Blog Windows 11 2022 Update October 3, 2022 by Vertical Axion Microsoft released the “first major update” for Windows 11 on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, as Windows 11 nears its first anniversary. According to a blog posted by Microsoft, the Windows 11 update focuses on four key areas: ● Making the PC easier and safer to use for everyone ● Empowering people to be more productive […] Read more » Microsoft Office 365 Productivity Recent News Technology News Windows Windows 11
Blog Microsoft 365 Accounts Targeted In New BEC Scam September 30, 2022 by Vertical Axion Recently, researchers at Mitiga have sounded the alarm about a new Business Email Compromise (BEC) campaign. They discovered evidence of the campaign responding to another incident and have watched the campaign grow in scope and scale over time. Here’s how the attack works: The individual targeted by the campaign receives an email that appears to […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Office 365 Phishing Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Microsoft 365 Suggests Rollback After Issues From Update August 24, 2022 by Vertical Axion Does your company use Microsoft 365? If so, and you’ve noticed that your Office apps have begun to crash mysteriously and inexplicably, be aware that the latest update (build 15330.20298) is the culprit. Unfortunately, the bug was introduced in the Enterprise channel during the company’s regularly scheduled “Patch Tuesday.” The error manifests itself when users […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Microsoft Office 365 Recent News Technology News
Blog Microsoft Office And Google Docs Sync For Offline Use August 11, 2022 by Vertical Axion Recently, Google announced a small but significant change to Google Docs. Now, if you have enabled offline access for files you have stored on your Google Drive, the system will auto-sync any Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, or Word files if you have opened them with Google Slides, Sheets, or Docs. This is a tremendously handy change. […] Read more » General Interest Google Microsoft New Technology Office 365 Recent News
Blog New Malware Uses Word Documents To Get On Your System July 6, 2022 by Vertical Axion Researchers at HP have discovered a new malware loader that they’ve dubbed SVCReady. While new malware strains are common, this one is distinct for a couple of different reasons. Like many malicious programs, this spreads primarily via phishing email campaigns. One way that this new strain differs however, is the fact that the malware is […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Microsoft Office 365 Recent News Security Technology News Windows
Blog New Malware Is Using CSV Files To Infect Users February 21, 2022 by Vertical Axion Researchers have spotted a new phishing campaign you should be aware of. What sets this one apart is that the hackers are using a lowly but specially crafted CSV file to infect machines. They are installing the BazarBackdoor malware. If you’re not familiar with the term CSV stands for “Comma Separated Values” and it’s a […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Microsoft Office 365 Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Last Year Microsoft Blocked More Than 25 Billion Hacker Attacks February 19, 2022 by Vertical Axion Individual users often don’t have a good sense of the scope and scale of hacking attacks around the world. The numbers may shock you. According to Microsoft, in 2021 the company blocked more than 25.6 billion brute force authentication attacks against Azure AD users. They also and intercepted a staggering 35.7 billion phishing emails with […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Office 365 Security Technology News Windows
Blog Additional Security Recently Added To Office 365 February 15, 2022 by Vertical Axion Back in September of 2020 Microsoft announced that it was experimenting with the addition of SMTP MTA Strict Transport Security (MTA-STS) support to Exchange Online. This was done in a bid to ensure the email communication and security of their Office 365 customers. In a recent statement by the company the Exchange Online Transport Team […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Office 365 Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Voice Commands Getting New Attention In Windows 11 December 25, 2021 by Vertical Axion For a few years now Microsoft has been experimenting with voice commands. Their early experiments were limited to contexts that resided wholly inside specific applications however. For example, once you opened Word you could use voice commands to activate a few of the software’s features. Recently the company decided to take voice controls to a […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft New Technology Office 365 Recent News Technology News Windows Windows 11
Blog Microsoft Office Is Rolling Out A New User Interface December 16, 2021 by Vertical Axion Microsoft is making a few UI changes across its entire product line in anticipation of rolling out Windows 11. Early this year (2021) the company announced that they were updating the UI for Office 365 and Office 2021. Over the summer small groups of users participated in an open beta and began playing with the […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Microsoft New Technology Office 365 Windows
