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Google has just announced at the RSA Conference 2023 its new Cloud Security AI Workbench, which will offer various AI-powered tools to help cybersecurity experts address security threats. The Google Cloud Security AI Workbench relies on a new large language model (LLM) named Sec-PALM, and it also leverages technology from Mandiant, a cybersecurity company Google…

Microsoft has decided to unbundle Microsoft Teams with its Office software. According to a report from the Financial Times, this move could potentially help to avoid an formal antitrust investigation by EU regulators. Slack lodged an anticompetition complaint against Microsoft with the European Commission (EC) back in July 2020. The company argued that Microsoft “illegally”…

The latest Linux kernel is now available, and it comes with some important new features. Linux Kernel 6.3 is a minor release and it shouldn’t cause any major problems when you get round to upgrading. But like any change you introduce into your environment, it should be properly tested. So, let’s look at the most…

Amazon announced this morning some important updates for Amazon GuardDuty. The service has added support for Amazon EKS Runtime Monitoring, RDS Protection for Amazon Aurora, and Lambda Protection. Amazon DutyGuard is a managed security monitoring service that uses machine learning to detect potential threats that can compromise Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments. It analyzes different…

Last week, Canonical announced the release of Ubuntu 23.04. The latest version of its Linux distribution includes improved Azure Active Directory support, a new desktop installer, and other enterprise-focused features. Codenamed Lunar Lobster, Ubuntu Desktop 23.04 provides native user authentication with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). This release enables Microsoft 365 enterprise customers to authenticate…

Microsoft has announced a public preview of Windows LAPS with Azure Active Directory (recently renamed Microsoft Entra ID). The new long-awaited feature enables IT admins to rotate and backup passwords using Azure Active Directory. Windows Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) is a tool that enables IT admins to automatically manage and back up passwords for…

Microsoft has released an updated version of Windows Update Health Tools for Windows 11 and Windows 10. The company detailed in a support document that the new update is designed to improve the reliability of the Windows update process. Specifically, the new KB4023057 intends to address issues that could prevent the installation of critical updates…

Microsoft has announced that its Azure Storage Mover is now generally available for enterprise customers. The new tool intends to make it easier to migrate files and folders from on-premises systems to Azure cloud storage. Microsoft’s Azure Storage Mover made its debut in public preview in December last year. The managed cloud migration service enables…

AWS Amplify is an Amazon Web Services (AWS) application development framework that organizations can use to develop and deploy web and mobile applications. It’s an end-to-end solution for creating an app backend and a frontend UI in just a couple of hours. In this article, I will explain how AWS Amplify works and how it…

Microsoft announced yesterday that Office 2013 reached its end of support on April 11, 2023. The company has warned that it will no longer provide security patches and technical support for the perpetual-license product. Microsoft originally released Office 2013 back in January 2013. The company dropped mainstream support for the product on April 20, 2018….

Microsoft is bringing its new AI-powered Copilot to Microsoft Viva. The employee experience platform integrated within Microsoft Teams offers different modules such as Viva Goals and Viva Engage, and all of them will get new generative AI features once Copilot in Microsoft Viva ships later this year. The Microsoft 365 Copilot that the company announced…

Microsoft has announced the release of Microsoft Sentinel All-in-One v2. The latest version is designed to help customers reduce costs and speed up the deployment and configuration process. Microsoft Sentinel is a cloud-based Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution for Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Azure. Formerly known as Azure Sentinel, the tool allows customers…