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If you like to express yourself with emojis, the Windows 10 April 2018 Update features updates to the Emoji Panel that includes support for more languages. Now, you can use Emoji Panel to insert multiple emoji at once. After opening up the panel by pressing hotkey Windows logo key + “.” or “;”, you can browse, search and then select more than one emoji. The panel won’t go away until you click close button or press the “Esc” key. More emoji will also now appear as you’re typing related words with the touch keyboard. Emoji search is now available for more languages. You can find an emoji by keyword in more than 150 locales, including English (Great Britain), French (F…

This blog is part of a series that responds to common questions we receive from customers about deployment of Microsoft 365 security solutions. In this series youll find context, answers, and guidance for deployment and driving adoption within your organization. Check out our last blog, Protect your data in files, apps, and devices. Constantly evolving threats to your company data can cause even the most conscientious employee to unknowingly open infected files or click on malicious web links. Security breaches are inevitable. You need to discover threats quickly, remediate immediately, and mitigate the impact of malware and breaches. Many common types of threat…

In January 2018, Microsoft released an advisory and security updates for a new class of hardware vulnerabilities involving speculative execution side channels (known as Spectre and Meltdown). In this blog post, we will provide a technical analysis of a new speculative execution side channel vulnerability known as L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF) which has been assigned CVE-2018-3615 (for SGX), CVE-2018-3620 (for operating systems and SMM), and CVE-2018-3646 (for virtualization).

Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18214 (19H1) to Windows Insiders who have opted in to Skip Ahead. What’s new in Build 18214 Your Phone app is now LIVE! Android phone users, check it out and keep the feedback coming. Build 17723+ is highly recommended for the best experience. Your Phone app is also live for Insiders who are in Skip Ahead running 19H1 builds. With Your Phone app, you get instant access to your Android’s most recent photos on your PC. Drag and drop that photo from your phone onto your PC. Copy, edit, or ink on that photo, right from your PC. Android 7.0+ are compatible with Your Phone app. For PC…

Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17735 (RS5) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. General changes, improvements, and fixes for PC We fixed an issue resulting in Reveal not working in Build 17733, for example in Start or Settings. We fixed an issue resulting in links that launched one app from another app not working in the last few flights for some Insiders. We fixed an issue in Windows Mixed Reality where the voice command, “Flashlight on,” would fail to activate the flashlight feature. We fixed an issue resulting in Notepad’s “Search with Bing” feature searching for “10 10” instead of “10 + 10” if that was th…

Harnessing the power of machine learning and artificial intelligence has enabled Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (Windows Defender ATP) next-generation protection to stop new malware attacks before they can get started often within milliseconds. These predictive technologies are central to scaling protection and delivering effective threat prevention in the face of unrelenting attacker activity. Consider this: On a recent typical day, 2.6 million people encountered newly discovered malware in 232 different countries (Figure 1). These attacks were comprised of 1.7 million distinct, first-seen malware and 60% of these campaigns were finished within the hour…

Each year, more and more governments are developing policies to address security challenges presented by an increasingly digitized world. And to support those efforts, Im excited today to announce the release of Microsofts new Cybersecurity Policy Framework, a resource for policymakers that provides an overview of the building blocks of effective cybersecurity policies and that is aligned with the best practices from around the globe. Nations coming online today, and building their cybersecurity infrastructures, should notand need notbe burdened with the stumbling blocks that characterized previous generations of cybersecurity policies. Instead, such nations should be emp…

This morning we are excited to unveil the security researcher leaderboard at the Black Hat Security Conference. This list recognizes the top security researchers who have contributed research to the Microsoft products and services. If you are curious on how we build the list, check out our blog from last week on The Making of the Top 100 Researcher List. We appreciate all the work and partnerships with the security community over the years. This is a good annual reflection point on the past year’s contributions. Keep up the great work and we look forward to hearing from you this year too. Microsoft’s Top 100 Security Researcher List Ranking Researcher Name …

Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17733 (RS5) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. What’s new in Build 17733 Dark Theme in File Explorer With Build 17666 we started our journey bringing dark theme to File Explorer. Today’s build marks the turning point where we’ve finished what we set out to do for this release. Thank you to all Insiders that have shared feedback during this time! General changes, improvements, and fixes for PC Thanks everyone for your feedback about the XAML shadows we added recently. We’re taking them offline for the moment while we work on addressing some of the things you shared …

This morning we are excited to unveil the security researcher leaderboard at the Black Hat Security Conference. This list recognizes the top security researchers who have contributed research to the Microsoft products and services. If you are curious on how we build the list, check out our blog from last week on The Making of the Top 100 Researcher List.

Security is a fundamental component of the trusted and productive Windows experience that we deliver to customers through modern platforms like Windows 10 and Windows 10 in S mode. As we build intelligent security technologies that protect the modern workplace, we aim to always ensure that customers have control over their devices and experiences. To protect our customers from the latest threats, massive amounts of security signals and threat intelligence from the Microsoft Intelligent Security Graph are processed by security analysts and intelligent systems that identify malicious and other undesirable software. Our evaluation criteria describe the characteristics a…

When you connect your Microsoft account with your Movies Anywhere account, you can enjoy all of your eligible movies from Microsoft across your favorite screens at no extra cost. This includes Xbox and Windows, iOS and Android, smart TVs and streaming devices. You’ll also be able to watch eligible movies you previously bought from other participating digital retailers through the Movies & TV app on Xbox and Windows 10. As part of this launch, you can add “X-Men: Days of Future Past” for free to your digital collection, for a limited time, if you connect your Microsoft account to Movies Anywhere for the first time. Head over to Xbox Wire to find out more. T…

If you want an additional layer of protection from ransomware, try saving your files in OneDrive. It’s part of the new experiences that arrived with the Windows 10 April 2018 Update. Here’s how it works: If a ransomware threat is found on a device, Windows Defender will notify you of the threat, help you remove the ransomware from your device, and give you options to recover your OneDrive files to the state they were in before the attack occurred. Save your files to OneDrive For Office 365 Home subscribers, Office 365 Personal subscribers, and OneDrive for Business users, that includes OneDrive Files Restore, which can be used to restore your OneDrive to …

“We are deeply committed to powering a secure and optimized shopping experience that consumers and merchants deserve. Integrating technologies like Microsoft Pay with Masterpass will help the industry move to standards-based payments. Microsoft is a great partner and we will continue to collaborate with Microsoft to make shopping a better experience on all devices,” says Raj Dhamodharan, senior vice president of Digital Solutions at Mastercard. Now U.S.-based consumers using the latest Microsoft Edge browser on Windows 10 devices can sign in to their Microsoft account and use Microsoft Pay to make secure purchases wherever Masterpass is accepted online. More broadly, M…

Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17730 (RS5) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. REMINDER: Our second RS5 Bug Bash continues to run through to August 5th, 2018. Keep doing all the Quests! What’s new in Build 17730 Your Phone app is now LIVE! Android phone users, you can finally stop emailing yourself photos. Drag and drop that photo from your phone onto your PC. Copy, edit, or ink on that photo, right from your PC. With Your Phone app, live today for Windows Insiders, you get instant access to your Android’s most recent photos on your PC. Try it out by opening Your Phone app. You will receive an app from M…

Black Hat USA 2018 brings together professionals at all career levels, encouraging growth and collaboration among academia, world-class researchers, and leaders in the public and private sectors. This is an exciting time as our Microsoft researchers, partners, and security experts will showcase the latest collaborations in defense strategies for cybersecurity, highlight solutions for security vulnerabilities in applications, and bring together an ecosystem of intelligent security solutions. Our objective is to arm business, government, and consumers with deeply integrated intelligence and threat protection capabilities across platforms and products. Security research…

This blog is part of a series that responds to common questions we receive from customers about deployment of Microsoft 365 security solutions. In this series youll find context, answers, and guidance for deployment and driving adoption within your organization. Check out our last blog, Enable your users to work securely from anywhere, anytime, across all of their devices. Most companies focus their security solutions around users, devices, and apps, but often overlook the data that they are trying to protect. In this blog, we dig into some of the most challenging data protection scenarios our customers encounter. How can I make sure company data is safe when empl…

If you’ve been too busy enjoying the final moments of summer to search for the latest tech offers, we’ve got you covered with a number of great deals for last minute shoppers this month. And while you’re at the Microsoft Store, check out the new Surface Go. It’s available now and for students on the move, it’s the perfect mix of portability and power. Here are just some of the great deals you can find this month at Microsoft Stores, online and other partner retailers! Best Buy is offering $100 off Acer’s Nitro 5 gaming notebook (regularly $749) while supplies last. Get $75 off ASUS ZenBook 14 UX410UA, or $80 off ASUS VivoBook Flip 1…

Where did the summer go? This year the BlueHat Security Conference moved forward in the schedule to late September. Next year it will settle into a steady orbit of early October moving forward. With that change in schedule, it is hard to believe that it is time to reveal the schedule for BlueHat v18.

At Black Hat USA each year, we unveil the Top 100 Security Researcher list to reflect the amazing engagement we get from the community. During this period, we had several thousand researchers engage with the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC). We appreciate all the partnership and coordination that goes on throughout the year. The Top 100 list gives us a chance to give a special shout out to some of the most productive researchers in the year. As we get closer to the reveal, a common theme in questions around the unveiling is, “how do I get my name up there?” This year we will give you an insider view into the making of the Top 100 list. To produce the list, we …

At Black Hat USA each year, we unveil the Top 100 Security Researcher list to reflect the amazing engagement we get from the community. During this period, we had several thousand researchers engage with the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC). We appreciate all the partnership and coordination that goes on throughout the year.

Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17728 (RS5) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. Our second RS5 Bug Bash officially kicked off last Friday and runs through to August 5th, 2018. You know the drill – do all the quests! Insiders in the Slow ring can also participate! AND we’ll be doing a Mixer webcast on Wednesday August 1st (tomorrow!) at 10am PDT. What’s new in Build 17728 You love your phone. So does your PC. Coming soon, we’re bringing the first set of features to Your Phone app for Windows Insiders with an Android device. Snap a pic on your Android, see it on your PC. You can finally stop emailing y…

Todays post was coauthored by Debraj Ghosh, Senior Product Marketing Manager, and Diana Kelley, Cybersecurity Field CTO. In part 1 of our blog series, we shared the Microsoft 365 Security strategy for integrating with the broader security community. Today, we cover the services Microsoft 365 Security offers customers to protect assets beyond the Microsoft ecosystem. These are only some examples among a broad and rich set of capabilities helping customers leveraging tools beyond Microsofts services. Securing the cloud application ecosystem Microsoft Cloud App Security is Microsofts Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), which has been fully integrated with Micro…

Good news for PC gamers: The Windows 10 April 2018 Update delivered a makeover to the Game bar so it’s even easier to find what you’re looking for. New buttons on the Game bar provide easy access to your captures, themes (dark, light, or your current Windows theme) and the time (thanks to a new clock). You can also use the bar to toggle your microphone and camera, start a Mixer stream without any extra hardware or software, and edit the title of your Mixer stream. Check out the improved Game bar: If you like this, check out more Windows 10 Tips. The post Windows 10 Tip: Find out all you can do with improved Game bar appeared first on Windows Experience …

We have tabulated the results from April-June 2018. The Top 5 Bounty Hunters for Q4 are now in. As with our list from Q3, we want to recognize both the leaders in payouts and in number of successful submissions. We appreciate the hard work and dedication of the following individuals and companies who have contributed to securing Microsoft’s products and services over our fourth quarter. Top 5 Bounty Hunters by Award: 1. Xiao Wei of Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team - $80,000 2. Yuki Chen of Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team - $45,000 3. Marcin Towalski (@mtowalski1) - $35,000 4. Qixun Zhao (@S0rryMybad) of Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team - $30,000 4. Soro…