Microsoft Office Backtracks its Security Move to Block Macros! But Why
Microsoft Office backtracks its recent major security move that plans to block Visual Basic for Applications or VBA macros altogether.
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Google is making another big play to steal you away from Microsoft 365
Google has announced a new feature for its productivity suite that could help lure customers away from Microsoft 365. As explained in its latest blog entry (opens in new tab),…
Microsoft promises official fix for Windows VPN issues, but you’ll have to wait
The fixes for a number of VPN issues that have been plaguing some Windows versions since this month’s Patch Tuesday are coming. Microsoft has finally confirmed that last month’s Patch…
Recent Windows Server updates break VPN, RDP, RRAS connections
This month’s Windows Server updates are causing a wide range of issues, including VPN and RDP connectivity problems on servers with Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) enabled.
Wait, is Microsoft tempting kids away from Chrome with Minecraft money?
Microsoft is well known for shoving products like its Edge web browser and Bing search engine under our noses at every given opportunity. But some folks are only just discovering…
Microsoft 365, Cloudflare say service restored after outages
Microsoft said a day-long service outage affecting the Exchange Online service has ended following hours of complaints from users about connection issues. On Monday evening, Microsoft explained that it was…
Microsoft acknowledges that a Windows 11 update is causing serious connection issues
June’s Patch Tuesday update releases for Windows 11 have once gain proved to be problematic. Microsoft has acknowledged a new known issue with the operating system following the installation of…
Why is there a .NET dustup? Microsoft introduced closed-source C# extension for VS Code
Microsoft will introduce a closed-source extension for C# in Visual Studio Code as an alternative to the existing open source OmniSharp, according to a post yesterday by principal product manager…
Proofpoint: ‘Potentially Dangerous’ Flaw Could Allow Ransomware Attacks On Microsoft SharePoint, OneDrive
A “potentially dangerous” flaw has been found in Microsoft Office 365 that could allow cyberattackers to ransom files stored on Sharepoint and OneDrive, two widely used enterprise cloud apps, according…
Botched and silent patches from Microsoft put customers at risk, critics say
Blame is mounting on Microsoft for what critics say is a lack of transparency and adequate speed when responding to reports of vulnerabilities threatening its customers, security professionals said. Microsoft’s…
Microsoft patches actively exploited Follina Windows zero-day
Microsoft has released security updates with the June 2022 cumulative Windows Updates to address a critical Windows zero-day vulnerability known as Follina and actively exploited in ongoing attacks.
Windows users quietly receiving Microsoft Bing Service 2.0 update that won’t uninstall
Windows users are reporting of a new and mysterious update that is being pushed via Windows Update. Classified as a Quality Update, the new update is dubbed “Microsoft Bing Service…
Microsoft has accidentally released Windows 11 for unsupported PCs
Microsoft released the final version of its next big Windows 11 update (22H2) to Release Preview testers on Tuesday, and accidentally made it available to PCs that aren’t officially supported….
Microsoft won’t say if it will patch critical Windows vulnerability under exploit
As hacker groups working continue to hammer a former Windows zero-day that makes it unusually easy to execute malicious code on target computers, Microsoft is keeping a low profile, refusing…
If you’re having problems with Microsoft Azure AD today, this is probably what’s causing it
Microsoft just rolled out a hotfix for a glitch in Azure Active Directory (AD) that caused long delays in logging data for more than 12 hours.