Tag: Microsoft 365
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Teams: This is what caused the recent massive outage
Teams parent company explains what it believes went wrong. Microsoft Office 365 company has disclosed its first findings about what it believes caused a recent severe outage. This outage affected some of its most popular software services. Users throughout Europe and Asia were unable to use Microsoft 365 services for many hours due to the outage. This…
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Applications and Windows devices are facing completely new flaw
What if phony applications aren’t identified? A significant issue in Windows-powered data centers and applications that Microsoft resolved in mid-2022 remains unpatched across virtually all susceptible endpoints. It has placed countless people in danger of malware and ransomware assaults. The cybersecurity website experts developed a proof-of-concept (PoC) for the bug and calculated the high percentage of unfixed…
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Open AI: Microsoft thinks it is as significant as the internet
Microsoft has confirmed a “multimillion-dollar investment” in Open AI. The company has announced that it would spend billions of dollars more on it with the creators of ChatGPT. Microsoft Office 365 parent company announced in a blog “third phase of our long-term cooperation” with Open AI. The company is vowing to enhance the technology and…
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OneNote: Hackers are now spreading malware using attachments
Threat actors are increasingly using OneNote attachments in phishing emails to infect users with remote access malware. They are using it to install more software, steal passwords, or even cryptocurrency wallets. For years, attackers have distributed malware in emails through malicious Microsoft 365 Office products like Word and Excel attachments. They trigger macros to download and install…
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Microsoft Teams is gaining a simple but powerful new security feature
Now being added to a random chat group is another thing not to worry about. Microsoft is working on a new security feature for its Teams collaboration software that will keep you more aware of who is attempting to contact you. When The Microsoft 365 suite productivity platform users get an invitation from outside their…
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Microsoft Office’s weakest security threat and people are still falling for it
Apparently, people are sending malware-infected USBs over the mail and some recipients are falling for it. Seriously though? Many cybersecurity assaults are highly developed, well-planned schemes that seek to exploit victims through skillful programming and virus distribution. However, sometimes crooks just want to follow the old ways. They say old is Gold and these crooks…
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Office users are going to despise this new Microsoft 365 annoyance
Microsoft 365 advertisements are shown in Office 2021. Microsoft Office customers have reported seeing a slew of sneaky Microsoft 365 advertisements throughout their work. Several customers emailed the Technology website with screenshots of a new pop-up promoting Microsoft 365 Family memberships within Microsoft Word documents. The “Limited Time Offer” advertises three months of Microsoft 365…
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Microsoft: Office users don’t worry you will not be losing your subscription anytime soon
For now, Office 2016 and 2019 users are safe. Microsoft appears to have reversed its earlier decision to discontinue various generations of its Office program. The software giant originally intended to cease support for Office 2016 and Office 2019 in October 2023. It would have prevented customers from connecting to Microsoft 365 services such as…
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With Microsoft 365 update use your Office programs in an entirely new way
Microsoft 365 tools such as Outlook and Word are getting Dictation enhancements. The new Microsoft Office 365 update is aimed at voice dictation. It will make some of the most popular Microsoft 365 products even more engaging. Microsoft officially announced that the software giant is working on improving the Office Dictation feature. It allows users…
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Google Workspace: Why are you no longer able to access your apps
The new Google Workspace will ease some of the responsibilities of departments. Google has announced an update to its Workspace productivity suite that will assist in explaining why customers are unable to use their applications. The software giant explained that IT departments which depend on the Context-Aware Access feature to provide granular access control. They…