Security News

AI Copilot: Launching Innovation Rockets, But Beware of the Darkness Ahead
2024-04-15 13:30

Imagine a world where the software that powers your favorite apps, secures your online transactions, and keeps your digital life could be outsmarted and taken over by a cleverly disguised piece of...

6 Prompts You Don't Want Employees Putting in Microsoft Copilot
2024-04-03 14:02

Microsoft Copilot is a powerful asset for companies, but with it comes an increased risk of data exposure. In this article, Varonis demonstrates prompt-hacking examples that can expose sensitive...

US House of Reps tells staff: No Microsoft Copilot for you!
2024-04-01 22:34

Your profile can be used to present content that appears more relevant based on your possible interests, such as by adapting the order in which content is shown to you, so that it is even easier for you to find content that matches your interests. Content presented to you on this service can be based on your content personalisation profiles, which can reflect your activity on this or other services, possible interests and personal aspects.

Microsoft’s Security Copilot Enters General Availability
2024-03-13 16:00

Microsoft Security Copilot, also referred to as Copilot for Security, will be in general availability starting April 1, the company announced today.At a press briefing on March 7 at the Microsoft Experience Center in New York, we saw how Microsoft positions Security Copilot as a way for security personnel to get real-time assistance with their work and pull data from across Microsoft's suite of security services.

Microsoft Copilot for Security prepares for April liftoff
2024-03-13 16:00

Microsoft Copilot for Security, a subscription AI security service, will be generally available on April 1, 2024, the company announced on Wednesday. Based on GPT-4 and a Microsoft security-specific model, Copilot for Security takes input from people or scripts, passes the text through an orchestrator layer, a context layer, and possibly application plugins, then returns a response from the underlying AI model.

36% of code generated by GitHub CoPilot contains security flaws
2024-02-20 04:30

There is good news, however: high-severity security flaws in applications have decreased by half since 2016, indicating progress in software security practices and that speed of remediation has a material impact on critical security debt. The report reveals development teams that fix flaws the fastest reduce critical security debt by 75%-from 22.4% of applications to just over 5%. Moreover, these fast-acting teams are four times less likely to let critical security debt materialize in their applications in the first place.

Microsoft fixes Copilot issue blocking Windows 11 upgrades
2024-02-08 21:35

Microsoft has lifted a compatibility hold that blocked upgrades to Windows 11 23H2 after resolving an issue that caused desktop icons to move erratically when using Windows Copilot on multi-monitor systems. This known issue impacts home users running Windows 10 22H2, Windows 11 22H2, and Windows 11 23H2. It doesn't affect managed devices because Copilot for Windows has yet to roll out on enterprise systems.

Windows Copilot autostart tests limited to 27" displays or larger
2024-01-15 21:29

Microsoft says that tests of a controversial new Windows 11 feature that automatically opens the AI-powered Copilot assistant after Windows starts are limited to systems with 27-inch displays. For now, the option also requires enrolling in the company's Windows Insider program since the change is currently being tested in the Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23615, released last Thursday in the Dev Channel.

Microsoft testing Windows 11 USB 80Gbps support, Copilot on login
2024-01-11 19:39

Microsoft is now testing support for the USB4 Version 2.0 specification in Windows 11, enabling transfer speeds of up to 80 Gbps over USB Type-C cables. USB 80Gbps is now being tested in the Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23615, which was released today in the Dev Channel.

Windows 11 KB5033375 update released with upgraded Copilot AI-assistant
2023-12-12 18:43

Microsoft has published a new update for Windows 11 versions 23H2 and 22H2 to fix security vulnerabilities and improve Copilot. Starting with the December patch, you can open Copilot in Windows across multiple displays or where you want Copilot in Windows to appear.