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Microsoft informed administrators on Monday that Application Guard for Office, a feature designed to protect users against malicious documents, is now available in public preview. Application Guard for Office has been available in private preview.

Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise and RingCentral announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership to introduce a new co-branded cloud solution - Rainbow Office powered by RingCentral - making it unique and exclusive for Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise. RingCentral and Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise will jointly develop programs enabling both companies to lead the cloud communications services for the enterprise market.

A new "Zero-click" MacOS exploit chain could allow attackers to deliver malware to MacOS users using a Microsoft Office document with macros. The exploit chain, revealed by Patrick Wardle, principal security researcher with Jamf, at Black Hat USA 2020, runs macros without an alert or prompt from the Microsoft Office application that prompts explicit user approval - meaning that when a user opens the document, the macro is automatically executed.

A researcher found a way to deliver malware to macOS systems using a Microsoft Office document containing macro code. Macros enable Office users to automate frequent tasks using VBA code.

Many organizations are trading on-premises systems for cloud-based solutions, a move that brings virtually limitless scalability, storage and accessibility - usually at a lower cost and with reduced complexity. Ignoring the gaps that come with relying on a single vendor dramatically increases your risk profile and potential for a negative business impact due to an attack or unintended breach.

Avast launched Avast Business Small Office Protection, a solution for small businesses that provides robust, real-time cyber protection that's easy to install and cost-effective. Small Office Protection by Avast Business is an all-in-one security solution for small businesses that protects all types of devices, protecting a maximum of 10 separate devices on any platform.

The UK Cabinet Office is to take control of government data from the Department for Digital, Media, Culture and Sport. "A written statement from Prime Minister Boris Johnson under the heading"Machinery of Government", dated 22 July, reads: "Responsibility for government use of data has transferred from the Department for Digital Culture Media and Sport to the Cabinet Office.

Decades old, these protocol versions are considered obsolete, especially since the newer, safer TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3 have been available for years. In October 2018, Microsoft confirmed plans to remove support for the older protocols from its browsers, and also moved to deprecate TLS 1.0 and 1.1 for the Office 365 service.

Cloudflare, the security, performance, and reliability company helping to build a better Internet, announced that Tokyo, Japan, is the home of its newest Asia-Pacific office. Cloudflare first invested in Japan nearly a decade ago, expanding its network into Tokyo in 2010, just months after launching.

Computer misuse crimes across England and Wales have declined over the past year - with credential theft attacks remaining more or less flat in the pre-COVID reporting period. The Crime Survey of England and Wales recorded a total of 876,000 incidents of computer misuse affecting 743,000 adults across the UK over the past year, a figure that was down by 9 per cent on 2019's total of 966,000 incidents.