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Microsoft has released new PowerShell scripts to address a BitLocker security vulnerability on Windows PCs. The PowerShell scripts are designed to automate the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) update process on Windows 11 and Windows 10. BitLocker is a built-in security feature that helps users to protect data stored on their computers from unauthorized access. Once…

Last month, Google unveiled some important pricing changes for Google Workspace customers. The company announced this week that it’s increasing the monthly cost of several Google Workspace offerings this week. Steve Holt, Vice President for Google Workspace, penned a lengthy blog post to justify the price hike impacting multiple Workspace tiers. The pricing update follows…

In this post, I want to discuss a topic that is getting an increasing amount of attention in Europe: the impact of cloud computing on the energy sector. This was already a concern before the current energy crisis started, but the power consumption of cloud computing is rarely out of the news now. First of…

Thursday 16, March, at its Reinventing Productivity with A.I. event, Microsoft announced Microsoft 365 Copilot, a new set of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) integrations in its suite of Office applications, powered by ChatGPT and technology it has developed using the Microsoft Graph and large language models (LLMs). Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot Office apps already have A.I….

Microsoft has announced the general availability of Azure Firewall Basic. The affordable SKU launched in preview in October 2022 to help small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) protect their Azure cloud environments. Azure Firewall is a cloud-based solution that provides an additional layer of security to protect Azure Virtual Network resources from external and internal threats….

Microsoft has released patches to address a critical security flaw in Outlook for Windows. The company confirmed that a Russian hacking group exploited the NTLM vulnerability to target several European and military organizations in 2022. The zero-day flaw (CVE-2023-23397) was first reported discovered by Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA). It’s a privilege escalation vulnerability…

Microsoft has announced the general availability of AWS Application composer. First introduced in December 2022, the new low-code tool enables developers to visually design and build serverless applications from multiple AWS services. “You can drag, drop, and connect AWS services into an application architecture by using AWS Application Composer’s browser-based visual canvas. AWS Application Composer…

Microsoft has warned customers about Adversary-in-the-Middle (AiTM) phishing kit available for sale on a popular cybercrime forum. The software is designed to make it easier for attackers to deploy phishing campaigns to target enterprise accounts. According to the Microsoft Threat Intelligence team, this phishing kit is an open-source tool that is developed by a hacking…

In this article, I will explain what are affinity and anti-affinity rules and how to use them with Azure Stack HCI and Windows Server Hyper-V. If you’ve been using other hypervisors, you may already be familiar with affinity and anti-affinity rules, which are used to define the relationship between virtual machines and hosts. What are…

Microsoft has just released the March 2023 Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 and Windows 10. For Windows 11 users, today marks the public rollout of the “Moment 2” feature update that brings a new search box to the taskbar and many other new features.  On the security front, this month’s Patch Tuesday updates include…

Google announced this morning new ChatGPT-like generative AI capabilities for its Google Workspace productivity suite. The new AI-based features will begin rolling out in the Google Docs and Gmail apps for select users later this month. In Google Docs, the new AI generative capabilities will enable users to create outlines for new documents. For instance,…

Microsoft has introduced support for near real-time custom detections in its Microsoft 365 Defender solution. The new Continuous (NRT) feature enables customers to create custom detection rules that run in near real-time to block sophisticated attacks. Microsoft 365 Defender allows customers to create custom detection rules to monitor specific threats, activities, and misconfigured endpoints. These…