Security

Microsoft fixes a zero-day in its Defender antimalware software and issues a patch for a vulnerability that was publicly disclosed in December.

Microsoft has published an update on the Solar Winds hack that let attackers view its source code.

Reducing the time that security tokens remain valid negatively affects the end-user experience. CAE is designed to address the problem.

Network Unlock allows devices connected to a wired network to automatically unlock BitLocker-protected OS drives.

Audit and test Microsoft Defender Controlled Folder Access to help protect your organization against ransomware.

Microsoft has announced their first password manager that is being included in the company's Authenticator app.

LetsEncrypt has changed the face of SSL certification issuance. Making it easy for website developers to freely and easily issue an SSL certificate, LetsEncrypt has opened the floodgate to properly securing every website.

New machine-learning backed password spray attack detection spots twice the number of compromised accounts.

Microsoft uses National Cybersecurity Awareness Month to highlight import security issues to help raise awareness with its customers.

October, the first month in Q4 of the calendar year and Q2 of the Microsoft financial year, is also in the middle of planning for the next semester of development of Microsoft Azure (codenamed Cobalt).

One of the biggest security issues that organizations face with Windows Server Active Directory is the proliferation of privileged accounts.

Most x64 bit server hardware shipping today has TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot, but the features are often turned off by default.

Protecting privileged access to Active Directory is key to preventing DCShadow attacks.

Cloud provisioning simplifies synchronizing on-premises identities to Azure AD during mergers and acquisitions.

Devices hybrid joined to AAD are not joined to AAD. But instead, joined to ADDS and automatically registered with AAD.