The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and FBI released an alert about a Russian state-backed activity that allowed hackers to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) and exploit a security flaw to compromise networks. The security advisory indicates that the cyberattacks targeting a non-governmental organization (NGO) started back in May 2021. The threat actors leveraged…
Learn how to create a new Windows Server 2016 (WS2016) VM host for Windows Server Containers with NAT networking.
Microsoft has recently disclosed a security breach that allowed Chinese hackers to access the email accounts of around two dozen organizations. Now, security researchers have found that the stolen security key provided access to far beyond Outlook and Exchange Online email accounts. According to Microsoft, the Chinese hacking group (dubbed Storm-0558) used forged authentication tokens…
Microsoft has confirmed that the hacking group Lapsus$ managed to gain “limited access” to its security system and steal some parts of their source code. The company says that its security researchers had already been tracking the activities of Lapsus$, which claims to have hacked sensitive data from Samsung, Nvidia, Ubisoft, and Okta. The Redmond…
Microsoft has announced a significant number of updates to its Azure platform that includes everything from licensing terms to Azure stack.
Last Update: Jul 19, 2023
MC649376 – Previously in Viva goals, when making a check-in, the user could update the date of check-in from the check-in modal, which was based on the user’s local time zone. Users in different time zones saw the date of check-in and its representation on the progress graph differently, computation of progress and status also…
Last week, Microsoft started rolling out an update to block all Office VBA macros obtained from the internet by default to prevent phishing attacks. Now, the threat actors are using container files and other tactics to distribute malicious payloads. A macro is an automated input sequence that enables users to automate frequently used tasks in…
Aidan Finn discusses App Services on Linux, what this service is, how it differs to the Windows Server offering, and what you can do with the Linux alternative.
Microsoft has shipped Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 3, along with related releases of System Center 2016 TP3 and the RSAT Tools for Windows 10.
Last Update: May 31, 2022
Datadog is a SaaS-based monitoring platform for cloud applications. In this guide, we’re going to detail how IT pros and DevOps teams can get started with Datadog and make the best use of this observability platform. What is Datadog? Datadog is a tool that allows you to monitor cloud infrastructure, Windows and Linux hosts, system…