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Microsoft is once again reminding customers that it will permanently turn off Basic Authentication in Exchange Online in early January. The company is pushing organizations to adopt Modern Authentication (OAuth 2.0) as soon as possible. Three years ago, Microsoft announced its plans to deprecate Basic Authentication support in favor of secure user authentication techniques. Since…

The security research firm Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) has disclosed a critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel server. The new security exploit, which has a CVSS score of 10, could allow attackers to remotely execute code on vulnerable SMB servers. The Thalium Team vulnerability research team originally discovered the Linux kernel security flaw back in…

Back in August, LastPass announced that its systems were compromised in a security incident. Now, LastPass CEO Karim Toubba disclosed that the threat actors managed to copy encrypted passwords and other data stored in customer vaults. In a blog post published yesterday, LastPass revealed that hackers accessed customer data such as names, telephone numbers, email…

Microsoft this week confirmed that the Android 13 update caused enrollment issues with Microsoft Intune on some Samsung phones. The company announced that Google and Samsung released a fix for users of the Samsung Galaxy S22 and S21 devices. Microsoft Intune is a popular cloud-based unified endpoint management solution. It enables IT departments to manage…

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the launch of its two new Local Zones in Bangkok and Kolkata. The company claims that the new Local Zones will enable customers to deploy applications with local data processing and single-digit millisecond latency performance requirements. AWS Local Zones is an infrastructure deployment service that brings specific Amazon cloud…

Microsoft released yesterday out-of-band updates for Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2022. The updates are meant to address an issue that prevents users from creating virtual machines (VMs) on some Hyper-V hosts. The company previously explained that the problem could arise after installing the December Patch Tuesday updates on Hyper-V hosts that use Software…

Google has recently announced client-side encryption support for Gmail on the web. The long-awaited security feature is currently available in public beta and lets Google Workspace users send and receive encrypted emails. With client-side encryption enabled, Gmail on the web now lets IT admins secure email communication within and outside their domain. The feature fully…

Microsoft has acknowledged a new bug that causes some Windows 10 devices to receive an error with a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). The company detailed on the Windows Health Dashboard that the issue affects users who installed the KB5021233 cumulative update released with the December Patch Tuesday updates. According to Microsoft, the problem affects…

Microsoft has released a new update that enables customers to configure policies for Windows feature updates and expedited quality updates in Microsoft Intune. These capabilities leverage the Windows Update for Business service to give IT admins more control over the deployment of updates to Windows PCs across an organization. First up, Microsoft has introduced a…

Microsoft has announced some changes in its plans to kill off Internet Explorer (IE11) on Windows 10. The company detailed that it will release a Microsoft Edge update to permanently disable the legacy Internet Explorer desktop app on select versions of Windows 10 in February 2023. Previously, Microsoft announced that it would disable Internet Explorer…