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Microsoft has introduced advanced investigation and response capabilities within its Defender for Endpoint service. The latest release brings support for file collection and investigation package collection response actions in public preview for macOS and Linux devices. According to Microsoft, security professionals should have a clear view of compromised devices to identify the malicious activities that…

Microsoft has recently addressed a zero-day vulnerability within the Windows AppLocker driver. The security flaw has been exploited by the North Korean threat group Lazarus for privilege escalation to carry out rootkit attacks. The security flaw (tracked as CVE-2024-21338) was first discovered by the cybersecurity firm Avast last year. The Avast researchers created a proof-of-concept…

Microsoft continues to improve its Loop app that launched in preview back in March 2023. The company has released a new update that allows users to automate time-consuming tasks with Power Automate-backed rules. According to Microsoft, the new automation feature is designed to enhance user productivity by saving time and effort previously devoted to repetitive…

With Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI) solutions becoming more common, many customers are now concerned with building clusters on top of those environments. In this article, I’ll explain how to build a guest HCI cluster and why traditional approaches don’t work. In the past, customers built redundancy and resilience based on virtualization and Storage Area Networks…

Microsoft released 37 new features and capabilities for its Teams collaboration platform in February 2024. These updates include a new Copilot experience in chat, improvements to webinars and town halls, and updates tailored for Teams Rooms & devices. Microsoft has launched a new Copilot experience in Microsoft Teams Chat. The new version offers various advantages…

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss the first big update for Windows 11 in 2024, which brings new Copilot features and accessibility improvements.

Microsoft is gearing up to integrate the AI-powered Copilot tool into its OneDrive cloud storage service. This new feature will enable users to ask questions and retrieve information from their online files. According to Microsoft, users will have access to Copilot through the file viewer in Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, SharePoint, and the OneDrive Web app….

Microsoft has announced the release of a new feature update (which is codenamed “Moment 5”) for Windows 11. This release brings a range of new capabilities and improvements for both consumers and enterprise customers — Here’s a look at what it brings to Windows 11. New consumer features Microsoft announced that Copilot in Windows is…

Microsoft is backtracking on its plans to block non-security optional updates for Windows 11 version 22H2 beyond February 2024. The company has quietly extended the deadline for delivering these updates to both consumers and enterprise customers. Essentially, Microsoft releases optional Windows updates during the fourth week of each month. These updates are non-critical for system…

Microsoft has announced a new reauthentication policy for its Microsoft Entra Conditional Access service. The new “sign-in frequency – every time” policy allows organizations to require users to perform a fresh authentication each time they access critical applications or perform sensitive actions. Single sign-on is an authentication method that lets users access multiple applications or…

Microsoft-owned GitHub has announced the general availability of Copilot Enterprise. The new offering is tailored to enable large enterprises to leverage artificial intelligence for their coding projects. GitHub Copilot Enterprise is a tool that helps developers generate code suggestions, answer queries, and summarize changes based on their organization’s coding standards. This AI-powered assistant integrates into…

Last week, Microsoft introduced its Python Risk Identification Toolkit for generative AI (PyRIT) The new tool provides security teams and machine learning engineers with tools to identify and mitigate risks within AI systems. In 2022, Microsoft introduced PyRIT to help its AI red team identify security risks within its generation AI systems, such as Copilot….