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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…

Microsoft Graph Explorer PowerShell code snippets help you quickly adopt the Graph API. Let’s look at how you can generate PowerShell code in Microsoft Graph Explorer. Microsoft Graph Explorer PowerShell code snippets Nowadays, administrators are working more frequently with cloud platforms and difficult APIs to retrieve information. For PowerShell administrators, the change from commands like…

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss what’s happening at the IFA annual trade show in Berlin this week, with many PC manufacturers announcing new Windows 11 PCs.

Cloudflare’s CEO, Matthew Prince, has been outspoken about the way artificial intelligence (AI) companies are harvesting content. His argument is simple but important: AI vendors are scraping websites, including those of small publishers like Petri, and using the content to train their models. That same content is then re-served to users in the form of…

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…

This article examines the distinctions between Microsoft Entra Connect vs. Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync, two separate solutions designed to synchronize on-premises Active Directory (AD) with Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD). What is Microsoft Entra Connect? Microsoft Entra Connect (formerly Azure AD Connect) is a synchronization tool that copies identities, like user accounts, from on-premises…

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…