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Randomizing the KUSER_SHARED_DATA Structure on Windows
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Opps, this post exists, but was actually published 4/5/2022. We’re navigating you to the correct page now. If that doesn’t work click the link below: Randomizing the KUSER_SHARED_DATA Structure on Windows – Microsoft Security Response Center Continue reading...
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New security features for Windows 11 will help protect hybrid work
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Attackers haven’t wasted any time capitalizing on the rapid move to hybrid work. Every day cybercriminals and nation-states alike have improved their targeting, speed, and accuracy as the world adapted to working outside the office. These changes have put “cybersecurity issues and risks” at the top of the list when it comes to worries or concerns for business decision-makers in the year ahead, as shown in new data from Microsoft‘s 2022 Work Trend Index.1 Malware, stolen credentials, phishing attacks, devices that lack security updates, user error, and physical attacks on lost or stolen devices are major concerns for security and IT teams as they try to protect their workf…
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With the announcement of Windows Autopatch, we know you may have questions about availability, pricing, prerequisites, capabilities, and support. We hope you find this FAQ useful, and we plan to update periodically until we reach general availability. If you have a question not represented here, please leave a comment below. Thank you for your interest in Windows Autopatch! Jump to: Availability and pricing | Eligibility/prerequisites | Product features | Support and capabilities Availability and pricing When will Windows Autopatch be available? Windows Autopatch will be released in July 2022. Stay up to date by bookmarking the Windows IT Pro Blog. H…
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What’s next in Windows 365 for hybrid work
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Windows 365 Cloud PC launched in August 2021, delivering a full Windows experience—your personalized desktop, apps, content, and settings—securely streamed from the Microsoft cloud to any device. Since then, Windows 365 has continued to innovate to support the future of hybrid work. Today, Panos Panay, Chief Product Officer shared exciting new and upcoming features that will help you provide your people an even better, more powerful, and more productive Windows experience in the cloud. New Windows 365 features for a seamless Windows experience In the future, we will deliver new features that bring the power of the Windows 365 Cloud PC and familiarity of the loc…
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As IT departments are being asked to do more with less, Microsoft is pleased to introduce[1] Windows Autopatch as a feature of Windows Enterprise E3[2], enabling IT pros to do more for less. This service will keep Windows and Office software on enrolled endpoints up-to-date automatically, at no additional cost. IT admins can gain time and resources to drive value. The second Tuesday of every month will be 'just another Tuesday'. To learn how it all works, read on and watch this short video: How Autopatch adds value to enterprises The development of Autopatch is a response to the evolving nature of technology. Changes like the pandemic-driven demand for increased…
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On-Premises Servers Products are Here! Introducing the Applications and On-Premises Servers Bug Bounty Program
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Microsoft is excited to announce the addition of Exchange on-premises, SharePoint on-premises, and Skype for Business on-premises to the Applications and On-Premises Servers Bounty Program. Through this expanded program, we encourage researchers to discover and report high-impact security vulnerabilities to help protect customers. We offer awards up to $26,000 USD for eligible submissions. The following … On-Premises Servers Products are Here! Introducing the Applications and On-Premises Servers Bug Bounty Program Read More » Continue reading...
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Windows 10 made a lot of improvements in Kernel Address Space Layout Randomization (KASLR) that increases the cost of exploitation, particularly for remote code execution exploits. Many kernel virtual address space (VAS) locations including kernel stacks, pools, system PTEs etc. are randomized. A well-known exception to this is the KUSER_SHARED_DATA structure which is a page of memory that has always been traditionally mapped at a fixed virtual address in the kernel.
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On-Premises Servers Products are Here! Introducing the Applications and On-Premises Servers Bug Bounty Program
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Microsoft is excited to announce the addition of Exchange on-premises, SharePoint on-premises, and Skype for Business on-premises to the Applications and On-Premises Servers Bounty Program. Through this expanded program, we encourage researchers to discover and report high-impact security vulnerabilities to help protect customers. We offer awards up to $26,000 USD for eligible submissions.
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Summary Microsoft used the Spring Framework RCE, Early Announcement to inform analysis of the remote code execution vulnerability, CVE-2022-22965, disclosed on 31 Mar 2022. We have not to date noted any impact to the security of our enterprise services and have not experienced any degraded service availability due to this vulnerability.
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On March 31, 2022, vulnerabilities in the Spring Framework for Java were publicly disclosed. Microsoft is currently assessing the impact associated with these vulnerabilities. This blog is for customers looking for protection against exploitation and ways to detect vulnerable installations on their network of the critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability CVE-2022-22965 (also known as SpringShell or Spring4Shell). The Spring Framework is the most widely used lightweight open-source framework for Java. In Java Development Kit (JDK) version 9.0 or later, a remote attacker can obtain an AccessLogValve object through the framework’s parameter binding feature and us…
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Microsoft CRSP shares the ways human behavior affects compromise recovery
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The Microsoft Compromise Recover Security Practice (CRSP) is a worldwide team of cybersecurity experts operating in most countries, across all organizations (public and private), with deep expertise to secure an environment post-security breach and to help you prevent a breach in the first place. As a specialist team within the wider Microsoft cybersecurity functions, we predominantly focus on reactive security projects for our customers. The main types of projects we undertake are: Compromise recovery: Giving customers back control of their environment after a compromise. Rapid ransomware recovery: Restore business-critical applications and limit ransomware impact. …
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Microsoft protects against human-operated ransomware across the full attack chain in the 2022 MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK® Evaluations
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For the fourth year in a row, the independent MITRE Engenuity Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge (ATT&CK®) Evaluations demonstrated Microsoft’s strong detection and protection capabilities thanks to our multi-platform extended detection and response (XDR) defenses. The ever-evolving threat landscape continues to deliver adversaries with new techniques, revamped tactics, and more advanced attack capabilities. Such threats demand comprehensive security solutions that provide a holistic view of the attack across endpoints and domains, prevent and block attacks at all stages, and provide security operations (SecOps) with automated tools to remediate …
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Increasing Representation of Women in Security Research
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Microsoft is committed to partnering with and supporting women in security research. Whether it’s growing women early in their career, or connecting people with mentors, we want to be a part of the journey. Throughout Women’s History Month we intentionally sought opportunities to engage with women in security research. Whether at an intimate gathering of … Increasing Representation of Women in Security Research Read More » Continue reading...
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3 strategies to launch an effective data governance plan
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Aware of the potential risks of sensitive data if not managed properly, you’ve undertaken a data discovery process to learn where it’s all stored. You’ve classified this sensitive data—confidential information like credit card numbers and home addresses collected from customers, prospects, partners, and employees—as either non-business, public, general, confidential, or highly confidential. You’ve assessed the risks to better protect it from exposure and the risk of theft or loss. Your next step is to govern your data. But what does that mean and how do you launch a data governance plan? Data governance is the process of managing data as a strategic asset. This means s…
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Microsoft is committed to partnering with and supporting women in security research. Whether it’s growing women early in their career, or connecting people with mentors, we want to be a part of the journey. Throughout Women’s History Month we intentionally sought opportunities to engage with women in security research. Whether at an intimate gathering of some of the most respected women in security research or engaging with women early in their career, it became obvious there just aren’t enough women in security research.
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Welcome to an easy, go-to reference to help you manage single-user devices, multi-user devices, education devices, kiosks, billboards, factory machines, and more. In my January 19th blog on why you shouldn't set these 25 Windows policies, I shared how the Windows update experience has evolved over the last few years, how that impacts the Windows update policies we recommend, and a list of which Windows update policies you should not set and why. Driven by your feedback, I now want to share a list of the policies you should be setting and offer insight on why those policies can be helpful when managing updates for a variety of use cases, specifically: Single-user or…
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Opps, this post exists, but was actually published 4/5/2022. We’re navigating you to the correct page now. If that doesn’t work click the link below: Randomizing the KUSER_SHARED_DATA Structure on Windows – Microsoft Security Response Center
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3 steps to secure your multicloud and hybrid infrastructure with Azure Arc
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As businesses around the world grapple with the growth of an industrialized, organized attacker ecosystem, the need for customers to secure multicloud and hybrid infrastructure and workloads is increasingly urgent. Today, organizations face an attacker ecosystem that is highly economically motivated to exploit security issues with your multicloud and hybrid workloads—as made evident in the rise in human-operated ransomware, with hackers launching an average of 50 million password attacks every day (579 per second), the rise of web shell attacks,1 and increasing firmware attacks.2 As with most attack vectors in this evolving threat landscape, prevention and detection ar…
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Hi How to disable Tools Pane in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC V21.007 from poping up ? Thx
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Microsoft Teams Live Captions generally available on Windows 365
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We are happy to announce that Live Captions are now generally available in Teams on Windows 365! Providing accessibility has been an important priority and top customer request. Now Teams on Windows 365 can detect what's being said and whos saying it with real-time captions. This feature is designed for those who prefer visual cues when engaging with meeting participants and ensures everyone can follow the conversation effectively. For example, with Live Captions, Windows 365 users can View the text spoken by each person displayed by their name. Change the spoken language (28 different languages available). Use Live Captions to keep up with the discussion when th…
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Public preview of Multimedia Redirection upgrades on Windows 365
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New upgrades to multimedia redirection (MMR) on Windows 365 are now available in public preview. These updates enable your users to enjoy a smoother video playback experience while watching videos in the Windows 365 browser. These updates provide users with access to more media controls and also allow MMR to work on additional websites, such as Facebook, IMBD, YouTube, and Fox Sports. Both Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome support the new multimedia redirection video upgrades. Getting started To enjoy the new multimedia redirection upgrades, the latest MSI installer is required. Please refer to our Multimedia redirection for Windows 365 documentation for gui…
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How a leading Microsoft engineer extends culture to service resiliency
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It’s hard to underestimate the impact that people can have on us in our formative years. Huiwen Ru, who spent several years working in identity and access management and is now a Principal Software Engineering Manager on the Singularity team at Microsoft, is a living example of how important mentorship and allyship are to the future of our industry. Young people who have unique and extraordinary talents don’t always get the inspiration and support they need to develop them, but stories like Huiwen’s give me hope. From an early age, Huiwen loved math. With encouragement from her family, teachers, and friends, Huiwen channeled her love for math into an amazing education and…
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Windows 365 Cloud PC point-in-time restore
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Earlier this month, Microsoft announced a new public preview feature for Windows 365, point-in-time restore. In this blog, I am going to do a quick run through of the service and how to set it up. In my demo lab, I have two Windows 365 Cloud PCs: one is Hybrid Azure AD Joined and one is Azure AD Joined. Both Cloud PCs are 2vCPU, 8GB RAM and 128GB disk. Restore point service configuration To enable or modify point-in-time restore, navigate to the Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin center, select Devices and then select Windows 365—or just click here—to view your Cloud PCs. The Overview pane for Windows 365 Cloud PCs in the Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin cente…
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In recent weeks, Microsoft Security teams have been actively tracking a large-scale social engineering and extortion campaign against multiple organizations with some seeing evidence of destructive elements. As this campaign has accelerated, our teams have been focused on detection, customer notifications, threat intelligence briefings, and sharing with our industry collaboration partners to understand the actor’s tactics and targets. Over time, we have improved our ability to track this actor and helped customers minimize the impact of active intrusions and in some cases worked with impacted organizations to stop attacks prior to data theft or destructive actions. Micros…
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Gradual rollouts with the Windows Update for Business deployment service
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Gradual rollouts enable you to roll out Windows feature updates across your organization, similar to how Microsoft uses machine learning to update the global Windows population. We are excited to bring you this net-new aspect of the Windows Update for Business deployment service and outline how you can best leverage it to improve your organization's security and productivity. A few months ago, we published a blog post about the Windows Update for Business deployment service features providing enterprise-grade control over content delivered by Windows Update. In that post, we walked you through prerequisites and then outlined scheduling, deploying, and monitoring the de…