Research is showing that Microsoft’s Office 365 Message Encryption is good for privacy – as it makes accessing the message difficult, rather than security, putting the message out of reach of anyone but the recipient. Microsoft disputes report on Office 365 Message encryption issue after awarding bug bounty – The …
New simple security feature in Windows
The latest release of Windows 11, now includes Enhanced Phishing Protection, which sounds complicated, and I am sure the implementation of it is complex, but the security advantage it offers is obvious and simple. Windows 11 will warn you when you type a password into an insecure website or application. …
Microsoft Teams is keeping security tokens in plain text… and more UPDATED 23 September 2022
The original post was published on 16 September 2022 This is a real problem, no software or system should keep any security token in plain text, any time during operation. The user base for Microsoft Teams is in excess of 270 million users – we are part of that number …
Microsoft 365 automatic updates
As part of a good cyber security plan, I always recommend using automatic updates with remote monitoring and management software in place to check things are really happening. (Our Operations Manager has just read this and wants me to add that some servers are exceptions to this rule and they …
Every major event will attract cyber criminals. What is your organisation doing on Monday 19 September?
The death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the associated ceremonies and period of national mourning will be no exception: Potential phishing activity update – NCSC.GOV.UK The National Cyber Security Centre has issued a warning that the potential for malicious phishing, social engineering and scam cyber-attacks is very high …
