBeat). Over the weekend, the hacker group Lapsus$ posted a…

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Microsoft’s New PowerShell Crescendo Tool Facilitates Native Command-Line Wraps

Microsoft announced that PowerShell Crescendo has hit general availability (GA) this month. The new open-source module first launched in preview back in 2020, and it lets developers quickly build PowerShell cmdlets that leverage existing command-line tools. The Redmond giant explains that native tools (such as kubectl, Docker, and netsh.exe) can be sometimes more complex to…

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Microsoft Announces the General Availability of Azure Stack Edge Pro 2

Microsoft has announced the general availability of its Azure Stack Edge Pro 2 solution. The AI-driven edge computing device enables organizations to bring Azure’s processing power to remote branch offices, and it can also be deployed in manufacturing, telecommunications, healthcare, and retail environments. With Azure Stack Edge Pro 2, enterprise customers can now use machine…

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New Research Suggests IT Hardware Spending Remains Unaffected By Cloud Adoption

Spiceworks Ziff Davis (SWZD) has released a new “Hardware Trends in 2022 and Beyond” report. The company’s latest research findings indicate that around 30 percent of the IT budget was spent on hardware in 2021, even with the general shift to the cloud adoption in organizations. The research study was conducted by Spiceworks Ziff Davis…

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Microsoft Teams Connect Will Soon Improve External Collaboration With Shared Channels

Last Update: Oct 12, 2022

Microsoft is getting ready to release the Teams Connect shared channels feature in public preview this month. The Redmond giant first announced the shared channels experience at Ignite 2021, which will let users collaborate seamlessly across multiple organizations. The shared channels feature will be available in addition to the existing standard and private channel options…

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Windows Server Insider Build 25075 Brings New Brute Force Attack Prevention Capabilities

Microsoft has announced the release of a new Windows Server Insider Preview Build 25075. The latest build is for the next Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) release for the OS, which should be Windows Server version 2022. This new Windows Server build brings new security capabilities that should help organizations to prevent brute-force dictionary attacks. Microsoft…

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FBI and CISA Issue Advisory Over Multi-Factor Authentication Flaw Abused By Russian Hackers

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and FBI released an alert about a Russian state-backed activity that allowed hackers to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) and exploit a security flaw to compromise networks. The security advisory indicates that the cyberattacks targeting a non-governmental organization (NGO) started back in May 2021. The threat actors leveraged…

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Microsoft’s Surface Hub 2 Smart Camera Arrives to Help with Hybrid Work

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft has unveiled several new features and capabilities for its Office productivity suite to better suit the needs of the new hybrid work era. The Redmond giant also announced this morning a new AI-powered Surface Hub Smart Camera, and Teams Rooms innovations to help users improve the remote meeting experience. Outlook adds support for Loop…

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German Cybersecurity Office BSI Issues Security Warning About Kaspersky Antivirus

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

German federal cybersecurity agency BSI has warned its citizens against using antivirus products from Russian-based Kaspersky Lab. The security agency has issued a statement today saying that the Kaspersky antivirus software could be exploited in launching cyberattacks amid Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine. The advisory did not accuse Kaspersky Lab of any specific security violations,…

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QNAP Warns Against ‘Dirty Pipe’ Linux Flaw That Affects Several NAS Devices

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Here’s a look at what you need to know QNAP has issued an advisory about a new Dirty Pipe Linux vulnerability that affects a wide range of Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices. It allows attackers to overwrite data in arbitrary read-only files. The Dirty Pipe security flaw affects all NAS devices running kernel version 5.10.60….

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