data protection

Microsoft’s latest AI push for Windows has reopened a debate that security teams, privacy advocates and everyday users have been quietly wrestling with for years: how much convenience do we hand to an operating system before we lose control of our own data? Recent coverage from independent...

Microsofts Copilot steht erneut im Zentrum einer Datenschutzdebatte: Während Sicherheitsforscher eine „Reprompt“-Schwachstelle enthüllten, die mit einem einzigen Klick sensible Nutzerdaten aus Copilot Personal auslesen konnte, berichten Nutzer der mobilen Copilot‑App von unerwarteten...

BonfyAI’s short, free Microsoft Copilot Risk Assessment is the latest example of a new breed of security-first offerings that aim to convert rising enterprise anxiety about generative AI into a predictable pipeline of CISO conversations and paid services. Background / Overview Microsoft’s...

Three years after the shockwaves that followed ChatGPT’s debut, AI agents have moved from curiosities into core business infrastructure — and that shift demands a practical, security-first playbook for every IT team, compliance officer and Windows admin who plans to let agents touch corporate...

Microsoft Copilot can be a genuine productivity multiplier — and also a surprising privacy risk if you accept defaults without looking. PCMag’s hands‑on checklist of “7 settings I changed right away to protect my privacy” is an excellent quick-start for anyone who wants the benefits of an...

Set Up Windows 10/11 Storage Spaces (Mirror) to Protect Data on Two Drives Difficulty: Intermediate | Time Required: 30 minutes Storage Spaces is a built-in Windows 10/11 feature that can combine multiple physical drives into a “pool,” then create a virtual drive (a storage space) on top of it...

At the start of 2026 Austria’s data protection authority (DSB) ordered Microsoft to stop deploying certain tracking cookies on a school‑issued device after finding the cookies were placed without a valid legal basis while a pupil used Microsoft 365 Education — a ruling that threads technical...

Qatar’s public sector quietly accelerated its AI agenda this week with two complementary moves: the Ministry of Education and Higher Education ran an introductory, hands‑on workshop to place Microsoft’s Copilot tools into the daily workflows of ministry directors and department heads, while the...

Organizations across Mexico and the United States are increasingly recognizing that true cyber resilience is not a product you can buy off a shelf but an engineered outcome achieved through an integrated, multi-layer defense-in-depth architecture that combines native cloud protections...

A new, deceptively simple attack named “Reprompt” has exposed a critical weakness in Microsoft Copilot Personal: with a single click on a legitimate Copilot deep link an attacker could, under the right conditions, mount a multistage, stealthy data‑exfiltration chain that pulls names, locations...