Disabling risky services for any OS or software “out-of-the-box” is always a good idea. If you need it, then you or your system administrators can enable it. A brute force attack is where a threat actor – or normally a threat actor computer – will try a range of different …
And it’s back – Microsoft reinstates, default blocking in Office apps of macros from the internet.
This story has gone back and forth. How can Microsoft wobble on what has been a well used attack vector, by threat actors for years and years? Microsoft to block downloaded Office macros – at last – Smart Thinking Solutions Oh No! Microsoft appears to have rolled back it’s macro …
Patches for Enterprise
Microsoft’s Windows Autopatch has arrived. Targeted at Enterprise level systems: Windows Autopatch has arrived! – Microsoft Tech Community
You really should not be using Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 but if you are…
Microsoft has announced that Microsoft 365 patches and support will no longer be supplied to either Windows 7 or 8.1 even if you were an enterprise paying for extended support: No more Microsoft 365 patches for Windows 7 from 2023 • The Register Crunch date January 10 2023.
Oh No! Microsoft appears to have rolled back it’s macro protection… UPDATED 12 July 2022
This post was originally published on 8 July 2022 Update 12 July 2022 Microsoft says that this rollback of “stopping macros from the web being blocked, out of the box” is only temporary and it points out that admins can still implement this restriction through Group policies: Macros from the …
