Rabia Noureen

Microsoft is taking another step toward a cloud-first future by giving IT admins the ability to restrict new Office file creation to approved cloud storage only. The company has announced on the Microsoft 365 admin center that this change only applies to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint in Microsoft 365 enterprise apps. This new policy enables…

Microsoft has released the September 2025 Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 and Windows 10. This month, the company has fixed 80 vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, Microsoft Edge, Azure, Hyper-V, and other components. This month’s Patch Tuesday serves as a reminder for organizations to prepare for two key changes coming in October: the end-of-support for…

Microsoft is making hybrid cloud management easier with the introduction of Auto Agent Upgrade in public preview for Azure Arc-enabled servers. This new feature automatically keeps the Azure Connected Machine agent up to date and saves administrators from manual updates. What is the Azure Connected Machine Agent? The Azure Connected Machine agent is a lightweight…

As organizations rush to adopt AI and expand their third-party ecosystems, many are losing track of who can access their most sensitive data. Kiteworks’ 2025 report warns that this lack of visibility and growing overconfidence are leaving nearly half of companies exposed to severe security, compliance, and financial risks. Kiteworks has recently conducted a survey…

A sudden disruption beneath the Red Sea has rippled across digital highways, slowing internet speeds in parts of Asia and the Middle East. Microsoft has confirmed that undersea cable cuts are forcing Azure to reroute traffic, raising latency concerns for countries like Pakistan, India, and the UAE. Over the weekend, Microsoft confirmed that undersea cable…

Microsoft has acknowledged that the August 2025 security update is causing pain for administrators across several versions of Windows 11 and Windows 10. This bug is triggering unexpected User Account Control (UAC) prompts and app installation issues for non-admin users. According to Microsoft, this issue is caused by a security update that addresses the CVE-2025-50173…

A China-linked hacking group dubbed GhostRedirector has quietly breached dozens of Windows servers worldwide. Attackers leverage tools like Rungan and Gamshen to not only gain control but also hijack search engine rankings to promote shady gambling sites. According to ESET researchers, the threat actor has compromised at least 65 Windows servers since August 2024, with…

Microsoft has rolled out in-place upgrade support for Trusted Launch on existing Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) and Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS). This capability lets organizations boost security with features like Secure Boot and vTPM, without downtime, redeployment, or complex migration steps. What is Trusted Launch in Azure? Trusted Launch is a security feature in…

New research warns that continuing to use Windows 10 after its end of support in October could cost businesses billions, with over 120 million PCs worldwide still expected to be running the aging operating system. According to new research from Nexthink, keeping custom versions of Windows 10 could cost enterprises over $7.3 billion globally. Microsoft…

Microsoft has announced the retirement of its Microsoft Graph CLI and the Graph Toolkit. The move is part of the company’s broader effort to simplify and streamline its developer toolset. The Microsoft Graph CLI is a command-line tool designed to help developers and IT professionals interact with Microsoft Graph APIs directly from the terminal. This…

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a critical flaw where Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) application credentials were left exposed in a publicly accessible appsettings.json file. This misconfiguration could let attackers exploit Microsoft’s OAuth 2.0 endpoints to gain unauthorized access and infiltrate Azure cloud environments. The risk of exposed appsettings.json files appsettings.json is a configuration file commonly…

Microsoft will soon begin enforcing Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for all Azure resource management actions. The company has announced that this change will go into effect on October 1, 2025. In a support document, Microsoft detailed that the mandatory MFA enforcement will apply to Azure CLI, PowerShell, SDKs, REST APIs, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, and…