Posts by Alex Clayton
Beyond Protection: Choosing a Trusted Partner in Cybersecurity with Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Evaluating Cybersecurity Providers: Essential Criteria In today’s cybersecurity landscape, the significance of selecting not only the most effective digital defenses but also the most reliable partners to safeguard our data cannot be overstated. The recent breach involving Securence’s email filtering service is a stark reminder of the vulnerabilities that exist, even within technologies designed to…
Read MoreASRmageddon: What Happened and How We Responded
On January 13th, Microsoft deployed a new definitions update for Microsoft Defender. This caused an issue for some users, as Defender began to flag and delete shortcuts in the “C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs” folder on devices with the Attack Surface Reduction (ASR) rule “Block Win32 API calls from Office macro” set to Block. The widespread nature of this…
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