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Microsoft is rolling out a new update that lets IT Admins configure a tenant-wide timeout policy to automatically sign out inactive users in Microsoft 365 web apps. This new Idle Session Timeout feature is currently available in preview, and it should help to protect user data from unauthorized access on unmanaged devices or shared devices….

Microsoft announced a major revamp of its partner program last week. The Redmond giant will rebrand the existing Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) to Microsoft Cloud Partner Program (MCPP) on October 3. This will be the first biggest overhaul since Microsoft launched its partner program over a decade ago, and the impact could be significant for…

Microsoft has released the optional March 2022 non-security patch (KB5011543) for Windows 10 versions 21H2, 21H1, and 20H2. This optional update addresses a serious Bluetooth issue that was previously causing blue screens of death (BSODs) on Windows 10 machines. This Bluetooth bug was first discovered following the release of the optional KB5009596 patch in January,…

Okta, an enterprise identity and access management company, has published an extensive update about the recent cyberattack by the LapsuS$ hacking group. The company confirmed that around 2.5 percent of its customers were affected by this security incident. The investigations revealed that the threat actors managed to gain access to the laptop of a third-party…

Microsoft has been doing some significant work to make its Teams app more reliable and less susceptible to being hit by outages. These investments complement ongoing efforts to make Microsoft Teams more battery-efficient when users are in video meetings. First of all, Microsoft wants to improve the resiliency of the app and make it as…

Microsoft has announced a new integration between the Jira project management tool and its Teams collaboration service. The goal is to make it easier for users to track, update and manage their projects directly within Microsoft Teams. The new Jira Cloud app lets users convert their chat messages into a new Jira issue or add…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…