cloud security

Microsoft's Azure Linux 3.0.20250910 adds an optional Linux 6.12 LTS hardware‑enablement (HWE) kernel, giving Azure customers a supported path to newer device drivers and platform improvements while keeping the existing Linux 6.6 LTS kernel available for conservative deployments. Background...

For years the reflex was simple: buy a third‑party antivirus suite and assume you were safer — but the calculus has shifted. A growing number of users and reviewers now say you can reasonably ditch paid antivirus software and rely on the built‑in protections in Windows Security (Microsoft...

The U.S. House of Representatives has quietly moved from prohibition to cautious adoption of Microsoft Copilot, announcing that members and staff will be given access to the AI assistant as part of a staged modernization push unveiled at the Congressional Hackathon — a move framed by leaders as...

The House of Representatives has quietly moved from prohibition to adoption: according to an Axios briefing shared with reporters, the House will begin rolling out Microsoft Copilot for members and staff as part of a broader push to modernize the chamber and integrate artificial intelligence...

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A growing number of Microsoft account holders report successful sign‑ins from IP addresses inside Microsoft’s own network despite having two‑factor authentication enabled — an uptick of incidents first detailed in a German investigation and corroborated by threads on Reddit and Microsoft’s own...

Windows’ built‑in antivirus has quietly become the practical choice for millions of users, and the recent pushback against paid suites is no accident — the free Windows security stack now combines deep OS integration, modern cloud and AI detections, and targeted anti‑ransomware controls that...

If you want to build a career as a .NET developer, the path is clear but competitive: master the .NET platform and C# ecosystem, learn modern web and cloud tooling, prove your skills with real projects and certifications, and understand how market forces affect salary and demand today. The...

Microsoft's cloud-scale DDoS service is no longer an optional add-on for large enterprises — it's a foundational element of modern application resilience, and the recent RedmondMag Q&A with Azure MVP Aidan Finn underscores why. The conversation distills how Azure DDoS Protection uses per‑address...

Microsoft has pushed a significant upgrade to Microsoft Sentinel’s User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA), embedding AI-driven behavioral detection, broader cross‑cloud data ingestion, and dynamic baselining that together aim to surface subtle account compromise and insider risk while...

Zenity’s selection as a Gartner Cool Vendor in the newly published “Cool Vendors in Agentic AI Trust, Risk and Security Management (TRiSM)” report cements the company’s rapid rise as a specialist in securing the new generation of enterprise AI agents — but it also raises urgent operational and...

Microsoft has quietly shifted a crucial enforcement point for enterprise AI: Copilot Studio now offers near‑real‑time runtime security controls that let organizations route an agent’s planned actions to external monitors and receive an approve-or-block verdict while the agent executes...

Microsoft has quietly moved a critical enforcement point for enterprise AI agents from after-the-fact logging into the live execution path: Copilot Studio now supports near‑real‑time runtime monitoring that lets organizations route an agent’s planned actions to external monitors — Microsoft...

Microsoft has added a near‑real‑time enforcement layer to Copilot Studio that lets security teams intercept, evaluate and — when necessary — block the actions autonomous agents plan to take as they run, bringing step‑level policy decisioning into the live execution loop for Power Platform...

Microsoft has quietly but meaningfully shifted the balance of power between autonomous AI agents and enterprise defenders: Copilot Studio now supports near‑real‑time runtime security controls that let organizations route an agent’s planned actions through external monitors (Microsoft Defender...

A UK government Proof of Concept (PoC) led by Hitachi Solutions Europe has shown that Microsoft applications — including Power Platform, Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Copilot — can securely operate on live data that remains resident in Amazon Web Services (AWS) without copying or moving that...

Microsoft’s Copilot Studio has moved from built‑in guardrails to active, near‑real‑time intervention: organizations can now route an agent’s planned actions to external monitors that approve or block those actions while the agent is executing, enabling step‑level enforcement that ties existing...

Microsoft has warned that users of its Azure cloud may see higher-than-normal latency and intermittent disruptions after multiple undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing traffic onto longer alternate routes while repair work and global rerouting continue. Background The Red...

This week’s channel headlines make one thing clear: vendors are sharpening routes to market for managed service providers, packaging flexibility and automation into partner programmes, subscription platforms and AI-first security products that are explicitly aimed at shrinking the gap between...

Microsoft has confirmed a second phase of mandatory multifactor authentication (MFA) that extends enforcement from Azure’s web admin consoles into the Azure Resource Manager (ARM) control plane — covering Azure CLI, Azure PowerShell, REST management APIs, mobile clients and...