Microsoft has announced that Application Guard for Office is now generally available for all Microsoft 365 users with supported licenses. Application Guard for Office (aka Microsoft Defender Application Guard for Office) blocks files downloaded from untrusted sources from gaining access to trusted resources by opening them in sandboxes.
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Hackers hitting thousands of organizations worldwide in a massive phishing campaign forgot to protect their loot and let Google the stolen passwords for public searches. The phishing campaign has been running for more than half a year and uses dozens of domains that host the phishing pages. It received constant updates to make the fraudulent Microsoft Office 365 login requests look more realistic.
The new tools on Chrome and Edge will make it easier for browser users to discover – and change – compromised passwords.
Ransomware attacks took a heavy toll on the United States last year with more than 2,000 victims in government, education and health care, security researchers say in a new report.
Microsoft wants to add a new Office 365 feature to allow customers to test Microsoft Defender email protection without actually having to configure the environment and devices for your organization. Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (previously known as Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection) provides Office 365 enterprise accounts with email protection from several threats including credential phishing and business email compromise, as well as automated remediation of detected attacks.
It's a new year, and with it comes a new ransomware called Babuk Locker that targets corporate victims in human-operated attacks. Babuk Locker is a new ransomware operation that launched at the beginning of 2021 and has since amassed a small list of victims from around the world.