The Information Highway

The Information Highway

Microsoft 365 users get workaround for ‘Something Went Wrong’ errors

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Microsoft shared a workaround for a known Microsoft 365 issue triggering 'Something Went Wrong [1001]' sign-in errors and making desktop applications unusable for many customers. 

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Microsoft tests Windows 11 encrypted DNS server auto-discovery

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Microsoft is testing support for the Discovery of Network-designated Resolvers (DNR) internet standard, which enables automated client-side discovery of encrypted DNS servers on local area networks.

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Microsoft disables bad spam rule flagging all sent emails as junk

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Microsoft has disabled a bad anti-spam rule flooding Microsoft 365 admins' inboxes with blind carbon copies (BCC) of outbound emails mistakenly flagged as spam.

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Microsoft officially removes Cortana for Windows 11 Insiders

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Microsoft finally removed the Cortana standalone app from Windows 11 in the latest preview build for Insiders in the Canary Channel. 

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Microsoft: Hackers target Azure cloud VMs via breached SQL servers

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Hackers have been observed trying to breach cloud environments through Microsoft SQL Servers vulnerable to SQL injection. 

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Microsoft fixes Outlook prompts to reopen closed windows

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Microsoft has resolved a known issue that caused Outlook Desktop to unexpectedly prompt users to reopen previously closed windows. 

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Microsoft breach led to theft of 60,000 US State Dept emails

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Chinese hackers stole tens of thousands of emails from U.S. State Department accounts after breaching Microsoft's cloud-based Exchange email platform in May. 

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Bing Chat responses infiltrated by ads pushing malware

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Malicious advertisements are now being injected into Microsoft's AI-powered Bing Chat responses, promoting fake download sites that distribute malware. 

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Microsoft now rolling out AI-powered Paint Cocreator to Insiders

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Microsoft's new AI image generation Paint tool powered by OpenAI's DALL-E text-to-image model is now rolling out to Windows Insiders in Dev and Canary channels. 

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Microsoft Copilot rolls out with Windows 11 22H2 update next week

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Microsoft will start rolling out its Copilot digital assistant to all customers next week, on September 26th, together with a host of new AI-powered capabilities as part of a new Windows 11 22H2 update.

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New Windows 11 feature blocks NTLM-based attacks over SMB

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Microsoft added a new security feature to Windows 11 that lets admins block NTLM over SMB to prevent pass-the-hash, NTLM relay, or password-cracking attacks. 

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Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 years

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Microsoft announced today that it will deprecate WordPad with a future Windows update as it's no longer under active development, though the company did not specify the precise timing of this change. 

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Microsoft reminds users Windows will disable insecure TLS soon

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Microsoft reminded users that insecure Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0 and 1.1 protocols will be disabled soon in future Windows releases. 

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How does ChatGPT actually work?

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 Google, Wolfram Alpha, and ChatGPT all interact with users via a single-line text entry field and provide text results. Google returns search results, a list of web pages and articles that will (hopefully) provide information related to the search queries. Wolfram Alpha generally provides answers that are mathematical and data analysis-related.

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Russian hackers target govt orgs in Microsoft Teams phishing attacks

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 Microsoft says a hacking group tracked as APT29 and linked to Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) targeted dozens of organizations worldwide, including government agencies, in Microsoft Teams phishing attacks.

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Windows 10 KB5028244 update released with 19 fixes, improved security

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Microsoft has released the optional KB5028244 Preview cumulative update for Windows 10 22H2 with 19 fixes or changes, including an update to the Vulnerable Driver Blocklist to block BYOVD attacks.

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Microsoft: Chinese hackers breached US govt Exchange email accounts

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A Chinese hacking group has breached the email accounts of more than two dozen organizations worldwide, including U.S. and Western European government agencies, according to Microsoft. 

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Microsoft still unsure how hackers stole Azure AD signing key

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Microsoft says it still doesn't know how Chinese hackers stole an inactive Microsoft account (MSA) consumer signing key used to breach the Exchange Online and Azure AD accounts of two dozen organizations, including government agencies. 

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Microsoft: Windows Kernel CVE-2023-32019 fix is disabled by default

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Microsoft has released an optional fix to address a Kernel information disclosure vulnerability affecting systems running multiple Windows versions, including the latest Windows 10, Windows Server, and Windows 11 releases. 

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Top Breaches Of 2023

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