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Microsoft's New Threat Protection Service Gives Security Overview for Orgs

At today's Ignite 2018 conference, Microsoft announced a new end-to-end security solution called Microsoft Threat Protection. Microsoft Threat Protection is designed to provide a view of an organization's overall threat landscape so that administrators can easily spot new threats and attacks. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsofts-new-threat-protection-service-gives-security-overview-for-orgs/
Microsoft Rolls Out Confidential Computing for Azure

At the Ignite developer's conference today, Microsoft announces that the Azure cloud platform will soon integrate data protection features that keep information safe from the looming threat of a data breach. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-rolls-out-confidential-computing-for-azure/
Microsoft Reveals a Unified AI-Powered Search Experience Across all Platforms

Last year, Microsoft used Ignite to highlight its new AI initiatives and a new search experience for Office. Today at the Ignite 2018 conference, Microsoft detailed about a redefined search experience that will be used across all Microsoft services and within Windows. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-reveals-a-unified-ai-powered-search-experience-across-all-platforms/
Office 2019 for Windows and Mac Is Now Available

Microsoft today announced the Office 2019 productivity suite for commercial customers and you can now try the update on your Windows and Mac device. The new version of Office comes with several features that have been previously released on Office 365. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/office-2019-for-windows-and-mac-is-now-available/
Zoho Suspended by Domain Registrar Over Phishy Emails

In a bizarre sequence of events, after the CRM software company Zoho was taken offline by their domain registrar, they posted to Twitter asking for help getting their service back up and running again. When Zoho customer's contacted TierraNet, they were told the CRM service was taken down due to phishing violations. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/zoho-suspended-by-domain-registrar-over-phishy-emails/
Chrome 69 Keeps Google's Cookies After You Clear Browser Data

It has been discovered that when you try to clear all cookies in the Chrome browser, every cookie will be deleted except for authentication cookies created by Google. This means that after clearing cookies, you will be logged out of every site that you are currently logged into, except for Google. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/chrome-69-keeps-googles-cookies-after-you-clear-browser-data/
Night Eye Extension Adds a Dark Mode to Websites

There's a new extension in the marketplace that brings dark mode to websites like BleepingComputer, Facebook, Google, Quora and others. Called Night Eye, the extension basically tweaks the contrast within the websites to dark grey. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/night-eye-extension-adds-a-dark-mode-to-websites/
Mozilla Launches Firefox Monitor Data Breach Notification Service

Mozilla has announced today the release of Firefox Monitor, a free service to help users find out whether or not their accounts have been part of a breach. This new service was created in partnership with Troy Hunt's Have I been Pwned, whose data is being supplied to Mozilla to power the Firefox Monitor service.  [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/mozilla-launches-firefox-monitor-data-breach-notification-service/
Chrome 70 Lets you Control Automatic Login and Deletes Google Cookies

In a blog entry posted today, Chrome product manager Zake Koch explains that even though they introduced unwanted changes with good intentions, based on user feedback they have decided to roll them back and give users more control over how their browser behaves.  [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/chrome-70-lets-you-control-automatic-login-and-deletes-google-cookies/
GandCrab v5 Ransomware Utilizing the ALPC Task Scheduler Exploit

The GandCrab v5 ransomware has started to use the recently disclosed Task Scheduler ALPC vulnerability to gain System privileges on an infected computer.  This vulnerability was recently patched by Microsoft in the September 2018 Patch Tuesday, but many companies may not have installed the patch. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/gandcrab-v5-ransomware-utilizing-the-alpc-task-scheduler-exploit/