Patch Tuesday August 2020
This month Microsoft patches 2 zero-day vulnerabilities, one in Windows and another in Internet Explorer. Plus there's the..
Sponsored: Protecting your Domain and Users from Phishing Attacks
This post is sponsored by Valimail There’s no doubt that email is easily one of the most popular..
Understanding the new Granular Permissions for App Access to Teams data
Microsoft announced in the message center this week that resource-specific content will roll-out to tenants, beginning mid-August. This..
Microsoft Defender ATP Arrives for Android
One of the challenges of the modern workplace is that endpoints have evolved faster than some of the..
Microsoft Defender ATP Adds UEFI Scanner to Detect Firmware-Level Attacks
As the antimalware protections in Windows have become more robust over the years, hackers have increasingly turned their..
Intel's Latest 10th-Gen vPro CPUs Get Mandatory Hardware Shield
Intel Hardware Shield isn't new to vPro-badged chips but in this latest release it is being made mandatory...
Patch Tuesday – April 2020
This month's Patch Tuesday is the first after Covid-19 forced significantly more of us to work from home...
How Secure is Video Conferencing App Zoom?
There's been a lot written in the press recently about video conferencing app Zoom. From claiming that it..
MJFChat: How to think about security planning for your organization
We’re doing a twice-monthly interview show on Petri.com that is dedicated to covering topics of interest to our..
Microsoft Issues Security Advisory for Zero-Day in Adobe Type Manager Library
Microsoft said on Monday that it is aware of an unpatched vulnerability in the Windows Adobe Type Manager..
Choosing between Virtual Private Network and Zero Trust Remote Access Solutions
As we enter a time of crisis that will see a significant number of employees asked to work..
Paul Thurrott's Short Takes: March 13
Because of the Coronavirus, this edition of Short Takes looks at a lot of virus-related collateral damage, including..
Patch Tuesday – March 2020
This month sees a bumper crop of fixes from Microsoft; the biggest in the company's history. Windows and..
How FIDO2 Passwordless Logins Work in Hybrid Azure AD Environments
Microsoft is expanding support for passwordless logins to devices that are hybrid joined to Azure AD domains. In..
Microsoft Removes Standalone Security Update Causing Issues on Some PCs
A standalone security update (KB4524244) that Microsoft issued recently for Windows 10 as part of Patch Tuesday has..
