Security News

Class-action status denied for suit alleging Microsoft mistreatment of women workers
2018-06-26 20:21

Redmond slips out of key provision in discrimination case Microsoft may not have to face a class-action complaint over its alleged mishandling of harassment and discrimination complaints by female...

Microsoft offers new Azure AD tool to nix easily guessed passwords
2018-06-26 15:39

Predictable, easy-to-guess passwords are often the weak link that ends up breaking the security chain and attackers know this. “They know to account for character substitutions like ‘$’ for ‘s’....

Terrible passwords outlawed in Microsoft’s new Azure tool
2018-06-25 15:59

Azure AD Password Protection prevents users from setting a password from the company’s list of 500 most common and easily-guessed examples.

How to set up a rule in Microsoft Exchange to send an alert of a phishing attack
2018-06-25 13:53

Empowering your employees to easily notify IT security personnel of a phishing attack requires an Exchange rule. This tutorial explains how to set one up.

Microsoft Combats Bad Passwords With New Azure Tools
2018-06-21 14:03

Microsoft this week announced the public preview of new Azure tools designed help its customers eliminate easily guessable passwords from their environments. read more

Microsoft Edge users should patch to avoid data-scraping Wavethrough vulnerability
2018-06-21 12:26

A vulnerability in the browser allows a malicious website to read the contents of other web pages.

Microsoft Edge bug odyssey shows why we can't have nice things
2018-06-20 21:10

Fixing security issues in the face of standards gaps and vendor silence isn't easy Earlier this year, Jake Archibald, developer advocate for Google Chrome, found a bug affecting Mozilla Firefox...

Microsoft: This Azure password-banning tool will help kill off bad 'P@$$w0rd' habits
2018-06-20 13:40

Admins can now significantly reduce the risk of accounts being compromised by password-spraying attacks.

How to manage your organization's Microsoft Store Group Policy
2018-06-18 20:54

A Microsoft Store Group Policy can be changed to prevent unauthorized installations and block existing native apps from being launched using AppLocker.